By Melissa Tiefenthaler Tree roots won’t be cracking the sidewalk in front of this Vancouver home. Here, the sidewalk bends! This sidewalk is made from interlocking rubber tiles made from recycled tires. It can be taken apart and put back together like a jigsaw puzzle, which makes pruning problematic tree roots much easier! As a [...]
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City of Portland street sweepers are out in force cleaning leaves from streets each fall. Recently Friends of Trees Program Director Brighton West was invited to take a ride in one of the sweepers. What did he learn? First, the driver can ride on either side of the sweeper. It’s equipped with steering wheel and [...]
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By Melissa Tiefenthaler An amazing volunteer-driven tree inventory has hit an impressive milestone. Volunteer teams in six Portland neighborhoods completed an inventory of 25,000 trees! Congratulations to Concordia, Eastmoreland, Kenton, Overlook, Sellwood-Moreland, and St. Johns for this incredible effort. Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry created a customized final report for each neighborhood based on [...]
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By Brighton West Tree roots under sidewalks can be a problem. Maybe it’s the wrong tree in the wrong place. Or maybe it’s the right tree in the right place, but unlucky soil conditions caused a root to grow right under a sidewalk. The result is the same: broken sidewalks. At this fall’s Arbor Day [...]
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