Program areas at Friends of Trees
Neighborhood Trees program - engaging community volunteers to plant street and yard Trees in neighborhoods, focusing on underserved, and low-canopy neighborhoods in multnomah, lane, and Washington counties, Oregon and clark county Washington. 3,000 street and yard Trees planted in our 2022-23 season. The neighborhood Trees program engages in numerous municipal and community partnerships.
Public education and outreach community outreach and education are core to Friends of Trees mission and programming. Through a network of individuals, businesses, schools, organizations, and foundations, Friends of Trees conducts outreach to recruit volunteers and tree recipients; to grow community partnerships in order to better serve underserved communities; and to raise awareness about the importance of Trees and natural areas for a healthy community and as one of the most effective tools to fight climate change.
Greenspace program (gs) - natural area restoration with community volunteers, this program planted 3,500 native tree seedlings and shrubs in clackamas, lane, marion, multnomah, and Washington counties, Oregon. This program hosts most of our k-12 environmental education work, in addition to hosting high school interns and adult workforce training programming. The green space program engages in numerous partnerships with municipalities, schools, and nonprofit/community organizations.