On April 14, 135 volunteers gathered in SE Portland to enhance the I-205 Multi-Use Path for cyclists, pedestrians and neighbors. As part of the tree planting, family, friends and colleagues of Gail Achterman gathered to plant more than a dozen oaks in her memory. Oregon State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer greeted the volunteers. She was honored, [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, Green Space Initiative, Metro
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 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 [...]
Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, Metro, planting
