Join the Sylvan Highlands Neighborhood Association on Friday, September 16 at 6:30 pm for a screening under the stars of the 1964 Disney classic Mary Poppins! Meet at the Hoyt Arboretum Pavilion at 6:30, and bring your lawn chairs, picnic, family, and friends for a night among the trees of Hoyt Arboretum. The movie starts [...]
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By Andrew Land We’d love your support on Saturday, August 13, from 9:00 am until noon, at East Sylvan Middle School, where we will follow up on work we started there in October of last year. Friends of Trees helped at the site by giving support to Portland Parks & Recreation‘s third annual Dig it! [...]
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By Andy Meeks Are you looking to expand your tree identification skills, help your neighborhood learn more about its street trees, or just do something interesting while soaking up the sunshine? Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry and several Portland neighborhoods are seeking residents and business owners to volunteer three hours of their time on [...]
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This engaging episode of Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Field Guide features Portland’s Heritage Tree program. A Heritage Tree is one of nearly 300 trees in Portland that are protected from future development because of special qualifications such as age, size, shape, botanical value, and history. Started in 1993, the Heritage Tree program selected the first Heritage Tree in 1994. [...]
Tags: education, PP&R, street trees, video, yard trees
