By Andy Meeks As you may know by now, Friends of Trees has embarked upon a new campaign called Plant It Portland as part of our continuing efforts to turn Portland’s Grey to Green. We make it easy to take part in this campaign. You can purchase a discounted street or yard tree for your home [...]
Tags: grey to green, Plant It Portland, street trees, yard trees
Do you know a neighbor who people can go to for advice about trees? Want to be a resource and leader for your neighborhood? Portland Parks & Recreation’s seven-class course can make you a Neighborhood Tree Steward! The course covers tree biology, identification, planting, pruning, pathology, soils, economic benefits of trees, Portland’s rules and regulations, [...]
Tags: education, PP&R, street trees, volunteering, yard trees
Garry Oak spent Sunday greeting cyclists, having photos taken and sharing “high-fives” at the corner of 34th and Madison for Sunday Parkways. Did you stop by? We posted over 100 photos on our Flickr page, which you can see at photos.friendsoftrees.org. Look for yourself, look for your friends, and see why Garry Oak is always [...]
Tags: Garry Oak, sunday parkways
Friends of Trees will span the fun spectrum this weekend. On Saturday we’re serving jambalaya at Martin Luther King Jr. Loaves & Fishes’ fifth annual Authentic Creole Jambalaya Dinner. And on Sunday we’re greeting people at the summer’s fourth Sunday Parkways in Southeast Portland from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday’s jambalaya dinner is from [...]
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