Category: Green Space
1,000 trees and shrubs, 129 amazing photos
It is not every day that Friends of Trees hits the 1,000 mark. On March 20, the Green Space Initiative (GSI) program planted 1,000 trees and
First day of spring with the I-205 project
By Teri Ruch Volunteers at the March 20 Friends of Trees planting along the I-205 corridor in Southeast Portland ranged from toddlers to
Historic planting season rolls on with big Saturday
The tree tally records continue to climb for Friends of Trees and there are still four full weekends of planting opportunities. A quick look at
What’s Flowering Now? March 13
By Greg Tudor This lovely red-flowered native was introduced into cultivation by the famed botanist David Douglas, and is planted extensively by
Turning the family car “back into trees”
By Paul Garrahan I bought my old Volvo used, five years old, around the same age as many of the trees we plant. I subsequently drove it for 19