Friends of Trees Woodlawn deadline extended to January 4th!
Posted by Bethany in Calendar, Events, Gardening, Get Involved!, Meetings, Resources, UncategorizedThe deadline for the 2010 Woodlawn Friends of Trees planting is now Monday January 4th. Sign up to get trees for your parking strip, or your yard. Tell your Woodlawn neighbors about this wonderful event!
Go to friendsoftrees.org to register. It only takes a couple of minutes.
More information from Gregg Lavender…
We will have more information at the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association on Wednesday December 16th at the church on the corner of Dekum and NE 15th.
For 35 bucks (no one turned away by lack of funds), you can get a tree (Some of which would be 300+ dollars if you bought it from an arborist and had it installed.) The cost also includes a planting permit from the city, an inspection (to make sure there are no gas or water lines under there) METRO digs the holes, we plant the trees together in with our neighbors, and we even have a breakfast and lunch party! Other neighborhoods get a great deal for 75 dollars (which is a huge discount.) We pay only 35 bucks in Woodlawn. No one will be turned away by lack of funds- we have one neighbor willing to pay for a portion/ or all of a tree for neighbors who can’t afford the 35 bucks. (Contact woodlawntrees// @// gmail.com)
Trees absorb carbon. They cool in the summer, and protect from wind in the winter. They provide oxygen to us all. They provide food and shelter for birds. They slow traffic. They increase your (and your neighbors’) property value. They are beautiful. They fight global warming.
The rich and fancy neighborhoods shouldn’t be the only ones with beautiful trees. Our wonderful Woodlawn neighborhood should also get lots of beautiful trees too.
Last February in one day, we planted 59 new trees in Woodlawn. In 2008 we planted 89 trees in Woodlawn in one day. Right now, we are only have 41 scheduled to be planted. Help us triple that #!
If you want to help plant in February, and to come to our party, contact Friends of Trees.
If you want to help pass out door hangers telling neighbors about their last chance to order for this years planting, come to the Neighborhood Association meeting, or contact Gregg at woodlawntrees// @// gmail.com
Read more in the Oregonian…
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We will have more information at the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association on Wednesday December 16th at the church on the corner of Dekum and NE 15th.
For 35 bucks (no one turned away by lack of funds), you can get a tree (Some of which would be 300+ dollars if you bought it from an arborist and had it installed.) The cost also includes a planting permit from the city, an inspection (to make sure there are no gas or water lines under there) METRO digs the holes, we plant the trees together in with our neighbors, and we even have a breakfast and lunch party! Other neighborhoods get a great deal for 75 dollars (which is a huge discount.) We pay only 35 bucks in Woodlawn. No one will be turned away by lack of funds- we have one neighbor willing to pay for a portion/ or all of a tree for neighbors who can’t afford the 35 bucks. (Contact woodlawntrees// @// gmail.com)
Trees absorb carbon. They cool in the summer, and protect from wind in the winter. They provide oxygen to us all. They provide food and shelter for birds. They slow traffic. They increase your (and your neighbors’) property value. They are beautiful. They fight global warming.
The rich and fancy neighborhoods shouldn’t be the only ones with beautiful trees. Our wonderful Woodlawn neighborhood should also get lots of beautiful trees too.
Last February in one day, we planted 59 new trees in Woodlawn. In 2008 we planted 89 trees in Woodlawn in one day. Right now, we are only have 41 scheduled to be planted. Help us triple that #!
If you want to help plant in February, and to come to our party, contact Friends of Trees.
If you want to help pass out door hangers telling neighbors about their last chance to order for this years planting, come to the Neighborhood Association meeting, or contact Gregg at woodlawntrees// @// gmail.com
10 trees worth hugging
By Kym Pokorny, The Oregonian
November 26, 2009, 12:09AM
ginkgo-cover.JPGView full sizeiStock InternationalDistinctively shaped ginkgo leaves turn radiantly yellow in fall. ‘Autumn Gold’ and ‘Saratoga’ varieties are on the Friends of Trees availability list.No plant works harder than a tree.
Our large, foliaged friends clean the air, absorb polluted stormwater, cool buildings in summer, block the wind in winter, provide wildlife habitat and increase the resale value of our property.
Beyond the practical, trees move us. Bigger, taller and older than other plants, they have a permanence that calms our spirits. The history in their stout roots speaks to both the past and the future, reminding us that we are part of a whole.
And they are so beautiful.
If you live here, you know that. And one of the reasons you do is Friends of Trees. In 20 years, 375,000 trees and native plants have been planted by thousands of volunteers guided by the tree-loving nonprofit. Take a moment to imagine that many trees, more than half the population of Portland.
The group is far from finished. Sign up now to help get the next 20 years growing.