Posted on October 31, 2011 at 11:29 am
I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree– A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against a volunteer in a safety vest A tree producing oxygen all day Will leave a legacy that’s here to stay Planting a tree is an amazing sensation Improving the urban canopy of this [...]
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees, Plant It Portland, Portland Canopy
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Tags: Amy Ruppel, BES, Frank Creative, LWA PR, Plant It Portland, Portland General Electric, PRSA
Posted on October 25, 2011 at 1:45 pm
By Chris Crabb Friends of Trees debuted a billboard campaign this month that playfully mimics the iconic portraits of diehard Timbers fans seen on billboards around Portland earlier this year. The two Friends of Trees billboards feature illustrated Portland Timbers fans, but instead of axes, they’re wielding saplings and spades. The messaging is simple – [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Neighborhood Trees, Plant It Portland
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Tags: BES, G2G, Plant It Portland, Portland Timbers, volunteering
Posted on October 17, 2011 at 3:50 pm
By Andrew Land On the first of October, I had the privilege of joining a small group touring the Cully-Concordia International Grove with Jim Gersbach, a Concordia tree steward, longtime Friends of Trees volunteer, and a key contributor to the design of a new urban mini-forest at the north end of 42nd Avenue in Portland.
Filed under: FOT Events, Neighborhood Trees, Plant It Portland, Portland Canopy
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Tags: BES, education
Posted on September 27, 2011 at 6:15 pm
Friends of Trees is honored to receive a $10,000 grant from REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) in Portland to support two Green Space Initiative plantings along the I-205 Multi-Use Path and $5,000 from REI in Eugene for natural area restoration work in the Eugene-Springfield area. This fall and winter mark the third planting season of the [...]
Filed under: Eugene, Green Space Initiative, Portland Canopy
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Tags: BES, Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT, REI
