Please join us for our March and April plantings along the I-205 Multi-Use Path! ODOT’s Elizabeth Craig wrote this story about the first planting along the path in 2012: The threat of snow and ice didn’t stop volunteers from coming out on January 16 to plant trees along the I-205 Multi-Use Path as part of [...]
By Erica Timm The North Portland Peninsula is about to get much, much greener. Friends of Trees is planting just over 700 trees in the Cathedral Park, Kenton, Portsmouth, St. Johns and University Park neighborhoods this year! This is the second record-breaking year for these neighborhoods. Last year, they broke all previous neighborhood planting records [...]
Tags: BES, bike, G2G, Plant It Portland, street trees, yard trees
Friends of Trees wishes a Happy Thanksgiving to all of our awesome volunteers, donors, foundation supporters, agency and neighborhood partners, and corporate sponsors—everyone who has planted trees with us or made it possible for us to plant trees. Don’t miss this Thanksgiving ad in today’s Oregonian! Why does Friends of Trees Executive Director Scott Fogarty plant [...]
Tags: G2G, Green Space Initiative, Plant It Portland, street trees, yard trees
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 – [...]
Tags: BES, G2G, Plant It Portland, Portland Timbers, volunteering
