Tag: Arbor Day ’11
Planting trees for Arbor Day in Beaverton
By Jesse Batty
Last Saturday about 50 volunteers, including seven dedicated crew leaders, came together to plant 40 native trees at the Beaverton Resource Center to celebrate Arbor Day. The event was a continuation of a previous Arbor Day planting in 2002 and will turn this urban environment into a forest of Oregon White Oak, Douglas-fir, and Western Redcedar.
Mayor Denny Doyle and the City of Beaverton were also presented with a Tree City USA Award from The Arbor Day Foundation for the 17th year in a row. Friends of Trees has teamed up with the City of Beaverton to plant more than 600 street and park trees over the last five years.
The April 9 planting was generously sponsored by The Oregonian and Wells Fargo.
Friends of Trees looks forward to seeing you at the City of Vancouver’s Arbor Day celebration today from 1 to 4 p.m. at Clark College.
–Batty is Neighborhood Trees Specialist for Friends of Trees.
Friends of Trees & community partners celebrate Arbor Month & Earth Day
Friends of Trees will join the Portland-Vancouver community at more than a dozen events to celebrate Arbor Month, Earth Day, and the conclusion of an extraordinary planting season. Since October our thousands of volunteers have planted more trees and native plants than in any previous season of our 21-year history—more than 27,000.
Tomorrow’s Arbor Day events include a Friends of Trees planting and celebration with the City of Beaverton and an Arbor Day celebration in Gresham. Friends of Trees will also participate in the Arbor Day celebration in Vancouver, WA, on April 14.
On Saturday, April 23, Friends of Trees will host three tree plantings and an annual Fruit Tree Giveaway and End-of-Season Sale of overstock street and yard trees.
Both the Fruit Tree Giveaway and End-of-Season Sale begin at 10 a.m. at Friends of Trees’ office, 3117 NE Martin Luther King Blvd., with a limit of three free fruit trees per household. The suggested donation of $5 per fruit tree will support Friends of Trees’ planting programs during the coming year.
Overstock trees are eight- to 12-feet tall and will be sold at a range of discounted prices. No reservations or advance sales can be taken by phone, so all are encouraged to attend.
Friends of Trees will also host a planting along the I-205 Multi-Use Path in Clackamas on April 9 and a Neighborhood Greenway planting on April 16. Additional April events include joining the April 17 Portland Timbers game at JELD-WEN Field as one of the team’s Pillar Partners and support from Lucy’s Table in Northwest Portland, which will donate 10 percent of its sales on April 21 to Friends of Trees.
Thanks to thousands of volunteers and supporters, Friends of Trees will plant nearly 23,000 trees and native plants at natural areas and along the I-205 Multi-Use Path and more than 4,500 street and yard trees in Portland, Vancouver, Beaverton, and Gresham this year. Since its founding in 1989, the nonprofit has planted more than 412,000 trees and native plants. To learn more, visit www.FriendsofTrees.org.
–TR
It’s that time of year again. Arbor Week is just around the corner!
By Kris Day
Come out next week and celebrate all that Oregon’s trees do for us, from cleaning our air and water to providing invaluable habitat for wildlife. They’re a renewable natural resource, and they make our communities nice places to live!
Portland Arbor Week 2011 kicks off with a ceremonial tree planting and other tree-related activities in the South Park Blocks between SW Park Avenue and Main Street on Monday, April 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Join Portland City Parks Commissioner Nick Fish, Urban Forester David McAllister, and Oregon Department of Forestry’s Kristin Ramstad at 12 noon for brief but thoughtful commentary on what trees mean to Portland.
You’ll also have the chance to ride up into the Park Block’s tree canopy in a bucket truck, make your own “I Love Trees” pin, and take advantage of the expertise of the city’s tree inspectors, who will answer your arboriculture questions!
Friends of Trees will have a table at the event to share information about the work we’ve been doing around the city and what we’re planning for next year’s season. We welcome feedback from you on what you liked or didn’t like about our programs this year, and what you’d like to see in the future. Please stop by and say, “Hi!”
Other groups present will include Portland Parks & Recreation-City Nature, Portland’s Neighborhood Tree Steward and Elm Monitoring programs, Portland Bureau of Environmental Services’ Grey to Green Initiative, and more!
Additional tree-related events will continue throughout the week. Be sure to catch one!
Tuesday, April 5 – Trees of Couch Park with Phyllis Reynolds – 10 a.m. (Couch Park, 2001 NW Glisan)
Wednesday, April 6 – Mature Tree Care Demo – 10 a.m. (Laurelhurst Park, 3600 SE Ankeny Street)
Thursday, April 7 – OSU Starker Lecture Series – Dr. Melanie R. Kirk, Connecting People and Forests: A Global Perspective on Urban Forestry (See earlier Friends of Trees blog story.) – 3:30 p.m. (World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road)
Friday, April 8 – Hoyt Arboretum Magnolia Tree Walk – 10 a.m. (Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Boulevard)
Saturday, April 9 – Coolest Trees in SE Portland Bike Ride – 9 a.m. (Sellwood Park, 7701 SE 7th Avenue)
For more information on Arbor Day, visit http://www.arborday.org/arborday/oregon/.
–Day is Neighborhood Trees Contractor Specialist for Friends of Trees.