Posted on May 21, 2013 at 3:08 pm
By Erica Timm Interested in learning more about the composition of Portland’s urban forest? Want to increase your tree identification skills? Have some skills to share? Want to have fun in the sun this summer? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, please consider becoming a tree inventory team leader for Portland Parks & [...]
Filed under: Portland Canopy, Volunteering
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Tags: canopy, education, street trees, volunteering
Posted on December 6, 2012 at 1:44 pm
On Saturday, Dec. 1, Friends of Trees joined Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry Division for a morning of pruning young trees in the Concordia neighborhood. Ten ISA-certified arborists made it possible for small groups of volunteers to learn proper structural pruning. Altogether, 234 young trees were pruned! This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of the [...]
Filed under: Dr. Tree, FOT Events, Neighborhood Trees
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Tags: PP&R, pruning, street trees
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:22 pm
During the past year and a half, Ian Bonham has taken on many roles at Friends of Trees and inspired many to plant trees. Shortly after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Geography from Portland State University last spring, Ian became a summer inspector so he could check on new street trees during their first summer [...]
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Tags: street trees, Vancouver, yard trees
Posted on October 21, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Friends of Trees invites homeowners in Vancouver, WA, and Portland, OR, to sign up for trees to plant with their neighbors this fall and winter. The cost for a tree in the 29 Vancouver neighborhoods where we’re planting this year is $50. The cost for a tree in the 55 Portland neighborhoods where we’re planting [...]
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees, Plant It Portland, Vancouver
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Tags: Plant It Portland, street trees, Vancouver, yard trees
