Tree Pruning with the Richmond Tree Team

Volunteer Event
Portland’s trees work hard, but our volunteers work even harder! Join your neighbors outdoors this spring caring for our community’s trees.
A volunteer pruning tree in winter.
10:00 am 1:00 pm

Saturday, April 2, 2022. 10:00 am - 1:00 pm 

Location: Richmond Neighborhood - location details will be provided to registered participants.

Register Online


What to Know Before You Go!

Pruning trees at Lent Elementary School
Masked volunteers prune a tree at Lent School.

Dress for the weather! Be sure to wear boots, raingear, and warm layers. Gloves and other PPE will be provided. 

Before registering or attending any in-person event, please visit our Workshops page to read about our Safe Stewardship Guidelines. If you have not yet completed one this year (from attending a previous event), please complete a volunteer application (en español).


Close-up image of the cone of a Douglas-fir 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 220,000 street trees, 1.2 million park trees, and nearly 3 million 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 at portland.gov/trees.