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Friends of Trees outlines planting plan for Troutdale; city partners eye street-tree fund to subsidize plantings
Summary
Friends of Trees presented its neighborhood- and green-space planting programs, reported sign-ups for Troutdale's February planting event and said the group aims to plant about 30 city-funded street trees next season while offering additional yard trees where grant funding applies.
Friends of Trees told the Parks Advisory Committee on Oct. 15 that it will return to Troutdale for a street-tree planting event on Feb. 14 and is already signing up homeowners to receive free or subsidized trees.
"With Friends of Trees, we have two main planting programs," said Winnie, neighborhood outreach specialist for Friends of Trees, describing a neighborhood‑trees program that plants larger stock in residential planting strips and a green‑space program focused on natives, shrubs and wetland plantings.
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