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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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