Friends of Trees is partnering with the city of Portland in its five-year Grey to Green Initiative to transform Portland's grey infrastructure to green. The initiative's goal is to plant 33,000 yard trees and 50,000 street trees citywide.

We are also partnering with the Oregon Department of Transportation and Metro to plant trees between
I-205 and nearby neighborhoods.

Benefits to Homeowners: Street trees can increase the value of your home by about $9,000

Benefits to All (pdf): Portland's trees intercept 25 million pounds of air pollutants and keep half a billion gallons of stormwater from polluting our rivers each year.

About Us

Friends of Trees' mission is to bring people in the Portland-Vancouver metro area together to plant and care for city trees and green spaces. Through our Neighborhood Trees program, homeowners buy discounted trees to plant with their neighbors at weekend plantings. Through our Green Space Initiative, trained crew leaders guide volunteers at weekend events to restore natural areas and green spaces between freeways and neighborhoods. Since 1989, we have planted more than 385,000 trees and native plants.

You can read our 2008 Annual Report and our most recent 990 Form. Our taxpayer ID is 93-0999999. We are a member of the Coalition for a Livable Future, Alliance for Community Trees, Oregon Community Trees, and EarthShare Oregon. Friends of Trees meets all 20 BBB Charity Standards and is Recycle at Work Certified by the city of Portland.

To determine the value of planting trees, check out this tree benefits calculator provided by Casey Trees and the Davey Tree Expert Co.

earthshare_oregon

Friends of Trees - Growing Healthy Communities

About Us