In high school I planted a tree for an environmental class and removed invasive blackberry bushes from local wetlands. Anything for a little extra credit that didn’t involve doing actual school work! I think Friends of Trees has the same mindset, only they made a career out of it. Since 1989, Friends of Trees has planted more than 375,000 trees and native plants.
Friends of Trees’ mission is to bring people in the Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington metro area together to plant and care for city trees and green spaces. Their two flagship programs, Neighborhood Trees, which offers local citizens discounted trees to plant in their yard and planting strip in the fall and winter. These native plants are tailored to your planting strip width and the growth space available. It costs $75 (max) for the trees, delivery, hole-digging, assistance in planting, mulch and stakes, and a follow-up maintenance check. Friends of Trees has seen neighborhoods come together during these plantings. It is this type of community building that attracted CafeGive to work with Friends of Trees!
Through Friends of Trees’ other program, the Green Space Initiative, volunteers restore natural areas in parks and green spaces along public right-of-ways by planting native trees and shrubs and removing invasive species. This year Friends of Trees led a restoration project along Hwy I-205, which beautified our freeways, increased habitat connectivity, reduced storm water run off, and enhanced bicycle paths. Just another way Friends of Trees is making our community just a little bit better!
We aren’t all gardeners, but we can all shop online to support the Friends of Trees. Check out their profile page on CafeGive, advocate for them and purchase great products like those under “Green” in our navigation.
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