Street and yard tree discounts for blog readers

NT Planting: 12.05.09, Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy & Richmond — The Neighborhood Trees program plants large, heavily discounted street and yard trees, like these from a planting last month in southeast. (FOT file)

Reading this blog not only educates and makes a person better looking, now it saves one money as well.

As a thank you to our dedicated and growing group of online contributors, Friends of Trees wants to offer special discounts for home owners who have yet to sign up to purchase trees.

Upon signing up, enter the code below for an additional 15 percent off your tree, all of which are hand-selected from a variety of local Willamette Valley nurseries.

Code: SBLOG15

Residents in the Alameda, Argay, Irvington, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Russell, Sabin and Wilkes neighborhoods need to sign up online by Jan. 25. Residents in the Cully, Madison South, Montavilla, Mt. Tabor, Rose City Park and Roseway neighborhoods need to sign up by Feb. 1. The sign-up deadline for Concordia and Vernon is Feb. 8.

Check out our online and printable calendars for the planting date that corresponds with your neighborhood.

Also, our friends at East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District started their annual native plant sale last Friday. Visit their selection of 37 different species online.

–Toshio Suzuki