Portland Parks & Recreation officially welcomed the planting season Saturday with its second annual Dig-It event, planting 28 trees at Mt. Tabor Middle School. Organizer Karl Dawson of Portland Parks said the event was a success, thanks to the spectacular weather and great support from Portland Public Schools, Friends of Trees and Grey to Green. [...]
In an email to citizens today, Mayor Sam Adams unveiled Portland’s pending Climate Action Plan, which intends to increase urban forest canopy from 26 percent to 33 percent by 2030. Other urban forestry goals outlined in the 70-page document include: protection against tree loss; tree canopy retention efforts; and the planting of large-species trees. Also [...]
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Raise your hand if you know how to plant a tree. Sounds simple, right? A lot of folk get it wrong. Friends of Trees plants thousands of discounted nursery trees every year, and one of the common mistakes we see is improper planting depth. “When planting trees, we want to see the flare: the transition [...]
In a continued effort to prepare for the planting season, late last month Friends of Trees staffers dedicated a work day to cleaning and organizing its parking lot. The all-hands-on-deck event saw plenty of bushwhacking, dumpster trips and elbow grease, but it was also about organizing for the upcoming planting season, the biggest in 20 [...]
