November is the last month to sign up to purchase discounted trees through Friends of Trees.  The annual tree planting will take place on Saturday, February 28, 2009.  Friends of Trees not only provides a discount on trees, they help choose trees that are appropriate for your space, a team digs the hold for you, a team of  neighbors will plant the trees and volunteers will come check up on your trees.  This program is a great way to plant trees without the worry of getting it right, and a great way to help beautify the neighborhood.

The most convenient way to reserve your trees is to fill out an application on the Friends of Trees website.  There is a wide variety of styles available, including fruit trees.

•    Trees contribute to neighborhood livability.  They reduce city noise and glare, and also calm and slow traffic.
•    Houses on tree-lined streets command prices that are up to 20% higher than houses in neighborhoods without.
•    Trees reduce the energy needed to heat and cool our homes by 15-35%.
•    Friends of Trees prices are usually 80% less expensive than those of a contractor planting equal sized trees.
•    Trees help reduce greenhouse gas concentration by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
•    And, the obvious ~ trees beautify our streets and neighborhood.

For more information, contact Laura Demeri, our neighbor who is coordinating the project for neighbors. LDemeri //at// yahoo.com or 503.285.5005.

To comment on this article, leave your comment below then send an e-mail to Comments [at] GoWoodlawn.com so we can push it on through.

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 7:28 pm and is filed under Calendar, Events, Gardening, Get Involved!, Land Use, Resources. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.