By Andy Meeks Friends of Trees planted more than 5,000 large street trees this season in Portland and Vancouver with the help of thousands of volunteers. And we need your help to continue their good work! Summer Inspector volunteers visit every one of the newly-planted trees the first summer after planting. Since each Summer Inspector [...]
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Friends of Trees celebrated Oregon Arbor Day in Eugene on April 7 with a planting sponsored by NW Natural and organized in partnership with Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) and the City of Eugene. Other supporters included Lane County Fairgrounds and REI Eugene. Groups of volunteers came from the University of Oregon Outdoor Program, Kappa [...]
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By Katie Neis We did it! Four Vancouver plantings scheduled this season, four Vancouver plantings accomplished! And they kept getting better and better. During the 2011-12 planting season, we added 328 new trees to homes and planting strips. All of the plantings had a delicious potluck lunch complete with desserts, fabulous soups, and some of [...]
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By Brighton West If your husband or boyfriend claims he knows how to prune, don’t believe him. Quiz him before you let him loose in your yard with tools. OK, maybe it sounds sexist to blame men for all bad pruning, but just last week, a friend of mine was able to stop her husband [...]
Tags: education, pruning, street trees, yard trees
