You don’t need to wear a red blazer and heels to prune a tree, though it made great pruning attire for KATU’s Angelica Thornton. Yesterday Friends of Trees’ Brighton West joined Angelica on the evening news to give Channel 2 viewers tree pruning tips for small trees. How much more time does it take to [...]
Tags: canopy, education, street trees, training, video, yard trees
Do you have a fruit or nut tree and want to share the bounty with Vancouver’s emergency food system? Would you like to harvest neighborhood fruit to donate to local food pantries? Each year in yards across Vancouver, thousands of pounds of fruit and nuts fall to the ground, going to waste and presenting a clean-up [...]
Tags: fruit trees, local food, nut trees, urban gleaning, Vancouver
Friends of Trees’ Garry Oak visited Portland City Hall yesterday. Watch this slideshow of Garry meeting Portland Mayor Sam Adams, City Commissioner Dan Saltzman, City Commissioner Nick Fish, and others at City Hall. Garry also greeted new friends on the street and stopped by The Standard, which has sponsored Friends of Trees plantings. Read about [...]
Tags: Mayor Adams, slideshow, street trees
If you missed our Pedalpalooza bike ride on the I-205 multi-use path in June, you’ll have another chance to see the new trees. Next month Friends of Trees Green Space Manager Logan Lauvray will lead another bicycle tour, called the Equity Ride, that will include part of the path crossing through the Montavilla neighborhood. Organizers of the Equity Ride [...]
