A recent article in the New York Times by Robbie Brown describes the challenges Atlanta is facing now because of “a severe drought, a series of powerful storms, a surge of invasive species and pests and the natural deaths of older trees planted during the creation of the city’s first planned neighborhoods in the early [...]
Tags: education, planting, street trees, yard trees
By Andy Meeks Did you know that urban street and yard trees increase air and water quality, improve neighborhood livability, help mitigate stormwater runoff, boost property values, and help beautify neighborhoods? Would you like to meet your neighbors, develop valuable organizing skills, and have fun while helping Friends of Trees reach our ambitious goal of [...]
Tags: education, training, yard trees
By Kris Day Friends of Trees has teamed up with SOLV and the Clackamas River Basin Council to offer free restoration services to private property owners along Rock Creek, tributary to the Clackamas River, in Happy Valley and Damascus, Oregon. The three nonprofits are working together as The Rock Creek Partnership, a project funded by Water [...]
On Saturday, July 16, longtime Friends of Trees volunteer Jim Gersbach shared his knowledge of the beech family, Fagaceae, with Friends of Trees staff and key volunteers during a morning tour of the NE Ainsworth Linear Arboretum. A crew leader, neighborhood coordinator, and former board member, Jim also gives PowerPoint presentations to homeowners several times [...]
Tags: education, street trees, yard trees
