Highlights From the Field
Resident workshops equip residents
to nurture young trees
Canopy hosted its first Resident Tree Care Workshop on Saturday, September 18. Palo Alto residents, Canopy Community Forestry School students, and Canopy Teen Urban Foresters joined Community Forestry Field Technician Mel Sutton at Mitchell Park for a guided tour of young trees in the park. Mel taught attendees how to assess a young tree's health and how to properly stake, mulch, weed, and water young trees. Mel also demonstrated how to identify and treat common issues such as aphids, sooty mold, and fire blight. Following the guided walk, the group visited a few trees in the neighborhood next to the Park to check stakes, fix mulching issues, and do light pruning.

A pilot program for Canopy, the workshops aim to prepare residents who have received Canopy trees to help their new trees thrive. Canopy also helps care for each newly planted tree directly for the first three years. The next workshop will take place in November in East Palo Alto.
First tree planting of the season:
East Palo Alto Charter School
“We had a great group of enthusiastic volunteers, including school parents and students, helping us plant 12 trees!” reports Arlene Nuñez GarcĂ­a, Canopy's community forestry coordinator, of the September 25 tree planting at East Palo Alto Charter School. Above, a group celebrates their successful planting after having to fill in the cutout with two wheelbarrows of soil to bring it to grade. EPACS student Sasha is beaming with pride! Below, Kammy Lo (far left), a Canopy board member and planter leader, shows her group how to work a tree's root ball before planting. Miranda, another EPACS student, named her tree “MT,” for "Miranda's Tree," and placed her initials on the tree tag. 
Edible Urban Forest:
Our newest interactive tree walk guide
Avocado. Peach. Walnut...mmmm! Canopy's newest interactive tree walk guide leads you on an hour or so walk in Palo Alto to check out 20+ species of edible trees. Scroll through the interactive map, view photos and videos, and more.
Staff Update
Meet Senior Director of Programs Christie Galitsky
She finds joy in the outdoors, loves nerdy board games, and looks forward to bringing more community members into Canopy's work.

Learn more about Christie Galitsky—including how it felt to visit a local grocery store after living in Madagascar for a few years.
From the Blog
Sharing their stories: Teen art exhibit opens Nov. 4
Two recent art and wellness workshops helped Canopy's Teen Urban Foresters regain a sense of connection they had lost during the pandemic. The public gets a chance to see art that the teens created during the workshops, about environmental justice and other concerns, beginning November 4 at Taqueria La Cazuela in East Palo Alto.
Artist update: Homage to 'incredibly ancient beings'
Patricia Larenas, Canopy’s artist-in-residence, has completed two of her planned four portraits of Palo Alto great oaks. The work is giving her all new reverence for the enormous trees, “beings that have lived among us, with so much going on around them, for a couple centuries.”
Trees in the News
Recent Tree Gifts and Grants
Tree Gifts
Patrick Lin and Grace Lee
in honor of Hi Lee, MD

Lori Hobson and the Function team
in memory of Halmoni "Helen" Kim
Thank you and congratulations to
the Garden Club of Palo Alto!
A big “happy birthday!” and “thank you!” to the Garden Club of Palo Alto, which is celebrating its centennial by contributing to planting 100 trees with Canopy this season. The special $10,000 grant will go towards Canopy tree plantings in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and East Palo Alto.
Interested in giving a Tree Gift? Your special gift creates a lasting legacy by planting and caring for new trees and growing a vibrant urban forest for future generations. A special thank you to everyone who has given the gift of trees.
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Canopy's mission is to grow the urban forest in Midpeninsula communities for the benefit of all. Our vision is a day when every resident of the Midpeninsula can step outside to walk, play, and thrive under the shade of healthy trees.