Tag: Beaverton
Arbor Month events abound
By Kris Day
Show your support for all that trees are and do at Arbor Week events all over the Portland-Vancouver and Eugene-Springfield metro regions during the month of April! Participate in one of the tree plantings, care workshops, or tree-centric social events highlighting the roles trees play in our communities.
Friends of Trees will host three planting events on Saturday, April 7, in Portland, Beaverton and Eugene. Join us in celebrating the benefits of trees in our urban environment at one of these plantings:
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.
Weekday crew leaders make up for lost time
By Andy Meeks
Last Saturday, for the first time in over three years, Friends of Trees postponed a planting.
While the dangerous road conditions never fully materialized, all the purchased trees designated for holes in Portland, Beaverton and Tigard were never planted.
Almost immediately, the work began at the Friends of Trees office to get things back on track. The Beaverton planting was rescheduled for this Saturday (11920 SW Clifford Street, Beaverton – 9:00am) and the Durham City Park planting was rescheduled for January 23rd.
Three southeast neighborhoods get 125 trees
The weather in the morning dipped below 32 degrees Saturday, Dec. 5, but the vibrant volunteers and home owners from the Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy and Richmond neighborhoods were not deterred.
For more photos of the planting, which warmed up later in the day, visit the Friends of Trees Flickr page.
The next Neighborhood Trees plantings are Saturday, Dec. 12, in Beaverton and also the Brentwood-Darlington, Mt. Scott Arleta and Woodstock neighborhoods of Portland.
–Toshio Suzuki
Tree Curriculum: December Events
-Dec. 5, Sat. 10 a.m., is a Tree Planting with Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
-Rail Trail parking lot along Wintel Road–
Planting coordinated by the Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex will contribute to restoring riparian woodlands on the refuge. Volunteers are invited to participate. For more information, contact Sheryl Brown at (503) 856-8233 or [email protected].
-Dec. 5, Sat. 9 a.m. -1 p.m., is Neighborhood Trees (NT) Planting with Friends of Trees
-St. Paul Lutheran Church, 3880 SE Brooklyn St., Portland-
NT planting for the Buckman, Hosford-Abernathy and Richmond neighborhoods begins at 9 a.m. with Starbucks Coffee and Voodoo Doughnuts. Remember to dress appropriately and come out for the community planting! Walk-in volunteers are welcome.
-Dec. 12, Sat. 9 a.m. -1 p.m., is Green Space Initiative (GSI) Planting with Friends of Trees
Six plantings in and the GSI program has already planted over 3,300 native trees and shrubs. See what all the hype is about and don’t forget to show up early for the coffee, snacks and chit-chat. Remember to dress appropriately; and walk-in volunteers are always welcome.
-Dec. 12, Sat. 9 a.m. -1 p.m., is NT Planting with Friends of Trees
-Beaverton, meeting site TBD-
The NT crew takes its show on the road to Beaverton, adding to its running tally of street and yard trees planted on the season.
-Dec. 12, Sat. 9 a.m. -1 p.m., is NT Planting with Friends of Trees
-Brentwood-Darlington Community Center, 7211 SE 62nd Ave, Portland-
NT planting for the Brentwood-Darlington, Mt. Scott Arleta and Woodstock neighborhoods begins at 9 a.m. with Starbucks Coffee and Voodoo Doughnuts. Remember to dress appropriately and come out for the community planting! Walk-in volunteers are welcome.
-Dec. 17, Thu. 10-11 a.m., is Canopy Campaigns and Public Tree Goals with Alliance for Community Trees
Online webinar will share insights from national specialists on tree canopy estimates and the keys to balancing public relations with the implementation of achievable initiatives.
–-For more information on any Friends of Trees events, please contact Andy Meeks at 503-282-8846 ext. 24 or [email protected]. For even more information, please contact Greg Tudor at 503-282-8846 ext. 12, or [email protected]–-
—To submit an event listing, contact Toshio Suzuki at ext. 16, or [email protected]—