Posted on September 30, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Sept. 29 to Oct. 17 is Tree Steward training with Portland Public Parks & Recreation
Seven session course covers general and advanced arbor care, tree biology, identification, planting and preservation. Once trained, neighborhood tree stewards work with PP&R staff on tree projects. Class is for ages 14 and up and costs $25.
Oct. 3, Sat. 9 a.m. [...]
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Tags: ACT, BES, education, planting, PP&R, Tigard, training, Vancouver, volunteering
Posted on September 28, 2009 at 11:39 am
A native of Japan, this disease-resistant deciduous has small, triangular fruit. It is known as a substitute for the American Elm, is a fast-grower, and can fit in a six to eight-foot planting strip without power lines.
Bonus clue: name rhymes with Navratilova. Submit your guess below in the comment forum!
–TS
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Tags: quiz, Zelkova
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 1:02 pm
In a study of sold homes on the east side of Portland, a new report says street trees add an average of $8,870 to sales prices and reduce time-on-market by almost two days.
The report, which will be published in Landscape and Urban Planning, is the first of its kind to examine the “effect of urban [...]
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees, Portland Canopy
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Tags: canopy, carbon, G2G, planting, runoff, street trees
Posted on September 22, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Urban forest, green spaces, urban canopy, green oasis … they’re all synonymous with the Portland lifestyle. Who plants thousands of trees every year to maintain and enhance the metro-area’s canopy?
Friends of Trees’ volunteers.
Last Friday, Friends of Trees created an urban park in a downtown parking spot to join the global outreach mechanism Park (ing) Day. [...]
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Tags: Metro, oak, volunteering
Posted on September 21, 2009 at 10:08 am
Name this tree:
Native to Eastern China, Korea and Japan, this oval to rounded small tree is known for its duck foot-shaped leaves and late fall color.
If given full sun and moist soil, this tree will live happily in a 30′ inch wide parking strip for up to 50 years. Need another clue?
–TS
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Posted on September 17, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The Joinery—a long-time Friends of Trees partner and local maker of exquisite wood furniture (see left)—was recently honored with a Green Power Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency.
EPA Green Power Partners use 100 percent green power and demonstrate a dedication to environmentally sensitive business practices.
“We like to be on the forefront of new ideas [...]
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Tags: G2G, runoff
Posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:19 am
Sept. 18, Friday 9 a.m. -3 p.m., is Park (ing) Day with Friends of Trees
Stumptown, 128 SW 3rd Ave.
One-day global event demonstrates the value and need for natural green spaces in the city . Friends of Trees will transform a downtown parking space into a green oasis, with real grass and trees. Come taste the [...]
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Tags: education, planting, PP&R, training, Tualatin, volunteering, watering
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 4:50 pm
The Vermont Division of Forestry is celebrating its centennial with art and writing contests from school children. This first place letter is from William Douglas, who is in the kindergarten to second grade section:
One day I was walking in a forest. Then I found a tree.
It seemed like a perfect tree for a tree [...]
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Tags: art
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 3:51 pm
With the summer arrivals of five new staffers at 3117 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Friends of Trees added vertical hooks for hanging bicycles, upping bike storage capacity by nearly 100 percent.
Kudos, again, to resident handymen, Andy, David and Greg!
–TS
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Posted on September 9, 2009 at 4:25 pm
As the weather gets cooler and the days get shorter, it’s time to think about planting trees. There’s no better way than volunteering with Friends of Trees. Sign up for one of the three Crew Leader trainings this fall and learn the skills you’ll need to make Portland a greener, healthier city. Crew Leader trainings [...]
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Posted on September 9, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Nothing beats the oh-so wonderful, ‘Y1.’ For the Bureau of Environmental Services’ crew canvassing Portland’s neighborhoods, this is the golden codename that gets a street tree in the ground.
As part of Portland’s Grey to Green Initiative with Friends of Trees, these city employees are in their first full-time season of detailed information gathering and door-to-door [...]
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Tags: BES, G2G, oak, planting, street trees, tulip, yard trees
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 2:37 pm
The BBC and London Times report this week that the Institute of Mechanical Engineers has a new study on geo-engineering. One main tenet of the report: artificial trees have the potential to remove CO2 thousands of times faster than real trees—those pretty green things that also absorb runoff, provide habitat, create shade and generally [...]
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Tags: carbon, habitat, poll, runoff, shade
Posted on September 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm
In the summer, and even during a rare spring heat wave in Portland, Friends of Trees works to keep its trees alive with watering and pruning. Often this means Senior Neighborhood Trees Specialist Cain Allen is driving around a 425 gallon water tank that looks like an upside down jacuzzi in the back of a [...]
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Tags: maple, pruning, watering
