Category: Earth Month
Celebrate Earth Month with us in 2026
VOLUNTEER | DONATE
EARTH MONTH FUNDRAISERS
You can support Friends of Trees while you’re out on the town by visiting our business partners. Eat, drink, and plant trees!
- Deschutes Brewery: $1 donated to Friends of Trees for every pint sold on Tuesday, 4/7; Tuesday 4/14; Wednesday 4/22 (Earth Day!); Tuesday 4/28
- Burgerville, Tuesday 4/21, 9am to 10pm. Burgerville is donating 20% of proceeds from customers who present a flyer or mention Friends of Trees at all Portland Metro Area locations (except PDX): Montavilla, St. Johns, Convention Center, Hawthorne, 25 & Powell, Gresham, Centennial, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Aloha, Scholls & Allen
- Carioca Bowls 10% of sales donated to Friends of Trees all day on Wednesday, 4/22 (Earth Day!).
- Cafe Yumm (all locations) A percentage of sales donated to Friends of Trees all day on Wednesday, 4/22 (Earth Day!)
stay tuned for more fundraisers!
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, and in celebration of all we do together to make our world greener and healthier for all, Friends of Trees is celebrating for the entire month of April–and here’s how you can join in!
It feels good to get outside, meet new people, and work together to make your neighborhood a greener place, full of trees and native plants that fight climate change, cool our homes, clean our air and water, and so much more. Come do good with us This April!
“I love spending my Saturdays getting to know new people and picking up on their good vibes! I absolutely love every Saturday that I spend planting trees.” -Hailey, volunteer.
YOU CAN BE A PART OF THIS
Our 37th planting is still going strong, and we’d love to see you at a community volunteer event! We have impactful planting and stewardship events all through April, and it’s incredible to see what happens when you get dozens of volunteers together working toward a common goal. For most, volunteering with us just means showing up on a Saturday morning with good boots and good spirits, ready to plant trees or native plants alongside friends old and new.
Check out volunteer roles here and check out our event calendar here to register for an event that’s right for you.
“It’s planting trees. How much better does it get? Giving back to the planet is all sorts of good.” -Devin, volunteer
JOIN US AT OUR ANNUAL TREE SALE
Sunday, April 19th, 10 AM- 2 PM
Friends of Trees office: 3117 NE MLK Jr BLVD
We’re offering our locally sourced, high-quality shade trees at a discounted wholesale price. Plus other fun stuff!
JOIN US ON A TREE WALK
Throughout April, we host neighborhood tree walks led by our super knowledgeable program staff. They are usually a weekday evening and last an hour or two. It’s a great way to learn and share tree facts and connect with your neighbors.
Stay tuned to this page and your inbox for a Tree Walk opportunity near you! Sign up for our email list here.
BUY MERCH THAT PLANTS TREES
Friends of Trees has a new online Merch store! We have hats, sweatshirts, and tees with a bunch of fun designs. The apparel is printed on demand and shipped when you order—it takes about two weeks to arrive. This merch plants trees, with a portion of each sale benefitting Friends of Trees.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
It also feels good to support this work, and you’ll be doing good by making a donation. Your support will help us meet our goal of meeting our April goal, closing out our 37th planting season strong. It’s been a season filled with partnerships, students, field trips, and, of course, trees. Donations from friends like you are the only reason we are able to plant so many trees, with so many volunteers, year after year—thank you for being a part of this!
“The sense of community and happiness I get from a Saturday planting event lasts the whole week!” -Krista, volunteer
FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS FOR FUN CONTENT
Find us on Facebook and Instagram to see the Earth Month action throughout April and beyond!
HAPPY EARTH MONTH!
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, and in celebration of all we do together to make our world greener and healthier for all, Friends of Trees is celebrating for the entire month of April–and here’s how you can join in!
We have $17,000 in Earth Month Challenges from Portland General Electric, Laughing Planet Cafe, Cafe Yumm, Level Beer, Deschutes Brewing. Donate here, your donation will make 2x the difference!
JOIN US FOR A TREE WALK & TALK, PLANT GIVEAWAY, AND FUNDRAISER
Wednesday, April 26, 6-8p.m. ~ Level Beer, northeast Portland
Friends of Trees benefit night at Level Beer on April 26. On the 26th all Level locations are donating 100% of proceeds from their Earth Day beer to trees + community (that’s us ;). We’ll be on site at Level’s northeast Portland location from 6 to about 8 (we’ll be based in the Annex), we’ll host a tree walk among the trees and shrubs we planted there this season + we’ll have some trees & plants to give away.
- VOLUNTEER! Check out our event calendar for volunteer opportunities.
- Earth Month fundraisers for Friends of Trees!
- Until October 2023 Laughing Planet Cafe is donating $1 from every kids smoothie!
- On Earth Day, April 22, Cafe Yumm is donating 10% of all proceeds from ALL Oregon locations – WOW!
