By Kate Farrington So, what is an ooze tube? It is a nifty little drip irrigation bag you can purchase for $20 from Friends of Trees to help water your trees in the summer months! If you have trouble remembering to water your tree, or you are a landlord and don’t get to visit your [...]
Tags: education, maintenance, summer, tree care, trees, watering
An engaging new exhibit went on display at Migration Brewing, at 2828 NE Glisan, this month. Local artist Claudia Martinez says this about her artwork: The Epoch Tree is a series of 29 hand-built boxes salvaged from trashed scrap wood left in a garbage bin outside of a cabinetry shop on Foster. These boxes contain [...]
Celebrating another record-breaking planting season at its annual Leadership Awards Luncheon at the Multnomah Athletic Club on May 19, 2011, Friends of Trees presented its 2011 leadership awards to the following: Individual Leadership Award—Josephine Pope; Business Leadership Award—New Seasons Market; and Community Partner Leadership Award—City of Vancouver Urban Forestry. Friends of Trees board member and [...]
Tags: development, giving
The public is invited to a guided tour on Saturday, May 21, of the 3-Creeks Natural Area. The 89-acre area is in northern Clackamas County where the Mt. Scott, Phillips, and Deer creeks meet. The tour is from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be led by the all-volunteer stewardship group, the Tsunami Crew, [...]
Tags: G2G
