By Kris Day Big thanks to Collier Arbor Care for servicing tree care needs across the greater Portland area for 75 years! To celebrate crossing this significant milestone and to express gratitude to the company’s customers and partner organizations, Collier recently hosted an anniversary celebration at the Clackamas County headquarters complete with live music, a [...]
By Katie Neis When an economist starts talking about the benefits of trees to public life, it’s time to pay attention. Geoffrey Donovan of the U.S. Forest Service took on that challenge last month with a presentation on his study “The Effect of Urban Trees on Public Health” for the Forest Ecology & Management Seminar [...]
By Brighton West It’s that time of year again when nature turns our trees into an amazing artist’s palette, then drops the leaves to let the winter sun through. What a gift from nature—sun and nutrients needed by our spring flowers. Friends of Trees will launch a new website on November 1: www.PortlandLeafHarvest.com. The web [...]
Tags: canopy, leaf harvest, street trees
By Brighton West Want to see your name on the big screen? Friends of Trees is partnering with Ascending the Giants, a group dedicated to ascending and documenting all aspects of champion trees, on a new short film called Treeverse. Treeverse will follow arborists Brian French and Will Koomjian of Ascending the Giants on an [...]
