Join us for MLK Weekend Planting Events!

Friends of Trees has impactful volunteer events on this weekend of service

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day has long been observed with community service. Friends of Trees is proud to offer meaningful volunteer service opportunities throughout the region. Together, we’re working toward everyone having access to trees, green spaces, and the important benefits they provide to community members.

These events will likely fill up! Individual volunteers can sign up on our event calendar. If your group, including business groups, want to join in on the action, visit this page for more details.

If you’re a business that wants to support MLK Weekend events with a sponsorship, visit this page for details, or reach out to our Corporate & Business Relations Manager, Sam Erman at [email protected].

NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS

Our neighborhood planting events are an awesome way to engage with other community members and make a tangible impact right where people live, all in a single Saturday morning. Volunteers meet up at the staging site, enjoy a short program over some coffee and breakfast treats, then go out into the neighborhoods to plant trees with guidance from their crew leaders! Together, we’ll plant about 100 trees!

MLK Corridor ~ N/NE Portland

January 17, 8:45 am – 1 pm | 3117 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR

Let’s plant trees together in Portland on the inner eastside, including some historically black neighborhoods. Of special note: this event is staged at our office! This planting is part of our new collaboration with Portland Urban Forestry.

Aloha Neighborhoods

January 17, 8:45 am – 1 pm | Staging Location TBD

We have an awesome planting event in Aloha neighborhoods for our Washington County peeps! Neighborhood trees provide countless benefits to the community, from cleaning air and water to providing the cooling power of shade.

NATURAL AREA EVENTS

Our green space plantings are for nature lovers. Together, we’ll enhance natural areas and parks with hundreds of native trees and plants that will improve wildlife habitat, air and water, and opportunities for people to connect with nature. Volunteers work in crews throughout the morning at the natural area. Snacks, gloves, and instructions provided!

Columbia Slough Natural Area ~ NE Portland

January 17, 9:45 am – 1 pm | 11058 NE Simpson St, Portland, OR

Friends of Trees is excited to partner with Portland OIC and Portland Parks & Recreation to restore this two acre parcel of the Columbia Slough. Help us plant hundreds of native shrubs and wildflowers at this important community site.

Stites Nature Park ~ Forest Grove

January 17, 8:45 am – 1 pm | 2423 26th Ave, Forest Grove, OR

Calling all nature lovers! Help us plant hundreds of native wildflowers and shrubs at Stites Nature Park in Forest Grove!