You’ve probably seen him on a Saturday morning in a bright orange vest with a Friends of Trees logo on the back. Or on wet days, in a yellow slicker. You may have even planted on his crew.

Now Attorney General John Kroger has appointed Friends of Trees’ decade-long crew leader and former board member Paul Garrahan as Special Counsel to the Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources. In that role, Paul will undoubtedly carry on the work he began at Metro and furthered as a dedicated volunteer at Friends of Trees.

Before assuming his new position with the Attorney General’s office, Paul was Senior Attorney at Metro, where he served as lead attorney for the Natural Areas Acquisition Program and provided advice for several environmental programs. Last month he stepped down as a Friends of Trees board member, where he’d served for eight years in many capacities, including board president and vice president.

During those eight years, Paul saw the organization through tough times, including the post 9/11 years and the current economic downturn.

“It has been an exceptional honor to have served on the FOT board for the last eight years,” Paul said. “To see how financially stable and well-positioned the organization is today compared to where it was when I started on the board is extremely gratifying. It was an honor to have had the chance to play a small role in that transformation.”

Paul started volunteering with Friends of Trees as a neighborhood coordinator a decade ago, when he experienced first-hand the excitement of helping his neighbors plant trees and the “amazing bonus” of watching his neighbors form friendships as they planted together and shared a potluck afterward.

He’s also been a crew leader for a decade, and he plans to continue in that role as time allows.

Paul’s “dedication and commitment as a board member, crew leader, neighborhood coordinator, donor and advocate is unparalleled and greatly appreciated,” said Friends of Trees Executive Director Scott Fogarty. “We’re grateful for everything he’s done for Friends of Trees.”

Friends of Trees staff and volunteers look forward to watching Paul continue helping the environment in his new role. We also look forward to fun, dirty and possibly wet weekend mornings of planting trees together this fall!

–TR

Friends of Trees volunteers planting in the Boise, Eliot, Humboldt and King neighborhoods in February (FOT file)

Do you know a neighbor who people can go to for advice about trees? Want to be a resource and leader for your neighborhood?

Portland Parks & Recreation’s seven-class course can make you a Neighborhood Tree Steward! The course covers tree biology, identification, planting, pruning, pathology, soils, economic benefits of trees, Portland’s rules and regulations, and how you can use your newly gained knowledge help your neighborhood’s urban forest.

Meeting times are Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. from September 21 through October 23. The course costs $75, with a 25% discount available if two or more people from one neighborhood register together.

To register, call 503-823-2525 and ask to sign up for course #328995. For information about discounts or scholarships, contact Autumn Montegna at autumn.montegna@portlandoregon.gov or 503-701-7622.

You can also help by working with others to identify tree-deficient areas in your neighborhood. The Concordia Tree Team is leading the first of Portland’s neighborhood tree inventories and will create a neighborhood stewardship plan as part of the process. Concordia’s street tree inventory workshops are on August 21, September 11, and October 9 from 8:30 am to noon.

This Saturday’s workshop will be held at the Kennedy School Community Room (5736 NE 33rd).  You can register for this workshop HERE or contact Angie DiSalvo at angie.disalvo@portlandoregon.gov.  Please visit www.portlandonline.com/parks/treeinventory to learn more about this important program.

The inventory project is supported by a grant from the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District.

–TR

Andy Meeks and Sarah Eustis after their wedding in July (photo by Craig Dilger)

It’s not every day that a Friends of Trees staff member is featured in the New York Times. And not every day that two newlyweds have such a compelling story to tell.

It’s also not every couple that races each other by bicycle after their wedding ceremony. Below is an excerpt from the story:

Afterward, the bride hiked up her cream-colored silk gown and jumped onto a bicycle, the bridegroom, in a Brooks Brothers suit, onto another, and they raced each other down a hill.

“He does everything big and has a big heart,” said Sam Schaffer, the best man. “If there’s anyone with a heart big enough to match his, it’s Sarah.”

Read all of Christina Sobran’s story in the New York Times about Friends of Trees’ Volunteer Manager Andy Meeks and his wife, Sarah Eustis.

–TR

Friends of Trees Haiku Hotties will collect haikus from the Live Wire audience on August 21. (Live Wire)

Don’t miss the Friends of Trees Haiku Hotties at the live show of Live Wire on August 21 at The Gerding Theater at the Armory.

