Posted on June 10, 2010 at 3:34 pm
By Andy Meeks
Last Saturday – the first beautiful day in weeks (and, so far, the last) – Friends of Trees hosted a Summer Festival Volunteer Training at the PCC Cascade campus. We were thrilled to have nine very enthusiastic people join us to learn about the different Friends of Trees programs, our past achievements and [...]
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Tags: canopy, Gift Trees, I-205, runoff, street trees, sunday parkways, volunteering
Posted on May 4, 2010 at 12:48 pm
By Teri Ruch
Honor your mother and the earth by giving Friends of Trees Gift Trees for Mother’s Day. For a donation of $35, Friends of Trees will plant a young native tree in honor of your mother and send a gift acknowledgment card in her name.
Gift Trees are planted in the Collins Sanctuary adjacent to [...]
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees
Posted on April 21, 2010 at 8:28 am
Congratulations to Metro Council President David Bragdon, who received the 2010 Excellence in Urban Forest Leadership Award from The Arbor Day Foundation. Bragdon received the award for his role in preserving and restoring forest and park land in the Portland-metro region.
Metro is a key partner in two Friends of Trees projects initiated this year–a three-year project with the Oregon [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '10, Audubon, Gift Trees, I-205, Metro, ODOT
Posted on April 13, 2010 at 1:10 pm
By Shelli Romero
March 20 marked the fifth in a series of community tree plantings along the I-205 Multi-Use Path. It also marked another milestone: the 249th tree planting at which Conan Harmon-Walker volunteered.
Born and reared in Oregon, Harmon-Walker is a network administrator for Legacy Health Systems and a 14-year volunteer with Friends of Trees. He [...]
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Tags: bike, Gift Trees, I-205, Metro, ODOT, runoff
Posted on April 1, 2010 at 3:47 pm
Over 70 people participated in the second and final Friends of Trees Gift Trees planting of the season Sunday.
These special invite-only plantings are made available to those who gave or received a Gift Tree. Most often, these gifts are made in honor or memory of someone special.
At the first planting in December, 275 native [...]
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, planting, slideshow, video
Posted on March 4, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Friends of Trees and Cascade Web Development have entered a partnership that aims to give back to business clients by planting trees.
The local Web solutions company will donate a tree via Friends of Trees and its Gift Trees program to every new client they receive for their content management system, called Evergreen.
“This is a great [...]
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Tags: Gift Trees
Posted on February 17, 2010 at 2:28 pm
Her goal was to plant 46 trees—one for every year her son lived.
At her first Gift Trees planting in December, OraLee Olson planted 21 trees in memory of her son, Barry Cooper Olson, whom she lost last year to depression and alcoholism.
As of today, Olson’s friends and family have ordered nearly 75 trees to be [...]
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, planting
Posted on February 16, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Angelina Jolie bought her husband and cohort Brad Pitt a 200-year-old Olive Tree for Valentine’s Day, reports US Magazine and The Sun.
The movie star couple and hurricane of international goodwill reportedly spent $18,500 for the tree, which will be planted, or transplanted, at their French chateau.
In comparison, a single tree purchased and planted via the [...]
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Tags: Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, planting
Posted on February 10, 2010 at 2:18 pm
In its 20 year history, Friends of Trees has planted over 382,000 trees and shrubs in the Portland-metro area.
During our current planting season, which runs through April, this tally is going up every weekend.
It’s an impressive mechanism to watch: teams of volunteers lending each other a hand; and a dedicated staff working as long as [...]
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Tags: Audubon, bike, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, planting, Tigard
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Saturday morning, the Audubon Society of Portland hosted a sneak peak tour of Collins Sanctuary, a recent Metro purchase with voter-approved dollars.
As the elected officials in the video will tell you (Metro President David Bragdon; Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder; Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish), Metro is partnering with Friends of Trees’ Gift Trees program to [...]
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, Metro, PP&R, video
Posted on February 8, 2010 at 1:50 pm
Don’t forget, Gift Trees are a unique and romantic Valentine’s Day gift.
Visit this post for Gift Trees details, and order yours by Wednesday so we can mail the accompanying card in time to reach your valentine by Feb. 14.
If you prefer to give a more traditional gift, please consider supporting Friends of Trees as you shop [...]
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Posted on February 2, 2010 at 12:13 pm
The Audubon Society of Portland is hosting an adult education course on winter tree identification Sunday, Feb. 21.
The $25-35 course led by Steve Engel will start in a classroom then head out into the Audubon Sanctuary after a sack lunch. Pre-registration is required.
Friends of Trees and the Audubon Society of Portland partner on many area [...]
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Posted on January 29, 2010 at 5:22 pm
This year, love each other and the Earth by giving Friends of Trees Gift Trees for Valentine’s Day.
For a donation of just $35, Friends of Trees will plant a young native tree in honor of a loved one and send a gift acknowledgement card in their name. It’s a great cause and [...]
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, I-205, Metro
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thanks to its two programs (Neighborhood Trees and Green Space Initiative), Friends of Trees has already planted 5,440 trees and shrubs this planting season. The same planting season that started Sept. 26.
With 32 plantings left, there is still plenty of time to roll up the sleeves and contribute to cleaning our communal air and water, [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2009 at 12:09 pm
For the first time Sunday, Friends of Trees planted at Collins Sanctuary in Forest Park.
In a celebratory, invite-only planting, volunteers who gave or received Gift Trees came together on a crisp and beautiful December morning to plant trees in honor and memory.
While one goal of the day was to restore the structure and overarching tree [...]
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Tags: Audubon, cedar, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees
