With two plantings already behind us, Friends of Trees has begun to tally our numbers for the 2010-11 planting season. Following our October 16 Green Space Initiative planting at Mary Woodward Wetlands and our October 23 Green Space Initiative planting with the Portland Waldorf School along the I-205 multi-use path near SE Division, the first-of-season [...]
Tags: Green Space Initiative, I-205
When Laurie Fernandes received a notice from the city last year saying she needed to replace her broken sidewalk, the Argay resident turned challenge into opportunity. Replacing the sidewalk was expensive, and Laurie didn’t know how she could afford to plant trees in her yard as well. Until a neighbor told her about Friends of [...]
Tags: G2G, Plant It Portland, planting, street trees, yard trees
Adding to his growing collection of photos with celebrities, Garry Oak joined Jack Johnson and Friends of Trees staffers Logan Lauvray and Kris Day at Jack Johnson’s concert this month in Ridgefield, Washington. The day was a blast, with great music (of course) and lots of tree hugging. Garry and his handlers met hundreds of [...]
At this year’s Dig-It event to kick off the planting season, Portland’s Urban Forestry Commission presented the 2010 Bill Naito Community Trees Awards to Bruce Nelson and Save Our Elms. A professor at Clackamas Community College and a Friends of Trees Volunteer of the Year, Bruce Nelson has contributed regularly to Friends of Trees’ leadership trainings [...]
Tags: PP&R, street trees, yard trees
