Gift Trees, perfect for both your mothers

By Teri Ruch

Honor your mother and the earth by giving Friends of Trees Gift Trees for Mother’s Day. For a donation of $35, Friends of Trees will plant a young native tree in honor of your mother and send a gift acknowledgment card in her name.

Gift Trees are planted in the Collins Sanctuary adjacent to Forest Park during one of two annual Gift Trees plantings. All who give or receive Gift Trees for Mother’s Day this year will be invited to the next Gift Trees planting in the fall. A Gift Tree costs $35, and a Gift Grove of six young native trees costs $100.

In addition to slowing climate change and reducing air and water pollution, Gift Trees restore the Collins Sanctuary, a legacy from the Collins Family Foundation to Portland area residents. First given to the Oregon Parks Foundation, the land was purchased by Metro in 2008. Now, through Friends of Trees’ partnership with Metro and the Audubon Society of Portland, the sanctuary is being restored.

Friends of Trees’ Gift Trees program is part of its Green Space Initiative, a program that guides volunteers in restoring green spaces throughout the Portland-Vancouver metro area. Order your Gift Trees donation online now to ensure it is mailed in time for Mother’s Day!

Since 1989, Friends of Trees’ thousands of volunteers have planted more than 390,000 trees and native plants. To learn more or to order Gift Trees, visit www.FriendsofTrees.org/GiftTrees or call Melissa at 503-282-8846 ext. 23.

Ruch is the communications director for Friends of Trees: [email protected]; 503-282-8846 ext. 17