Self-Guided Tree Walks

Members of Mountain View Trees and some of the City staff have created interesting, self guided tree walks in and around Mountain View, California.


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Self-Guided Tree Walks and
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Self Guided, Pioneer Park Walk

Pioneer Park
1146 Church Street Church Street & Castro Street
Mountain View, California

Developed by The City of Mountain View. The core of downtown Mountain View is the plaza shared by City Hall, the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts and the award-winning Mountain View Public Library. Behind those buildings is Pioneer Park, which enjoys a quiet environment resulting from the City Hall building blocking out the noise from Castro Street.

PDF Download - Map of Walk with Details and Photos

Bush Street Tree Walk

Bush and Mercy to Bush and Villa
Mountain View, California

Developed by Paul Staley, this is a pleasant, four block walk

PDF Download - Map of Walk
PDF Download - Walk Details and Photos

Castro City (Mi Pueblo) Tree Walk

The MI PUEBLO tree walk begins on Leland Avenue near the Mi Pueblo market in Mountain View, California

Developed by Paul Staley, Jesse Craven and Donna Davies

PDF Download - Full Color Brochure, 11 X 14"
PDF Download - Map of Walk
Word Download - Walk Details (text only)

Hidden Villa Hike

Hidden Villa
26870 Moody Road
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

This moderately strenuous 90 minute educational hike offers a tour through our evergreen coastal woodland.

Check HIDDEN VILLA'S WEBSITE to see the hours available to the public

 

 

 

 

Calendar of Events

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October 2nd, 2011

Sunday, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Farmers' Market, Train Station

Location: Downtown Mountain View, Caltrain Station parking lot at 600 West Evelyn Ave.

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Come visit our table at the Farmers' Market, meet some of our volunteers and find out more about the trees that keep our city so beautiful.

Tree-Themed Children's
Face-Painting!

This event repeats every other month on the first Sunday until Saturday December 31, 2011.

Spring, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Children's & Adult's
Tree Walks

Location: To be announced

There are typically two tree walks on Saturdays. One for adults, and one for parents with their children.

Children welcome with a
parent or guardian.

Summer, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Tree Selection Workshop

Location: To be announced

Parking: To be announced

Speakers:  Certified Arborists

No experience necessary

Certified Arborists collaborate to provide important decision information and selection criteria.

You will learn a methodical approach for your tree selection process.

  • Learn tree selection info in a nursery setting.
  • Discuss the difference between boxed, field grown, B&B, or container stock.
  • Find out the questions you need to ask.
  • Discuss installation methods.
  • Benefits:
         - Reduce your carbon footprint
         - Improve your land
         - Enrich your community

Bring your questions for our arborists!

  • Should you pick a tree with a skinny trunk or a thick one?
  • Is it better to have all the branches at the top of the tree or to have the branches distributed down the trunk?
  • How do you know if a tree will have girdling roots?

Summer, 2012
Saturday, 10:00 am - 11:30 pm

Young Tree Care
Workshop & Survey

Location: to be announced

Speakers:  Certified Arborists

No experience necessary

Learn how to increase the survival rate of young trees, and participate in fostering the success of Mountain View's urban forest.

Young tree care is especially important to ensure tree survival and promote a healthy, sustainable urban forest.

Mountain View Trees is offering a new Young Tree Care Workshop to provide you with valuable information about caring for newly-planted trees in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Join the Survey Team immediately following the workshop. Mountain View Trees will provide all the materials needed for you to survey a portion of this year's selection of recently-planted street trees.
You will receive addresses, survey forms, and door hangars containing tree care information to leave at each residence where a young city street tree is surveyed.

Once trained, you will walk your neighborhood on your own schedule, checking young trees for specific conditions to ensure their proper care. Then you will submit your survey results by mail and we will report to the City how those trees are doing.