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. [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Green Space Initiative, Portland Canopy, Tree City USA
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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
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Green Space Initiative, Neighborhood Trees, Portland Canopy
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Tags: Metro, oak, volunteering
