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Friends of Trees is celebrating its 15th anniversary planting season of inspiring community stewardship by bringing people in the Portland-Vancouver area together to plant, care for, and learn about city trees. We plant trees along city streets and in urban natural areas. In addition, Friends of Trees makes the planting of trees in yards affordable through our Branching Out program. Volunteers are always welcome to help plant trees, work in the office, or organize events. Learn more about volunteering.
Friends of Trees is a nonprofit organization that depends upon support from businesses, foundations, public agencies and individuals. Members help Friends of Trees build stronger communities and restore the area`s urban forest.
A recent Portland State University study showed that while most urban areas in the United States have lost trees in the past three decades, land covered by trees in Portland has increased from 25.1 to 26.3 percent. The greatest increase in canopy has been in neighborhoods where Friends of Trees has planted trees. According to the study`s co-author, Joe Poracsky, "The study would strongly support the idea that Friends of Trees is having an impact." To read the complete report, click on "PDF" at the bottom of the PSU Cartographic Center web page.
Trees are an essential part of the urban ecosystem. They help keep our water and air clean, prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitat, and make our neighborhoods greener, more beautiful places to live. To read more about the benefits of trees to our region, and about tree loss in the Columbia-Willamette watershed, visit the American Forests web site.
Portland`s park blocks circa 1878
In the late 1800s, Portland citizens planted many of the trees that shade our streets today. Now we are losing trees faster than we are planting them. Lower income neighborhoods especially need more trees. We are losing trees to age, disease, urban growth, and weather. We are losing the legacy our ancestors planted for us. Local government agencies no longer have the money to plant the new trees we need for a livable city.
Through its grassroots efforts, Friends of Trees forms partnerships and recruits and trains volunteers to keep our urban forest flourishing.
Friends of Trees is a nonprofit organization that depends upon support from businesses, foundations, public agencies and individuals. Members help Friends of Trees build stronger communities and restore the area`s urban forest.
A recent Portland State University study showed that while most urban areas in the United States have lost trees in the past three decades, land covered by trees in Portland has increased from 25.1 to 26.3 percent. The greatest increase in canopy has been in neighborhoods where Friends of Trees has planted trees. According to the study`s co-author, Joe Poracsky, "The study would strongly support the idea that Friends of Trees is having an impact." To read the complete report, click on "PDF" at the bottom of the PSU Cartographic Center web page.
Trees are an essential part of the urban ecosystem. They help keep our water and air clean, prevent erosion, provide wildlife habitat, and make our neighborhoods greener, more beautiful places to live. To read more about the benefits of trees to our region, and about tree loss in the Columbia-Willamette watershed, visit the American Forests web site.
Portland`s park blocks circa 1878
In the late 1800s, Portland citizens planted many of the trees that shade our streets today. Now we are losing trees faster than we are planting them. Lower income neighborhoods especially need more trees. We are losing trees to age, disease, urban growth, and weather. We are losing the legacy our ancestors planted for us. Local government agencies no longer have the money to plant the new trees we need for a livable city.
Through its grassroots efforts, Friends of Trees forms partnerships and recruits and trains volunteers to keep our urban forest flourishing.
