Be a part of one of our Plant It! programs and help add thousands of trees to city neighborhoods!

Friends of Trees works with Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services, Vancouver Urban Forestry, the City of Beaverton, and the City of Eugene to offer homeowners great prices for quality trees.

We make it easy by offering tree selections tailored to your planting strip width and the growth space available if you have overhead wires. We also help with any required permitting.

Portland and Vancouver residents need a free permit to plant trees in the public right-of-way. If you plant a tree yourself, please start by contacting Portland Urban Forestry at 503-823-4489 or Vancouver Urban Forestry at 360-619-1132.

Neighborhood Trees

photo: Whitney Hartzell Between November 2011 and April 2012, we planted more than 5,200 street and yard trees in Portland, Beaverton, Vancouver and Eugene!

Check our online calendar to find your neighborhood's planting date for the 2012-13 season. If a planting isn't scheduled by the end of June, please consider becoming a neighborhood coordinator so you can help organize one. Planting with Friends of Trees is a fun and inexpensive way to bring your neighbors together to make your neighborhood greener.

Once a planting is scheduled, you can order a tree for your home. Signing up doesn't obligate you to buy. It makes it possible for a city forester to inspect your planting strip for a location where a tree can be planted. After the inspection, we'll send you a list of recommended trees.

For just $35 to $75, you'll receive an eight- to 12-foot tall tree, delivery, hole digging, planting assistance, mulch, stakes, and follow-up maintenance checks: a $200 value. We also offer scholarships to people who can't afford a tree. Our short video shows how easy and fun it is to plant with us.