By Katie Neis In a forest you can find trees so massive that, no matter how many steps you take backwards, you might never see the tops. Sunlight filters down through their canopy giving just enough light, and darkness, to inspire new flora and fauna to push up through the mossy ground and stretch their [...]
Tags: Collins Sanctuary, education, Gift Trees, video
Dr. Tree is back! Watch the video below to learn the many reasons you should not top trees. Special thanks to Dr. Tree for his helpful advice and to Friends of Trees Neighborhood Trees Specialist Jesse Batty for producing this video. Other videos and tips on our blog from Dr. Tree include the following: How [...]
Tags: pruning, street trees, video
By Emma Gray Local filmmaker and Friends of Trees supporter Martin Vavra was awarded not only best LGBT film but also best short documentary film at the 2011 Breckenridge Festival of Film this week. Vavra’s award-winning film Patrick’s Story follows a gay man who was removed from a Portland hospital as his partner lay dying. [...]
Tags: education, Plant It Portland, video
“Mia and the Migoo” opened at the Regal Fox Tower 10 in Portland on Friday. An environmental fable about a mystical Tree of Life threatened by a development project gone awry, the movie won the European Film Academy’s Best Animated Feature. It stars Whoopi Goldberg, Matthew Modine (who is also a producer), Wallace Shawn, and James [...]