- Every Tuesday in April, Deschutes Brewery Portland is donating $1 per pint sold to Friends of Trees throughout the day. Thanks to Deschutes for being our Earth Day Oregon partners this year!
- And in Eugene, for the entire month of April Alesong Brewing will be donating 25% of all revenue from bottle and draft sales of Rolling Mist, a farmhouse ale made with Sitka spruce tips foraged from the coast – wow, what an ale!
TREE SALE & NATIVE PLANT GIVEAWAYS!
Earth Day, Saturday, April 22:
- Friends of Trees annual shade tree sale. Large stock trees at discounted prices! Learn more here.
- Native Tree & Plant Giveaway at Happy Valley Park. Are you a Clackamas County resident? Would you like a free native plant or two? Come visit us at Happy Valley Park (13770 SE Ridgecrest Rd, Happy Valley, OR 97086 ) between 9:30am & 12:30 pm – four plants per household and first come, first served! Thanks to our sponsors The Arbor Day Foundation and State Farm Insurance for the plants!
- Stay tuned to our social media channels for some EXTRA special content. (Instagram / Facebook).
- Visit our YouTube channel for some tree walks & talks with Friends of Trees staff + friends.
Check back, this page will be updated throughout April!
THANK YOU TO OUR EARTH MONTH SPONSORS!
This year during Earth Month, we’re celebrating Community Climate Action. What’s Community Climate Action? It’s planting trees, together, and so much more.
Tackling climate change goes hand-in-hand with community action. At Friends of Trees, we’ve heard from countless volunteers about how planting trees makes them feel more connected to trees, more observant of trees’ health, and more eager to care for them. We’ve witnessed time and time again how a volunteer begins with tree planting and goes on to engage further with environmental issues, including combating climate change. It’s a ripple effect that can begin with a single tree.
HAPPY EARTH MONTH!
Earth Month 2022
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, and in celebration of all we do together to make our world greener and healthier for all, Friends of Trees is celebrating for the entire month of April – we’re back with another EARTH MONTH WITH THE TREE TEAM! Tune in on our social media channels throughout April for live tree walks, special content, and challenges to win PRIZES.
Plus, you can help us keep planting trees + growing community through donating! Donate here!
Please check this schedule of events regularly for additions and changes. | Live Facebook events will be immediately posted to Facebook and shared to Instagram within the hour.
Check out Instagram Earth Day highlights here!
Thank you for celebrating with us!
WEEK 1 ~ WELCOME TO EARTH MONTH!
April 2
Saturday, 10AM ~ LIVE from Oregon City ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our neighborhood planting event in Oregon City. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners and planting leads, live and in real time.
WEEK 2
April 6
Wednesday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
April 8
Friday, 4 PM ~ “Erik’s Block Party” ~ Facebook-Eugene
Every Friday, join Eugene Director Erik Burke for a LIVE Tree Walk down a different Eugene Block. Learn about unique species, tree care techniques, and how our Eugene Branch deals with issues like climate change.
April 9
Saturday, 10 AM ~ LIVE from Beaverton ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our neighborhood planting event in Beaverton. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners, and planting leads, live and in real time.
April 10
Sunday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
WEEK 3
April 13
Wednesday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
April 15
Friday, 12 PM ~ “Erik’s Block Party” ~ Facebook-Eugene
Every Friday, join Eugene Director Erik Burke for a LIVE Tree Walk down a different Eugene Block. Learn about unique species, tree care techniques, and how our Eugene Branch deals with issues like climate change.
April 16
Saturday, 10 AM ~ LIVE from Columbia Slough Natural Area ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our natural area planting event at the Columbia Slough Natural Area. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners and planting leads, live and in real time.
April 17
Sunday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
WEEK 4
April 20
Wednesday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
April 22 – EARTH DAY
Friday, 10 AM ~ LIVE from Happy Valley ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our neighborhood tree care event in Happy Valley. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners and planting leads, live and in real time.
Friday, 6 PM ~ “Erik’s Block Party” ~ Facebook-Eugene
Every Friday, join Eugene Director Erik Burke for a LIVE Tree Walk down a different Eugene Block. Learn about unique species, tree care techniques, and how our Eugene Branch deals with issues like climate change.
April 23
Saturday, 10AM ~ LIVE from Wilkes Creek ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our natural area tree care event at the Wilkes Creek Headwaters. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners and planting leads, live and in real time.
April 24
Sunday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
WEEK 5
April 25
Monday, 12 PM ~ LIVE Tree Walk with Vivek Shandas
Friends of Trees Deputy Director Whitney Dorer walks + talks with Dr. Vivek Shandas of PSU’s Institute for Sustainable Solutions about issues like climate change, shade, equity, and opportunities to grow the urban canopy.
April 26
Tuesday, 12 PM ~ LIVE Tree Walk with Depave
Friends of Trees Deputy Director Whitney Dorer walks + talks with Katya Reyna of Depave, an organization whose mission is to convert over-paved areas into community greenspaces.
