Posted on January 25, 2012 at 3:30 pm
By Greg Tudor Learn how you can improve the health and productivity of your fruit trees. Portland Fruit Tree Project’s hands-on workshops are fun opportunities to learn basic methods of organic fruit tree care. Workshops are open to anyone, but pre-registration is required. Classes are $25 per class, but full and partial scholarships are available. Tree-care [...]
Filed under: Portland Canopy
No Comments »
Tags: fruit trees, yard trees
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:44 am
Friends of Trees wishes a Happy Thanksgiving to all of our awesome volunteers, donors, foundation supporters, agency and neighborhood partners, and corporate sponsors—everyone who has planted trees with us or made it possible for us to plant trees. Don’t miss this Thanksgiving ad in today’s Oregonian! Why does Friends of Trees Executive Director Scott Fogarty plant [...]
Filed under: Green Space Initiative, Neighborhood Trees
No Comments »
Tags: G2G, Green Space Initiative, Plant It Portland, street trees, yard trees
Posted on November 4, 2011 at 12:35 pm
By Andrew Land Today Friends of Trees made a contribution to Project Grow by way of the 2011 Governor’s Service Awards. As part of the prize for our Neighborhood Trees program having recently won Outstanding Volunteer Program: Region 1, we were given the opportunity to contribute $450 to the nonprofit of our choice. FOT staff [...]
Filed under: FOT Events
No Comments »
Tags: planting, yard trees
Posted on November 1, 2011 at 2:19 pm
Don’t let a few leaves get between you and all the benefits that trees can bring! The second annual Portland Leaf Harvest will take place November 10 through 13. Officially proclaimed “Portland Leaf Harvest Week” by Mayor Sam Adams, the harvest encourages community groups to gather leaves from the homes of people who aren’t able [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Neighborhood Trees, Portland Canopy
No Comments »
Tags: harvest, street trees, yard trees