Category: Neighborhood Trees
Bicycles + Trees: A match made in Portland
By Ian Bonham We ride our bikes a lot here in Portland. You ride your bike to work. You ride your bike to the grocery store. You ride your bike
The man who has planted 3,000 trees (give or take)
Doug Trotter is kind of famous around here. His time planting with Friends of Trees predates most of our staff, and he’s planted literally
Our pruning heroes (and how you can become one)
Urban trees have a tough life. You often see street trees with damage from where vehicles have hit them, or where improper pruning has caused
Gingko biloba, bearer of hope
If trees have personalities, then Ginkgo biloba is a wise old warrior, survivor of eons of change and catastrophe. When the atomic bomb was
Kicking it up 350 notches with the Timbers
By Andy Meeks As the Portland Timbers prepare for a big weekend of play with a chance to host the MLS Cup, head coach Caleb Porter says that the