In addition to watching Friends of Trees collect the audience’s haikus, the evening will feature performances by musician Reggie Watts and experimental stage artist Dayna Hanson, with guest musicians 3 Leg Torso and Menomena.

Doors open at 7 p.m., and the show begins at 8 p.m. Buy a ticket in advance to hand your own haiku to a FOT hottie!

If you can’t come in person, be sure to listen to Live Wire at 8 p.m. on OPB–91.5 FM in the Portland metro area.

–TR

Where else but Portland could Beavers team up with trees?

To thank all of our great supporters, Friends of Trees is offering our volunteers and donors free tickets to the August 14 Beavers game against the Albuquerque Isotopes. Many thanks to the Beavers for offering Friends of Trees discounted tickets.

If you would like to join us on August 14, just email our summer intern, Sara Jeffries, at SaraJ@FriendsofTrees.org. The tickets are at the third base line–a great location–and the game starts at 7 p.m. The first 2,000 fans to arrive receive free Beavers hats!

If you missed seeing Friends of Trees play the Beavers four years ago, watch our pre-Garry tree pitch a strike and Brighton West run the bases as a pinecone.

Tree cheers for the Beavers!

(Garry Oak is on Facebook now. Find out what he’s up to, and be his friend. All trees need friends.)

–TR

Board members Sky O'Callahan and Nancy Buley chat at Friends of Trees' May 2010 Leadership Awards Luncheon (Greg Tudor)

Sky, his wife Skipper, and their son Conor (16) live on a farm south of Oregon City with their friends, Sue and Chip. The two families have formed a double-sized family on the farm for 25 years, with Conor growing up like a brother to Sue and Chip’s son, Seth, who’s now attending college.

Sky has planted trees on the farm, which features an orchard, ducks that lay eggs for the extended family, and an organic garden that provides them with fresh produce. He was first introduced to city tree planting at a Friends of Trees event sponsored by The Standard, where he works as Assistant Vice President of Customer Support.

A year ago he made a pledge to plant 100 trees, some on his farm and others in neighborhoods. He hopes that Friends of Trees will help him reach—or surpass—his goal.

Sky credits his Boy Scout troop in the Los Angeles area, where he grew up, for laying the “foundation for my love of trees.” His troop often backpacked in Yosemite and Sequoia National parks. Sky left Los Angeles in 1985 “in large part because I was tired of cement and wanted more trees and actual seasons.”

Boy Scouts and trees continue to be part of the family picture. Conor is a Star Scout and enjoys the large old trees at his church camp at Mt. Adams.

Sky also plays guitar and sings in addition to reading, hiking, and enjoying baseball.

–Teri Ruch

A happy new tree owner - courtesy of Friends of Trees, 2.13.10 (FoT File)

By Andy Meeks

Did you know that urban street and yard trees increase air and water quality, improve neighborhood livability, help mitigate stormwater runoff, boost property values, and help beautify neighborhoods?

Would you like to meet your neighbors, develop valuable organizing skills, and have fun while helping Friends of Trees reach our ambitious goal of planting about 6,000 street and yard trees in Portland and Vancouver this season?

If any of these possibilities intrigue or even inspire you, consider becoming a Neighborhood Coordinator with Friends of Trees for our 2010-11 planting season! The trainings will be held on Saturday, July 10 from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. with a second session on either Tuesday, July 13 (Vancouver) or Thursday, July 15 (Portland) from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.  (See locations below.)

Neighborhood coordinators make a Friends of Trees planting event possible by talking to neighbors about planting trees, keeping track of homeowner inquiries and tree requests, and helping organize a neighborhood planting event with support from the Friends of Trees staff.

No experience is necessary! We’ll train you in all aspects of this role and support you throughout the planting season as you raise awareness of the planting event, help your neighbors order trees, and organize the logistics of planting day.

Neighborhood coordinators typically work in teams as adjacent neighborhoods are grouped into planting events together. Scheduling is very flexible and most work can be done at home. The typical time commitment is approximately 80 hours from mid-summer until the planting event occurs between November and March. (Dates vary depending on neighborhoods.)

If you have any questions or would like to sign up for these trainings, please e-mail Jesse Batty or call him at 503-282-8846 ext. 25.  We hope to work with you!

