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Community event
Thanks for a great Arbor Day!
10:00 am
to
2:00 pm
Arbor Day at Sacajawea Head Start
4800 NE 74th Ave Portland, OR 97218
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Yard Tree Giveaway 8:30am to 1:00 pm
Arbor Day Celebration 10:00am to 2:00pm
- Tree Planting
- Naito Community Trees Award and Tree City USA Awards
- Tree-Themed Activities!
- Tabling with Local Non-Profit Organizations
Arbor Day Activities
Come plant trees together!
- Help to plant 15 young trees in Sacajawea Head Start to add shade, beauty, and cleaner air to the Cully neighborhood.
- Experience the Portland Arbor Day Proclamation.
- Celebrate this year's Bill Naito Community Trees Award winners.
Learn about trees!
- Explore our Tree Inventory Dashboard and Tree Inventory Map.
- Get a new book during our nature/tree-themed book exchange.
- Hear a story time led by Urban Forestry's staff.
- Enjoy tree-themed arts and crafts for all ages.
Meet the community organizations that support our neighborhoods!
- Enjoy tasty local food.
- Meet the passionate members of the Cully Association of Neighbors.
- Connect with leaders from Sacajawea Head Start.
- Learn about community resources with Multnomah County REACH, Greater Northwest Community Health Collective, Oregon WIC, Verde NW, and Multnomah County Library.
Pick up your free trees!
- The Yard Tree Giveaway team will be giving away 300 free trees at this event. Be sure to sign up in advance to receive one.
- You can even register for free trees at Arbor Day!
Come and share your story!
- Got a special "tree story" you'd like others to hear? Share it and it could be included in an upcoming Tree Bark newsletter.
Spread the Love and Connect our Branches!
Every year, Portland Arbor Day gathers communities to a local park or school. We learn about the trees, the wonderful groups who help care for our neighborhoods, welcome the autumn, and plant new trees in time for the rainy season. Thanks for a great event. See you back again, next year!
Make Friends with Urban Forestry on Social Media
Facebook - PortlandParks
Instagram - @portlandparks
See you there!
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 251,180 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.