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About Me

Friends of Trees inspires community stewardship by bringing people in the Portland-Vancouver area together to plant and care for city trees and urban natural areas. We plant trees along city streets and in urban natural areas.

Find out more at: www.friendsoftrees.org

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My Interests

Before and after street trees!

I'd like to meet:

We'd like to meet you!

Friends of Trees invites you to get involved. There are many opportunities to join Friends of Trees' efforts on behalf of our urban forest. Volunteers are always welcome to help plant trees, work in the office, or organize events. Find out how you can help out Friends of Trees and your community by volunteering .

A healthy urban forest... -Gives us clean air and water
-Reduces stormwater runoff
-Saves us money on our heating and cooling bills
-Provides habitat for wildlife
-Makes our city beautiful!!

To provide us all these great services, the urban forest needs your help to stay healthy.

Portland volunteers planting with Friends of Trees.

Books:

Trees of Greater Portland
Phyllis C. Reynolds and Elizabeth F. Dimon

Wild in the City A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas
Edited by Michael C. Houck and M.J. Cody

The Final Forest
William Dietrich

My Blog

Last Chance to be a Friends of Trees Crew Leader for 2007/2008!

Friends of Trees would love to have you as a new Neighborhood Trees Crew Leader! Saturday, Nov 17th, is the last training Friends of Trees is offering for the upcoming 2007/2008 planting seaso...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:54:00 PST

Join our cause on Facebook!

Hi Friends! Thanks again for adding us as your myspace friend. We are excited to share that we just signed up on facebook as well, so please help us out with a warm welcome. You can add Friends of Tre...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:16:00 PST

Neighborhood Crew Leaders Still Needed!

Crew Leader training is coming up! Friends of Trees needs enthusiastic volunteers who are eager to improve the environment and their community by helping others plant trees. No experience is necessar...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:11:00 PST

Crew Leaders Wanted!

Visit our website for more information and to pre-register: www.friendsoftrees.orgWe hope to see you there!!...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:02:00 PST

Join us for a Family Fun Run! 10/14

Find out more at: www.friendsoftrees.orgSee you there!...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:55:00 PST

Volunteer Training Offering

There are two trainings offered this November. You can learn to lead Natural Area Restoration projects and Neighborhood Tree Plantings by attending a 1 day crew leader training. Crew leade...
Posted by Friends of Trees on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:20:00 PST