It's Acorn Season! Please Help Out!
Autumn is acorn season. The time for collecting acorns from our neighborhood's oak trees is upon us!! The Arroyo Seco Foundation humbly asks for your participation in gathering a paper bag's worth of acorns. If you have a great oak, particularly an Engelmann oak, in your year or neighborhood, please pitch in.
- We are interested in acorns from Engelmann or Coast Live Oak trees. The Coast Live Oak is by far the dominant oak tree in the area, with the Engelmann being the other main variety.
- Gather a small paper bag's worth of acorns
- Put the acorns in a bowl of water. THROW AWAY those acorns that float on top. KEEP the acorns that sink down to the bottom!
- Dry the acorns off completely
- Put the acorns in a brown/dark paper bag, with a leaf from the tree inside the bag
- Store the paper bag in your fridge
- Give me a call to schedule delivery of the acorns to your local watershed coordinator
If you would like to learn how to identify the Engelmann Oak and Coast Live Oak, follow the link through and you can find out the characteristics of the trees, why they are important, and where to find them! Identifying Oaks
Thank you for your time and participation. My phone number is (925) 997-2896. I am available at any time. You can also respond to the e-mail address provided below, and I will get in touch with you immediately.
All the best,
Andy Byrne
Watershed Coordinator
Arroyo Seco Foundation
P.O. Box 91622
Pasadena, CA 91109
(925) 997-2896 (Mobile)