Growth Rings - News from Friends of Trees

Mother Trees for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 7, 2012 at 4:26 pm

By Katie Neis In a forest you can find trees so massive that, no matter how many steps you take backwards, you might never see the tops. Sunlight filters down through their canopy giving just enough light, and darkness, to inspire new flora and fauna to push up through the mossy ground and stretch their [...]

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Planting hearts

Posted on March 27, 2012 at 3:54 pm

By Emma Gray Over one hundred volunteers enjoyed the restorative beauty of sunshine at the Collins Sanctuary on Sunday, March 25, as they joined together to plant 580 new native trees and plants at the final Gift Tree Planting of the season. Sunday’s planting at the Sanctuary, a beautiful forest publicly held by Metro and [...]

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Plant a tree for your valentine – 25% off during February

Posted on January 25, 2012 at 10:11 am

By Emma Gray During the month of February, Friends of Trees wants to share the love by taking 25% off Gift Trees. For the entire month, use discount code TREELOVE to show your love for the people you care about and for the earth. We’ll plant a tree in your loved one’s honor and send [...]

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Gift Tree planting reminds us of the wisdom of trees and the people around us

Posted on December 12, 2011 at 1:32 pm

By Emma Gray Brisk temperatures didn’t keep planters from joining together on Sunday to celebrate the people in their lives by planting trees. At the first Gift Tree planting of the season,  volunteers who had purchased or received Gift Trees since March of last year planted at the Collins Sanctuary, a beautiful forest publicly held [...]

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