What a weekend! Friends of Trees had four successful plantings on February 4, thanks to all of our volunteers, planting partners, and sponsors. Below are photos from our Green Space Initiative planting in Tigard taken by Phil Pasteris, photos from our Eugene planting taken by Becky Lubas Nickell, and photos from our Piedmont-Woodlawn neighborhood planting [...]

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Friends of Trees neighborhood coordinators and staff had a great time at the St. Johns Parade this month, where they featured the Plant It Portland! campaign. Friends of Trees even received an honorable mention for participating in the parade. “It was the first parade of the season and it rocked!” said Friends of Trees Neighborhood [...]

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Many thanks to the 167 volunteers who helped Friends of Trees plant nearly 500 trees at our Neighborhood Trees plantings and our Green Space Initiative planting along the I-205 Multi-Use Path in Lents on March 19. Special thanks to photographers Staci Heathman and Melissa Timko, whose images are a part of the slide show below, [...]

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By Jesse Batty Saturday morning, November 6, was a great day of knowledge, trees, good food, and good people at Friends of Trees’ Neighborhood Trees Crew Leader Training in Vancouver. In the morning, 27 volunteers became official Friends of Trees crew leaders. They will be an integral part of our effort to plant 5,000 trees [...]

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