Tree storage & distribution 101

How many trees fit on a standard Portland-sized lot?

Not enough for Friends of Trees.

With the largest planting season in Neighborhood Trees (NT) history starting Saturday in Vancouver, site upgrades were necessary to make room for all the nursery stock, which began arriving this week by the truckload.

More trees being planted not only equated to site upgrades for storage, but also necessitated more local nursery partners, a larger variety of tree species for home owners to purchase, and a higher frequency of muscular endurance workouts for NT staffers.

“We’re offering more fruit trees than we ever have,” said NT staffer Cain, who quickly totaled about 122 tree species for this season, all purchased from 12 different Willamette Valley nurseries.

Among the most popular are Rocky Mountain Glow Maple, Green Vase Zelkova and Royal Raindrops Crabapple.

Come down to the lot and check out the selection, then view our planting schedule to see when the NT program is coming to your neighborhood.

–TS