by Chelsea Schuyler Like to plant? Like to bike? Plant by bike!! According to the League of American Cyclists, Portland is one of the top five most bike-friendly cities in the nation. You can tell by our bike lanes, our “green boxes,” and the cyclist traffic jam on Hawthorne Bridge at rush hour. Going to [...]
Monday, November 22, is the day to give to Friends of Trees through the Willamette Week Give!Guide. If you make your donation between 12:01 a.m. and 12:00 midnight on Monday, your name could be chosen for one of these two special prizes: (1) A full case of Rogue Spruce Gin, artisan distilled in Oregon. The gin won a [...]
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By Andrew Land This past Saturday morning, 37 future Green Space Initiative (GSI) crew leaders gathered around free Starbucks coffee and Voodoo doughnuts at the Audubon Society of Portland for Friends of Trees’ annual crew leader training. It’s a truly beautiful place, well worth a visit if you haven’t already been. The new crew leaders started the day [...]
Tags: Audubon, Green Space Initiative, training, volunteering
Plant It Portland! has arrived. Find our happy trees and people on windows at Fresh Pot, 3729 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, and Bridgeport Ale House, 3632 SE Hawthorne Boulevard. Enjoy good ale, good coffee, and good things that grow on trees. Learn more about Amy Ruppel, the artist behind the art. –TR
Tags: Plant It Portland, street trees, yard trees
