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Vallejo Heights group enlists city crews, volunteers to restore Wilson Avenue median after two‑year effort
Summary
The Vallejo Heights Neighborhood Association described a two‑year effort to revive a barren median on Wilson Avenue — raising about $3,500, planting 200 fescue grasses, 12 apricot queens and several oak trees, and coordinating volunteer and city Public Works support to complete the project.
Steve Seidel, a member at large of the Vallejo Heights Neighborhood Association, told the Vallejo Beautification Commission the group spent two years planning and fundraising to restore the large median on Wilson Avenue between B Street and Hitchbourne.
Seidel said the association raised roughly $3,500 — through a silent art auction and donations — to cover plant purchases and related costs. "We raised $3,500," he said. He described working with Devil Mountain Nursery for wholesale pricing, coordinating with Public Works staff (including Scott Tidrow and Brian Waters) on irrigation and design, and recruiting more than a dozen…
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