El Hispanic News Editor-in-Chief Julie Cortez wrote this inspiring story about a movement to create a park in Portland’s Cully neighborhood. Read about Friends of Trees’ partner, Verde, and others who are making “Let Us Build Cully Park!” a reality. We also hope you’ll join us for our planting in the Cully, Beaumont-Wilshire and Roseway [...]
Our Plant It Portland! campaign is getting even more whimsical this weekend. On Saturday, March 3, Friends of Trees is partnering with event sponsors Whole Foods Market and Portland General Electric to plant trees on the opening weekend of “The Lorax” movie.
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By Emma Gray Here at Friends of Trees we get excited about planting trees. But we get even more excited when other people are inspired to plant trees and teach others about planting trees. Meet one of our newest (and youngest) tree ambassadors: Alyssa. Alyssa was recently so inspired by the patented (okay, it is [...]
By Whitney Dorer With two plantings last Saturday, February 18, North Portland received 700 new trees! The Kenton and Portsmouth neighborhoods celebrated in a new way at their planting with … MUSIC! In addition to laughter, smiles, conversation, and bowls filled to the brim with steaming soup, live bluegrass encouraged folks to get up and dance. Local singer [...]