April 27
Wednesday, 10 AM ~ SCAVENGER HUNT CHALLENGE ~ Facebook / Instagram
Take a selfie with a tree for a chance to win prizes! Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sunday and Wednesday at noon. Tag us and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. Learn more.
April 29 – ARBOR DAY
Friday, 11 AM ~ “Erik’s Block Party” ~ Facebook-Eugene
LIVE Tree Walk with Eugene Director Erik Burke. Learn about unique species, tree care techniques, and how our Eugene Branch deals with issues like climate change.
April 30
Saturday, 10AM ~ LIVE from Columbia Children’s Arboretum ~ Facebook / Instagram
Live updates from our natural area tree care event at the Columbia Children’s Arboretum. Hear from volunteers, crew leaders, partners and planting leads, live and in real time.
Take Tree Selfies for our Earth Month Scavenger Hunt!
#FriendsWithTrees Scavenger Hunt
This year for Earth Month, we’re going to play a little game and we want you to join in! It’s a scavenger hunt for some of our favorite tree friends. We’ll post the challenges—all you have to do is find the right tree and post a selfie with it!
Each new challenge will ask you to find a particular tree near you—maybe by species or age or maybe just evoking a certain quality. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram for posts on Sundays and Wednesdays at noon, for all of April.
Tag Friends of Trees and use #FriendsWithTrees in a post or a story to get a chance to win special prizes like Friends of Trees gear and more. The very first participant wins a Friends of Trees hoodie. All other participants are entered to win a hoodie, Columbia Sportswear gear, and more. You get one entry for every post you make!
CHALLENGE #1:
Find a tree with a Friends of Trees tag on it! Take and post a selfie with your new tree friend. (If you can’t find a Friends of Trees tag in your neighborhood, no worries: just a post a young tree that’s got a lot of potential!)
CHALLENGE #2:
Flower power! It’s that time of year for trees to really glam it up. Take a selfie with a flowering tree friend. Bonus point if you ID it!
CHALLENGE #3:
Let’s live up to our Tree-Hugger name! Find a tree that you can’t quite wrap your arms around. Beyond showing love, it’s a good way to ballpark diameter at breast eight, or DBH, which can be used to estimate the tree’s volume, biomass, and carbon storage.
CHALLENGE #4:
“I planted that!” Who planted trees or native plants with us this year? Share one of your favorite pictures from a neighborhood or natural area planting. We love what we do because we get to work with community members like you!
CHALLENGE #5:
So much mulch! Find a tree with that picture perfect mulch job! Let this also serve as a reminder to replenish your mulch if you haven’t already. It will retain moisture and fend off trees and make your trees oh so happy!
CHALLENGE #6:
Sun’s out—throw some shade! Trees help lower the temperature as much as ten degrees. They keep your home cool and save on energy costs. Plant them now so they can provide shade for you later! Post a selfie from the shade!
Earth Month was amazing!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTNG EARTH MONTH!
Recently during a staff planning session we talked a bit about community. We use this word a lot at Friends of Trees—we plant trees + grow community—and what struck me was that though there may be variations about the meaning of community depending on who is using it and when, the common theme was, essentially, community is all of us.
YOU are part of the Friends of Trees community. Volunteers, donors, partners, tree recipients … everyone who supports and benefits from planting trees in neighborhoods and natural areas is part of this community and I sincerely thank you for being a part of this incredible organization that, in spite of a pandemic and countless challenges, planted 21,000 trees and native shrubs this season.
We asked our community to generously support Friends of Trees in honor of Earth Month, and you really did! We successfully met our $25,000 challenge, and I promise you we will put this to good work planting trees + growing community.
If you viewed any of our Earth Month events (here’s the playlist) you probably noticed that we often talk about partnerships and climate justice. Friends of Trees’ community includes partnerships with a number of truly impactful local organizations that work with underserved communities. Underserved communities experience the worst effects of climate change and our partnerships that help connect communities to the benefits of trees play an important role in achieving climate justice.
I have a final Earth Month request of you: Support our community partners. Yes, Friends of Trees will always need you, but if we are going to achieve true climate justice we all need to support Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) organizations that are part of the movement to ensure equitable outcomes around trees and the urban canopy.
These organizations are Friends of Trees’ partners and need your support:
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO): Uniting Asians and Pacific Islanders to achieve social justice.
The Blueprint Foundation: Uplift, educate, and support the development of black-identified youth and other communities of color.
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center (POIC): Committed to the success of underserved youth and adults.
Wisdom of the Elders: Native American cultural sustainability, multimedia education and race reconciliation.
If you’d like to learn more about how Friends of Trees partners with these organizations visit our website here.
Thank you for joining us during Earth Month, for supporting our work and the work of our partners, and for being a part of the Friends of Trees community.