Did you see this OregonLive video of the Hawthorne Bridge brunch? Be sure to check the two-minute mark.
Want your own Plant It Portland sign? Just ask for one when you find your tree online.
–TR
Tags: canopy, G2G, street trees, video
You don’t need to wear a red blazer and heels to prune a tree, though it made great pruning attire for KATU’s Angelica Thornton.
Yesterday Friends of Trees’ Brighton West joined Angelica on the evening news to give Channel 2 viewers tree pruning tips for small trees.
How much more time does it take to prune a [...]
Tags: canopy, education, street trees, training, video, yard trees
Thirty-eight trees will add shade this summer around the PGE-Pacific Power joint substation at SE 8th Ave. and Harrison St.
On May 26, Friends of Trees joined PGE, Pacific Power, Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services and Verde to plant Rocky Mountain Glow Maples, Hawthorns, Prairiefire Crabapples, and Flowering Pears as part of the city’s Grey to Green [...]
Dear Readers,
It has been an honor and a privilege to enter the Friends of Trees community, sharing your stories and expanding the realm of local urban forestry.
Friends of Trees planted about 17,500 trees and shrubs during the 2009-10 season. The seven month planting season was hectic, to say the least, and FOT staff and [...]
Tags: video
The rock band Cake is currently on its national summer tour, playing such hits as ‘Never There’ and ‘Satan is my Motor,’ all the while giving trees to lucky audience members.
The popular band has been doing this for several years, according to front-man John McCrea at a concert in 2008, “Just because I think trees [...]
By Andy Meeks
Last Sunday Friends of Trees hosted a picnic for approximately 60 of its most active volunteers, including first-time crew leaders and those who have been working with Friends of Trees since our inception. All enjoyed a fun afternoon of excellent food, local beer, and a few very special volunteer awards.
While we provided the [...]
On the heels of the tree-centric Avatar and with the discovery that the Cannes International Film Festival will close this year with a picture called The Tree, it is increasingly clear that the film industry can not survive without trees.
The Tree is a family drama that incorporates a giant Moreton Bay Fig Tree into the [...]
They’re almost as common as topped trees in the urban environment.
What to do with improperly cut branches, or stub cuts?
Watch this brief video from Dr. Tree to learn why it’s important for a tree’s long-term health to remove stub cuts, and the proper pruning techniques for doing so.
Do you have other tree questions for Dr. [...]
Friends of Trees had a big week in Washington D.C., joining hundreds of other tree proponents to speak on behalf of green infrastructure and specifically the capitalization of trees.
“We met with our Congressional delegates to discuss the ways green infrastructure help our communities economically, socially, environmentally and human-health wise,” said Friends of Trees Executive Director [...]
This video, produced by Program Director Brighton West, shows the attention Friends of Trees gives to every tree it sells.
Usually, sorting 300 tree tags takes much longer than 26 seconds.
Every street and yard tree sold by Friends of Trees receives a custom made tree tag that names the species and provides instructions on care-taking.
The green [...]
Tags: video
Who wants a free cup of Starbucks coffee today?
A new national campaign from Starbucks asks customers to bring reusable mugs into their stores today to receive a free house coffee.
The online advertisement, appearing now on the front page of The New York Times, touts the tag line “One person can save trees, together we can [...]
Tags: video
Over 70 people participated in the second and final Friends of Trees Gift Trees planting of the season Sunday.
These special invite-only plantings are made available to those who gave or received a Gift Tree. Most often, these gifts are made in honor or memory of someone special.
At the first planting in December, 275 native [...]
Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, planting, slideshow, video
The Arbor Day Foundation is running a student video contest through April 9 that will award $2,500 worth of trees planted on or near a college campus.
The top three inspirational videos will be displayed on the Arbor Day Web site.
Both of the videos in this blog post are official submissions.
And speaking of videos and the [...]
Tags: video
An overwhelming majority of testimony Tuesday night supported moving the Citywide Tree Project (CTP) forward to a vote by the Portland City Council.
About two dozen speakers—neighborhood association leaders, research scientists, concerned citizens, home builders and nonprofit leaders—testified in front of the Urban Forestry Commission and Planning Commission.
An analysis of all the public testimony, written and [...]
What happens to a country when there are years of war, no jobs and an earthquake? Often among the ripples of desperation is the reality of severe deforestation.
This has been the case recently with Haiti, and it is the case with Armenia, as this recently published story and documentary from National Geographic outlines.
An excerpt from [...]
Tags: deforestation, video