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FIRST SESSION: This session is required for all prospective neighborhood coordinators. It is intended to give a broad introduction to Friends of Trees and the Neighborhood Trees program, as well as information about the neighborhood coordinator’s roles, responsibilities and strategies needed to get the job done.

Saturday, July 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at PCC Cascade Campus (Terrell Hall – Room 122) at 705 N Killingsworth in Portland.

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SECOND SESSION: This session will be an opportunity for new and returning neighborhood coordinators to meet each other, talk about ideas, and learn more about our online ordering system.

Tuesday, July 13, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Firstenburg Community Center – 700 Northeast 136th Avenue, Vancouver, WA – in Community Room A. This session is for Vancouver Neighborhood Coordinators only.

OR

Thursday, July 15, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kaiser Town Hall – 3704 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR. This session is for Portland Neighborhoods Coordinators only.

Meeks is the Volunteer & Outreach Specialist with Friends of Trees.

Have you seen the little signs around town on some of our American Elms?

You’ve probably heard of Dutch Elm Disease. It has killed millions of trees around the world and taught urban foresters a tough lesson: Don’t plant too much of one tree species.

Many of these American Elms remain alive in Portland. One big reason is a nonprofit called Save Our Elms. They raise funds to inoculate trees every three years at a cost of $125-$175 for each tree (using volunteer labor).

This Saturday, you can volunteer to help save these majestic trees. Approximately 90 trees will receive treatment this year.

Inoculation has had a significant positive impact on saving the majestic American Elms that grace the Ladd’s Addition neighborhood. Contact Toby Deming at inoculations@saveourelms.org to volunteer, or simply show up at the event.

Where & When
Saturday, June 26
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Elm Room, Palio
1996 SE Ladd Avenue

Agenda:
8:00 a.m. — Annual SOE meeting (optional for volunteers)
8:30 a.m. — Volunteers meet for orientation and instructions
9:00 a.m. — Inoculating begins
11:30 a.m. — Break for lunch
12:30 p.m. — Finish inoculating any remaining trees

Wear your gardening clothes and gloves. If you have pruners, please bring them.

For more information visit Save Our Elms.

Remember how the sun makes everything look beautiful? (FoT file)

By Andy Meeks

Last Saturday – the first beautiful day in weeks (and, so far, the last) – Friends of Trees hosted a Summer Festival Volunteer Training at the PCC Cascade campus.  We were thrilled to have nine very enthusiastic people join us to learn about the different Friends of Trees programs, our past achievements and our future goals of growing healthy communities in the Portland-Vancouver region.

Some of many things they learned on Saturday:

• Friends of Trees planted almost 17,000 trees last season in our Neighborhood Trees and Green Space Initiative programs – over 4,500 of which were large street trees – all of which are loving this rain.
• The urban canopy in Portland intercepts billions of gallons of stormwater from entering the sewer systems that are already under heavy stress from this month-long deluge.
• For $35 to $75 – sometimes less – homeowners in Portland can receive an 8- to 12-foot tall tree, including: delivery, hole digging, planting assistance, utility locates, mulch, stakes, and first-year follow-up maintenance checks (approximately a $200 value).
• Friends of Trees just completed the first year of a three-year partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation and Metro, during which community volunteers will plant thousands of trees and shrubs along the I-205 Multi-Use Path from the Columbia River south to the City of Gladstone.

Look for the Friends of Trees’ white canopy at many of this summer’s street fairs, festivals and Sunday Parkways events and you’ll have a chance to meet these Summer Festival Volunteers and many of our staff members and ask how you can get involved – whether by purchasing a tree for your planting strip, volunteering for one of many roles, or participating in our Gift Tree program.

Check out our calendar of events to see where we’ll be.  We look forward to seeing you out there on one of the many sunny days we’ll surely be enjoying soon!

Meeks is the Volunteer & Outreach Specialist for Friends of Trees.

Portland Fruit Tree Project Harvesting Party, August 2009 (photo by cafemama)

Become a Harvest Leader!

Do you enjoy leading groups of people in fun, meaningful activities? Are you interested in leading harvesting parties this summer? Become a Portland Fruit Tree Project Harvest Leader!

