REGISTRATION FULL
Where: Hoyt Arboretum (4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR 97221)
When: Saturday, February 26, 2022. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm.
Before Attending
Before registering or attending any in-person event, please visit our Workshops page to read about our Safe Stewardship Guidelines.
It is required that you wear your mask when nearby other volunteers and staff (we will have plenty of extras available).
Practice Your Tree ID
Identifying trees is a lot like identifying people.
You can easily recognize a close friend even if you only catch a glimpse. However, if you meet a room full of strangers, you need to concentrate on individual characteristics before you can tell them apart.
It is the same with trees. When you know a tree well, you will be able to name it on recognition of the characteristics, or traits, such as:
- Leaves
- Bark
- Fruit (and sometimes flowers or catkins)
- Twigs and buds - the primary identifier in winter!
- Shape or form of the tree
Portland Parks & Recreation Urban Forestry's mission is to manage and ensure Portland's urban forest infrastructure for current and future generations. Portland’s urban forest consists of 218,000 street trees, 1.2 million park trees, and innumerable private property trees.
Urban Forestry is involved in managing or regulating all of these trees to differing degrees. Urban Forestry staff issue permits for planting, pruning, and removal of all public and some private trees and are on call 24/7 to respond to tree emergencies.
For more information on Urban Forestry - www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/tr…;