Over 300 trees already planted in Vancouver

NT Planting: 02.27.10, Vancouver
Volunteers finish up the final steps of planting a street tree last Saturday in Vancouver. (Cynthia Thornton-Tang)

Friends of Trees and its Neighborhood Trees program planted 175 street and yard trees in Vancouver Feb. 27.

Over 100 volunteers came to the multi-neighborhood planting, which was sponsored by Northwest Natural.

This was the third of four Vancouver plantings scheduled this season, with the next and final event coming March 20—a planting for the Burton Ridge, Fircrest, Marrion, Oakbrook and Ogden neighborhoods.

Friends of Trees has several Saturday plantings remaining this season on its schedule.

Special thanks to Neighborhood Coordinator Cynthia Thornton-Tang for the planting photos, which include all stages of the event and even what appears to be an avant-garde dance from Friends of Trees staffers (photo No. 37 of 55).

–Toshio Suzuki