How many varieties of six- to 12-foot maple trees does Friends of Trees provide at discounted rates? Ten. The Walt Disney Company? One—and it is not at a discounted rate. Well, Walt wasn’t in the tree selling business, but Disney is now offering a special Toy Story Space Alien Tree Planting Kit that comes with [...]
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By Jesse Batty The city of Vancouver held its annual Arbor Day Celebration at the Mayor’s Grove April 14, continuing a commitment to the urban forest for many years to come. The day consisted of a presentation of awards, tree games for kids, planting the mayor’s tree (Triumph Elm), and a Bigleaf Maple seedling giveaway [...]
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By Andy Meeks On Wednesday morning approximately 30 people were treated to a walking tour highlighting the trees and history of Laurelhurst Park. Phyllis Reynolds, author of “Trees of Greater Portland” and longtime Friends of Trees supporter, led the tour as part of the Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R) Arbor Week. Reynolds has done extensive [...]
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It has been a few years now and Portland continues to develop its infrastructure of street swales and curb extensions. The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) developed and is implementing these runoff-collecting tools along Portland’s streets in an effort to keep the Willamette River cleaner. Street swales and curb extensions are also the next generation [...]
Tags: BES, bike, G2G, hornbeam, maple, runoff, street trees, tupelo
