By Kris Day Do your new tree a favor by giving it a long, slow drink when a cold, dry spell is upon us—especially if it’s evergreen! Believe it or not, trees can suffer the effects of “drought” even during a Portland winter if their root systems aren’t yet adequate to replace water lost to [...]
From the U.S. Forest Service For Geoffrey Donovan, a research forester at the Forest Service’s Pacific Northwest Research Station, and his colleagues, the loss of 100 million trees in the eastern and midwestern United States provided an unprecedented opportunity to study the impact of a major change in the natural environment on human health. In an [...]
By Andrew Land Although we always suggest giving our shade trees a few years to get established before first touching them with pruners or a saw (other than to remove dead/dying/damaged limbs), fruit trees are a slightly different beast. The primary difference is that fruit trees can have literally hundreds of pounds of fruit hanging [...]
Friends and colleagues of FOT Neighborhood Trees Specialist David Odom, who passed away a year ago today, gathered at the Columbia Children’s Arboretum in Portland yesterday to plant a grove of tupelos in his memory. Three Friends of Trees staff members spent many hours working with Portland Parks & Recreation to arrange the special planting [...]
