Growth Rings - News from Friends of Trees

Tree curriculum: September events

Posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:19 am

Sept. 18, Friday 9 a.m. -3 p.m., is Park (ing) Day with Friends of Trees
Stumptown, 128 SW 3rd Ave.
One-day global event demonstrates the value and need for natural green spaces in the city . Friends of Trees will transform a downtown parking space into a green oasis, with real grass and trees. Come taste the [...]

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Trees, like humans, need water

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 12:34 pm

In the summer, and even during a rare spring heat wave in Portland, Friends of Trees works to keep its trees alive with watering and pruning. Often this means Senior Neighborhood Trees Specialist Cain Allen is driving around a 425 gallon water tank that looks like an upside down jacuzzi in the back of a [...]

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