Huntington Beach Tree Society



Does the world ever seem upside down?  Change your perspective this winter by spending some time among the trees! Our thanks to Jim Kendall for these American Goldfinch photographs. This feathered friend was spotted in the Sycamores, feeding on seed pods alongside the Urban Forest creek. 

Find weekly updates on our Shipley to Shore Nature Trail Facebook page. We hope you “like” it!

Massive boulders – 40,000 lbs worth – were placed along the Shipley to Shore Trail in October, thanks to an anonymous donor.

Fall 2020 HB Tree Society volunteer recruits – join the fun!

2020 Highlights

July 2020: Click here for 3 minutes of HB Tree Society difference-making highlights from the past year.  See why Huntington Beach Mayor Lyn Semeta presented the HB Tree Society with the first-ever “Making a Difference” Award. 

Bringing back habitat  – This past summer we welcomed back the dragon (art) and endangered gnatcatchers to the Urban Forest. Read more.

Love was in the air this past spring! A proposal was caught on camera by HB Tree Society volunteer Leslie Gilson at Gibbs Butterfly Park. Find more Gibbs gab by clicking here. 

California Arbor Day on March 7 brought out cadets from Sunburst Youth Academy & CalJOBS who, in partnership with the City of Huntington Beach, participated in planting a Jacaranda grove. Everyone on hand for the planting and celebration – including City Council members Kim Carr and Barbara Delgleize – enjoyed hearing songs about trees by the Threshold Choir and a tree poem read by volunteer Ann Anderson, playing Nature Bingo to earn ranger badges, and writing inspirational tags to hang on Urban Forest trees. An impromptu, requested cadence performed by the visiting volunteers added to the fun.

Local Daisy Troop #7367 earned badges on Jan. 10, 2020, by cleaning up the Urban Forest. These hard-working young ladies also performed a heartwarming skit as a tribute to HB Tree Society President Jean Nagy. Their lines included: “Did you know it all started with a lady named Jean who thought there were not enough green spaces in Huntington Beach?  …  That was before we were born! …  She sounds like the kind of woman that lives up to the Girl Scout Law …  Yes! We can make the world a better place too!”

Support, Your Style

Are you and your dog enjoying outings through the Urban Forest & along the Shipley to Shore Nature Trail?  We welcome your support through funding and volunteering! To show our appreciation, Urban Forest best dog friend photos will be featured on hbtrees.org/dogsupporters.

If you have an Amazon account, your purchases can now beautify our community. For the same products and prices, you can donate 0.5 percent of the price of your purchases, which adds up quickly!  Simply visit your Amazon page and under  “Account & Lists,” select Amazon Smile and type “Huntington Beach Tree Society, Inc.” For future online shopping, type “SmileAmazon” in your browser to be directed to the site.

Here’s how your groceries can make our community greener:

Visit ralphs.com. Create or log into your Ralphs account. Click on “Community Rewards” & search for the non-profit HUNTINGTON BEACH TREE SOCIETY, then click Enroll.

It costs nothing to enroll or contribute, & funds forestation for generations. Let’s grow!

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To see a short video on
“The Metamorphosis of  Gibbs Butterfly Park,”
please click here.

To join Laura Angelini in Gibbs Park, please click here.

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Check out these videos!


Click on the flowers above and, when prompted, use this password to view a spectacular 3-minute video: springF0rest (The 0 is a zero and not o). Our thanks to creator Peggy Priver for allowing us to share her photography. Enjoy!

Saving Green, shot and produced by Matt Hanlon, is a short 2018 documentary about a group of volunteers who have fought for decades to preserve and maintain Huntington Beach’s parks. HB Tree Society is working with the city on a more sustainable model for managing city-owned green space.

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Huntington Beach Tree Society (HBTS) was incorporated in 1998 as a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) with the purposes of:

  • Planting and maintaining trees
  • Educating the public about the benefits and importance of trees and California friendly plants
  • Enlarging our green environment (another name for plants/trees in cities) for the enjoyment and health of all
  • Increasing habitat for urban wildlife

We are an equal opportunity, all-volunteer organization. Donations do not go to salaries. Our dollars go a long way! 

The Huntington Beach Tree Society (HBTS) was incorporated in 1998 as a nonprofit 501 (c)(3) with the purposes of:

  • Planting and maintaining trees
  • Educating the public about the benefits and importance of trees and California friendly plants
  • Enlarging our green environment (another name for plants/trees in cities) for the enjoyment and health of all
  • Increasing habitat for urban wildlife

Exceptional attributes: We are an equal opportunity, all-volunteer organization. Donations do not go to salaries.  We have a donated office and donated use of two trucks. Our dollars go a long way! To date we have purchased and planted more than 7,500 trees and CA-friendly plants growing in and around the Urban Forest, located in southwest Huntington Beach Central Park.

 

HB Central Park Feathered Tree Fans

Visit the Bird watching in the Urban Forest page for regular updates on species observed.

As habitat expands thanks to planting and nurturing by HB Tree Society volunteers, more birds, butterflies and other species are appearing!

American Kestrel in the Urban Forest (Photo by John O’Gara)

Anna’s Hummingbird (Photo by John O’Gara)

A Spotted Towhee, spotted in the Urban Forest

Hummingbird in the HB Central Park Secret Garden

A hummingbird pollinates Central Park wildflowers

Cooper’s Hawk on the Shipley to Shore Trail

 

Black Phoebe, dining on a dragonfly.

A Great Horned Owl on an evening visit to HB Central Park’s westside raptor foraging area.

A blue-gray Gnatcatcher, at home in the Urban Forest.

A white-tailed Kite, also seen in the Urban Forest

Birder Lena Hayashi has been tallying bird counts at Shipley Nature Center for years. As of fall 2020, she began doing counts in the Urban Forest as well!  Click here to learn more. 

 




Checks may be sent to:

HB Tree Society
PO Box 1269
Sunset Beach, CA  90742

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