A great start to February

What a weekend!

Friends of Trees had four successful plantings on February 4, thanks to all of our volunteers, planting partners, and sponsors. Below are photos from our Green Space Initiative planting in Tigard taken by Phil Pasteris, photos from our Eugene planting taken by Becky Lubas Nickell, and photos from our Piedmont-Woodlawn neighborhood planting in Portland taken by Stephanie Lynch and Sarah Outlaw.

About 175 volunteers planted 240 street and yard trees in the Piedmont and Woodlawn neighborhoods, 100 volunteers planted 1,250 trees at Pinebrook Creek, 50 volunteers planted 100 trees at Richardson Bridge in Eugene, and 50 volunteers planted 2,800 trees at Barrows Meadow in Beaverton. Our planting partners were Portland Bureau of Environmental Services, Clean Water Services, and the cities of Eugene, Tigard, and Beaverton. Portland General Electric (PGE) sponsored our Pinebrook Creek planting.

Volunteer Laurel Dunn wrote: “I had a wonderful time planting trees with FOT this weekend. Portland is lucky to have as many active volunteers as I saw planting today. One day when these trees grow big there will be a beautiful tree canopy keeping us cool and neighborhoods throughout Portland will have ample supply of fresh apples and figs. These are the reasons why I love living in  this city, and I love that hundreds of trees are planted every week in a city which already has so much green. Keep up the good work!”