Tag: street trees
How Portland is turning its grey to green
What exactly is the Grey to Green Initiative? Grey to Green is an eight-year commitment initiated in 2008 by the City of Portland’s Bureau of
Just say NO to topping
By Kris Day Topping is the absolute worst action you can take under the guise of “caring” for a tree. What exactly is “topping?” In a
How to plant trees and build community. Step one: Coordinate with us!
By Andy Meeks We all know how amazing urban street and yard trees can be: they increase air and water quality, improve neighborhood livability,
Go vegetarian with Friends of Trees and lose the stakes
By Katie Neis You pass by your trees every day. They look green and leafy, ready to take on the world. Then you notice the tree stakes .. They
The smiles say everything
By Gustavo Rojas Friends of Trees has planted hundreds of thousands of trees in the Portland-Vancouver and Eugene-Springfield areas, and the