Harvesting Parties bring people together to pick fruit that might otherwise go to waste, and make it available to people in need. Harvest Leaders co-lead harvesting parties along with another volunteer.  The Portland Fruit Tree Project provides all of the necessary training, materials, and support. You would be expected to commit to co-leading at least 5 harvesting parties between late July and late November.

The Portland Fruit Tree Project is a grass-roots non-profit organization that provides a community-based solution to a critical and growing need in Portland and beyond: Access to healthy food. By empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of urban fruit trees, we are preventing waste, building community knowledge and resources, and creating sustainable, cost-free ways to obtain healthy, locally-grown food.  

Interested? Please send an email to katy@portlandfruit.org with ‘Harvest Leader inquiry’ in the subject line. She will send you the position description and an application form right away.  The application deadline is Wednesday, June 30th.

- Greg Tudor

A beautiful day for new trees, February 2010. (NW Natural)

By Jesse Batty & Andy Meeks

Planting trees in your yard or planting strip will help improve the quality of life for you and your neighbors for generations to come. Friends of Trees is already planning for the 2010-2011 planting season, but we need your help! In order to surpass last year’s record season and attain our goal of planting 4,725 low-cost street and yard trees in Portland next year, we need neighborhood coordinators who can volunteer their time to help organize these neighborhood plantings. We still need a neighborhood coordinator, or co-coordinators, for many Portland neighborhoods.

Neighborhood coordinators are essential to making a Friends of Trees’ tree planting event possible by talking to neighbors about planting trees, keeping track of homeowner inquiries and tree requests, and helping organize a neighborhood planting event with support from the Friends of Trees staff.

No experience is necessary! We’ll train you in all aspects of this role and will support you throughout the planting season as you raise awareness of the planting event, help your neighbors order trees, and organize the logistics of planting day.

Neighborhood coordinators typically work in teams as adjacent neighborhoods are grouped into planting events together. Scheduling is very flexible and most work can be done at home. The typical time commitment is approximately 80 hours from mid-summer until the planting event occurs between November and March. (Dates vary depending on neighborhoods.)

Participating in this program is an excellent opportunity to meet your neighbors, develop valuable organizing skills, and have fun while making an important and lasting difference in the community. Remember, the trees you help plant today will improve aesthetics, air and water quality, neighborhood livability, stormwater mitigation, and property values for decades to come!

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FIRST SESSION: This session is required for all prospective neighborhood coordinators. It is intended to give a broad introduction to Friends of Trees and the Neighborhood Trees program, as well as information about the neighborhood coordinator’s roles, responsibilities and strategies needed to get the job done.

Saturday, July 10, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at PCC Cascade Campus (Terrell Hall – Room 122) at 705 N Killingsworth in Portland.

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SECOND SESSION: This session will be an opportunity for new and returning neighborhood coordinators to meet each other, talk about ideas, and learn more about our online ordering system.

Tuesday, July 13, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Firstenburg Community Center – 700 Northeast 136th Avenue, Vancouver, WA – in Community Room A. This session is for Vancouver Neighborhood Coordinators only.

OR

Thursday, July 15, 6 to 8 p.m. at the Kaiser Permanente Town Hall – 3704 N Interstate Avenue, Portland, OR. This session is for Portland Neighborhoods Coordinators only.

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If you have any questions or would like to sign up for these trainings, please e-mail Jesse Batty or call him at 503-282-8846 ext. 25. We look forward with working with you!

Batty is a Neighborhood Outreach Coordinator with Friends of Trees.
Meeks is the Volunteer & Outreach Specialist with Friends of Trees.

Meeting neighbors and members of the community on a beautiful summer evening - National Night Out, August 2009. (FoT File)

By Andy Meeks

By now you may know that our tree planting season runs from November to April because it’s the best time of year to plant trees: the trees are dormant and the rain is most plentiful. Though summer isn’t the best time to plant trees, it’s a great time to meet people and share our mission with the community. You can help us with this important summer activity. Be an advocate for a healthier, more livable community by becoming a summer festival volunteer with us!

The summer is our outreach season when we table at street fairs, farmers markets, festivals, and Sunday Parkways to raise awareness of what we do, recruit volunteers, and sign up people to buy street or yard trees for their home. It’s a fun way to be outside, enjoy community events, and talk with a range of interesting people.

