by Chelsea Schuyler You can see by the pictures in this slideshow that a better day could not have been chosen for the annual Volunteer Appreciation Picnic last Saturday at Colonel Summers Park. Our sometimes flaky guest, the sun, showed up early and shut the place down, making the perfect weather for badminton, cornhole, frisbee, [...]
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Friends of Trees is excited to join the Pacific Tree Climbing Institute and Irvington Community Association this Saturday for a morning of tree climbing in Irving Park, 3535 NE 7th Avenue. Come join the fun between 9 a.m. and noon on October 2. And watch this blog for a view from the top! Read more [...]
NE Oregon First is generously hosting a Friends of Trees Benefit during the Alberta Art Walk (“off the beaten path”) from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at 5136 NE Garfield Avenue on September 30. Come enjoy drinks, food and socializing—and see some great photography by Ellie Winds. All donations and half of all artwork proceeds will benefit Friends [...]
By Andy Meeks Last Friday, Friends of Trees helped celebrate Portland’s PARK(ing) Day by creating a small urban park and game center in front of Stumptown Coffee on SW 3rd Avenue. Complete with a homemade game of bags, a temporary lawn, walls of straw bales, our famous Plant It Portland yard signs, and, of course, trees—scarlet oaks, [...]
