Sometimes customers want one thing and climate wants another, but this dilemma presents opportunities for the grower If Mick Jagger had been a horticulturist, he might have sung, “You can’t always plant what you want.” Case in point: Sean Hogan, owner of Cistus Nursery (Portland, Oregon), was driving home from work in late August and […]
Portland updates street tree planting lists, requests feedback
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Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) Urban Forestry has updated its approved street tree planting lists. The lists are for property owners, contractors and developers to use when planting trees in the City right-of-way, typically the planting strip between the sidewalk and the curb. Black tupelo (Nyssa Sylvatica) The lists are categorized by tree height, from […]
Urban trees boost price of rental housing
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Homeowners value trees. That much has been shown in studies performed by researchers at the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. But now it turns out that renters value trees, as well. A new study by Geoffrey H. Donovan and David T. Butry concluded that the presence of a lot tree raised the rental […]
Early registrations due May 15 for the 2010 Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference
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Early registrations are now being accepted for the 2010 Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference, titled ”From Seed to City: The Journey of an Urban Tree”. The two-day conference will take place June 2 at J. Frank Schmidt & Sons Inc. nursery in Boring, Ore., and June 3 at The Oregon Garden Resort, Silverton, Ore. […]
Wyden introduces trees and jobs bill in the U.S. Senate
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has introduced a Senate version of the Small Business Environmental Stewardship Assistance Act. This is the bill, first introduced in the House, that would provide $50 million annually, each of the next five years, to plant urban trees and expand urban forests. The Oregon Association of Nurseries quickly praised Wyden […]
‘Tree appreciation’ gets a new definition
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Many of us appreciate trees, in the sense that we recognize the positive attributes they can provide. They create shade, block the wind, prevent erosion, provide habitat and beautify the environment, among many other benefits. Now we are beginning to see a different kind of “tree appreciation,” however – one that documents trees as a […]
Oregon’s urban forestry conference announces theme for 2010
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An update on Oregon’s forthcoming urban forestry conference from Paul Ries, the Urban and Community Forestry Program manager at the Oregon Department of Forestry: “From Seed to City: The Journey of An Urban Tree” will be the theme of the 2010 Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference. Wednesday, June 2 will be a field day […]
Urban forestry conference is accepting speaker proposals
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The committee that is planning the 2010 Oregon Urban and Community Forestry Conference is inviting potential speakers to submit a presentation proposal for possible inclusion in the conference program. The conference will be presented June 2-3, 2010 by the Oregon Department of Forestry and Oregon Community Trees, in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. On […]
USDA leverages $2 million in community forestry investments
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Per USDA press release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of $900,000 in Federal Urban and Community Forestry cost-share grants to ten organizations funded through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service. The funds will be matched by recipient organizations. “Today, over eighty percent of the population lives in urban settings […]
Ginkgo stinko
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The Associated Press has an article on Ginkgo biloba trees (a.k.a. maidenhair trees), and the fact that some cities are removing them due to odor problems. Landscapers normally prevent this problem by planting only male trees – that’s right, there are male and female ginkgos, and it’s the females who drop the sticky, stinky seed […]