We’re hosting a training on Saturday, June 5 designed to familiarize you with Friends of Trees so you feel comfortable speaking on our behalf. We’re an organization that likes to do good work and have fun while doing it!

We ask that you work at least two four-hour shifts between June and September. It’s amazing how quickly these hours can go by when you’re engaged in conversation and enjoying the weather and scene around you.

Summer festival volunteer training will be on Saturday, June 5, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the PCC Cascade Campus – 705 N Killingsworth, Portland 97217 – Terrell Hall, Room 112.

Please contact Andy Meeks at AndyM@FriendsofTrees.org or 503-282-8846, ext. 24 to sign up or for more information.  Please consider joining our amazing volunteer team!

Meeks is the Volunteer & Outreach Specialist with Friends of Trees.

The work doesn't stop after the planting. Friends of Trees needs Neighborhood Tree Inspectors to help us maintain our survivability rate. (FOT file)

By Andy Meeks

Help care for trees this summer without digging or getting dirty! Friends of Trees is kicking off its popular Summer Inspector program this month, and we invite you to join us.

Summer Inspectors are given a neighborhood-based route of approximately 30 trees to visit twice over the course of the summer.  These are trees that were planted during the last planting season, between November and April.  The best part of the program is that you have no schedule—you figure out what works best for you!

No experience is needed.  We’ll train you how to care for and assess the health of these new trees, and we’ll even give you a coveted green, organic cotton “Tree Team” t-shirt to wear on your route! (We estimate each walking route to take three to four hours.)

The only requirement is that you attend one of our two scheduled trainings that run from 9 a.m. to 12 noon—breakfast included! Trainings present the big picture behind our program and your role in it, along with a brief tree biology lesson and detailed descriptions of what you’ll be looking for.  The sessions end with a short outing with local arborists to show you exactly what you’ll be doing this summer.

Choose one that works best for you:

Saturday, May 8 at Holy Redeemer School in North Portland (127 N. Rosa Parks Way)

Saturday, May 22 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Southeast Portland (3880 SE Brooklyn Street)

PLEASE CONTACT Andy Meeks at 503-282-8846 ext. 24 or AndyM@FriendsofTrees.org to register or to ask any questions you may have.

Space will be limited, so reserve your spot soon!

Meeks is the Volunteer and Outreach Specialist at Friends of Trees

The 'crew leader huddle' before a planting in Southeast Portland last December. (Evan G. Schneider)

By Andy Meeks

This past planting season, there were 217 active crew leaders who committed to attending at least four plantings between November and March—an absolutely vital contribution to Friends of Trees’ record-breaking season.

Crew leaders help volunteers plant trees, teaching others how to plant correctly, how to work together as a team and how to have fun.

Below, four first-year crew leaders answer five quick questions, providing perspective on completing their ‘rookie’ year, insights and some secret tips, too.

1)  What prompted you to get involved with Friends of Trees as a Crew Leader?

Working with a variety of volunteers doing something with shorter and longer run benefits. – Jonathan King (JK)

“Getting involved with Friends of Trees was on my list for years, I just had to wait until I had room in my schedule. This was an excellent way to work on important skills such as leadership, community building, and communication while continuing to prioritize environmental stewardship.” – Heather Reed (HR)

“Honestly, I was unemployed, I had a lot of energy, and I was doing practically anything that presented itself.” – Nick Powell (NP)

“Saw a sign in a yard, which led me to the Web site, which led me to the belief that I didn’t need to sleep in on Saturdays.” – Caela Levy (CL)

2)  What’s your favorite aspect of being a Crew Leader?

“I really like the sense of community—not only with the other crew leaders, but with the other volunteers. Here we all are, as different as can be, pulling together to make a lasting impression on the future in concert with Mamma Nature.  That’s awesome!” – CL

“Helping people have fun.” – JK

“My favorite aspect of crew leading is the creativity involved. There is a unique style to the way each crew leader delivers their tree planting instructions. It was fun and educational to observe the various personalities and responses from participants. Learning from seasoned crew leaders helped me understand the best ways to get people involved, make sure safety is first priority, and to achieve goals while having way too much fun!” – HR

I like going to the city’s outskirts and seeing these diverse groups of people happily and humbly working together for a common goal. – NP

3)  Do you have a favorite planting from this past season or favorite experience?

