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The Official Blog of Our City Forest offers gardening advice, tree care tips, arborist and urban forestry facts from multiple contributors. The Our City Forest Blog also shares stories from our community of volunteers and our AmeriCorps service members' experiences. 

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Plants, Part 6: Hormonal Horticulture

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Plants, Part 6: Hormonal Horticulture

January 22, 2016

Welcome back to Everything You Wanted to Know About Plants. Last time I talked to you about how palms are sneaky devils that trick you with their woody wiles into believing that they are trees like any self-respecting pine, oak or maple

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View fullsize During the holidays our office and nursery will be closed from 12/23/2025 to 1/3/2026! See you in the next year!
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As we wrap up the year, we’re grateful for our volunteers, partners, AmeriCorps members, staff and community who help us grow together. We are all wishing you joy, rest, and renewal this season
View fullsize Grateful to Mayor Matt Mahan and the City of San José for partnering with Our City Forest on a powerful day of tree planting along the Guadalupe River Trail! 🌱 

Thank you to the many volunteers as well as Councilmember Michael Mulcahy who sh
View fullsize We were honored to welcome Assemblymember @ash_kalra to the Our City Forest Nursery & Training Center! 🌳Thank you for taking the time to meet with our AmeriCorps members and connect with our Founding President & CEO, Rhonda Berry. We appreci
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