“Through crew leading I found someone who’s become one of my closest friends, and I couldn’t ask for much more than that.” – NP

“My favorite experience was hearing so many interesting stories and watching people come together because of trees. I can’t believe how many neighbors didn’t know each other until the trees came along!” – HR

“Tranquility Park, Wilsonville.  Eighty-plus volunteers, flat, and little to no undergrowth thanks to our best friends the goats.  Done in about two hours. Sweet!” – CL

“No, all of them were fun and interesting. I especially enjoy working in different neighborhoods each weekend.” – JK

4)  Looking back on your first year as a Crew Leader, do you have any thoughts for others thinking about becoming a Crew Leader?

“Get it on your calendar and bring your friends and family! There are several other fun and rewarding volunteer opportunities to check out as well.” – HR

“It’s hard, it’s fun, it’s rewarding and makes you an integral part of a community that will stretch for hundreds of years.” – CL

If you can’t find a smile through a little bit of rain, I’m not sure what you’re doing in the Pacific Northwest. – NP

“Only that Crew Leaders are there to help, not supervise.” – JK

5)  Anything else you’d like to add?

“I’ve been living in Portland for about a year now, and much of that time has been spent bumming around, writing, volunteering for anyone who’ll have me, etcetera.  Friends of Trees has been one of the things keeping me grounded.  It’s a wonderful organization of great people, and it’s one of the reasons I never want to leave this city.” – NP

“What makes volunteer activities so enjoyable are the kinds of people who do volunteer work.” – JK

“Crew Leaders are amazing at making sure everyone learns a consistent procedure and has a good time, while offering guidance and professionalism to help assistants learn the ‘crew leading ropes.’” – HR

We’ll let Caela Levy have the final word:  “Best reason in the world to wear rubber pants and play in the mud!”

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Friends of Trees utilizes a ‘train-the-trainer’ approach where each new crew leader attends a 3-hour classroom training session followed by an actual planting event where they can put their newly-learned skills to work.  The ‘train-the-trainer’ approach means that these crew leaders are then empowered to train members of the general public who come out to volunteer as tree planters on the day of a Neighborhood Trees or Green Space Initiative planting.

If you’re interested in becoming a crew leader next season, please fill out our Volunteer Interest Form and mention you’d like to attend a training this fall.  We’ll be in touch in late summer to provide you with more detailed information.  We look forward to working with you!

Meeks is the Volunteer and Outreach Specialist at Friends of Trees: 503-282-8846 ext. 24, AndyM@FriendsofTrees.org

Volunteers work together to plant small shrubs and trees at the March 28 Gift Trees planting. (Brian Black)

By Andy Meeks

As the 2009-10 planting season comes to an end and we look back at the thousands of native trees and shrubs planted by the Green Space Initiative program, we are already planning the next step in these watershed restoration projects: ensuring viability and survival.

The plentiful rain and sun in Western Oregon create prime growing conditions for all sorts of vegetation—and not necessarily the beneficial kind.

Invasive species that grow quickly and out-compete native vegetation—think English ivy, Himalayan Blackberry and Clematis, for example—also have negative benefits for soil retention, biodiversity and water quality.

To help our newly planted trees and shrubs get a jump on this competition, Friends of Trees is organizing a series of Tree Care events at some of our planting sites in the coming weeks. It’s a great way to get outside and enjoy the spring weather, as well as help ensure the success of these planting sites. We’ll not only teach you how to remove invasive plant species by hand, but we’ll also teach native plant identification skills and various care techniques.

No experience is necessary. If you’d like to participate, simply arrive at the sites listed below by 9 a.m. and we’ll provide refreshments, gloves and tools. For more information, visit the Friends of Trees calendar or contact our Greg or Andy in our Volunteer & Outreach Program.

Saturday, April 24: King City Park, Tigard (We’ll also be planting 100 trees this day!)
Saturday, May 1: Happy Valley Park, Happy Valley
Saturday, May 8: Clatsop Butte, Portland
Saturday, May 15: Memorial Park, Wilsonville
Saturday, May 22: Durham City Park, Tigard

Meeks is the volunteer and outreach specialist at Friends of Trees: 503-282-8846 ext. 24, AndyM@FriendsofTrees.org