Scenes From Our First 20 Years

Founding Board Member Beth Stout& Founder Richard Seidman

Young planters, January 1990

Early Friends of Trees staffers Executive Director Richard Seidman, Development Director David Manhart, & Program

Director Mary Rose Navarro

Metro Councilor Ed Washington (now a Friends of Trees board member) & Mayor Vera Katz, 1994

Richard Seidman, Strong Roots, 1996

First Year of Seed the Future Campaign (Photo by Julie Keefe)

From left, Board Member Barb Scharff, Executive Director Lin Harmon-Walker, PGE’s Wayne Lei & Dave Johnson

John Ciminello, Starlight Parade 1996

Mary Harrell in Starlight Parade, 1996

Grand Floral Parade 1996

Max Grover, designer of Seed the Future artwork, signing poster for Wayne Lei, 1996 (Photo by Linda Kliewer)

Malia Robinson, March 20, 1997 (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

End of Season 1997: Portland City Forester Brian McNerney, back left; U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer, back center; Lin Harmon-

Walker to his left; Charlie Hales, front & center (Photo by Linda Kliewer)

Starlight Parade 1998: from left, Former Board Member Mike Reid, Mary Harrell, City Commissioner Jim Francesconi

& longtime float-builder Bobbi Waggoner

Woodlawn-Piedmont Planting, February 1999

Earth Day 1999

Overlook Planting, 2000: Longtime Volunteer & Former Board Member Jim Gersbach on left

Planting 144,000th tree of Seed the Future Campaign.From left, City Commissioner Jim Francesconi, Neighborhood Trees

Manager Chad Honl, and City Commissioner Charlie Hales

Mission Accomplished: 144,000th tree is planted. From left, Chad Honl, Mary Harrell, Wayne Lei, Executive Director Jane Foreman,

Barb Scharff. Jim Francesconi center right, Charlie Hales far right.

End of Seed the Future Celebration, April 12, 2001Friends of Trees exceeded 144,000 goal, planting 157,000 trees.

Planting Tree of Hope in memory of those lost on 9-11, Fall 2001

Kelly School Planting, Springwater Corridor, 2000

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2002 (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Youth TreeCorps, 2002

Crew Leader Training, 2002

Gift Tree Planting, Memorial Park, Wilsonville, 2003(Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Yard Tree Giveaway, 2003Longtime Volunteer Karen Williams in center

Trillium Creek

Montavilla Neighborhood, 2003

Mt. Tabor Planting, 2004(Photo by Mandy Green)

Gift Tree Planting, 2005(Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Natural Area Restoration Staffers Ryan Durocher & Anil Devnani accept Clark County Sammy Award, 2004

Jim Gersbach giving tour of NE Ainsworth Linear Arboretum, 2004 (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Resting after restoration at Three Creeks, Clackamas

Executive Director Scott Fogarty backing to the edge at Opal Creek Wilderness during staff retreat 2005

Ecoroof Spearheaded by Ryan DurocherFirst planting on left, 2005 – Replanting on right, 2009

Fun Run 2006: Winner David Terris, & event organizer & current

Board Vice President Paul Garrahan (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Vancouver Crew Leader Training, 2008

Staff Retreat at Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, 2009

Verde Partners & Neighborhood Trees Manager Whitney Dorer, 2008

I-205 & Montavilla Neighborhood, Jan. 2009 (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Green Space Specialist Betsy Lattig with volunteers, 2009

Outside In Partners, Summer 2009

Portland Bureau of Environmental ServicesGrey to Green Initiative Partners

Canvassing Team, 2009

Neighborhood Trees Specialist Elizabeth Elbel in 1989, second from left, third row down. Boise-Eliot Principal & Founding Board Member Betty Campbell,

third from left, bottom row.

Nov. 6, 2009 Oregonian story about the tree Friends of Trees helped Elizabeth and her classmates plant 20 years ago

Board Member Nancy Buley with U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer at National Arbor Day Foundation Conference

in Portland, Nov. 9-11, 2009

Friends of Trees’ New Web Site, created by Chijo Takeda, Dogpaw Studio, Fall 2009

Before & AfterGreen Space Initiative

Memorial Park Gift Tree Planting 2003 (Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Memorial Park, 2009

Memorial Park Gift Tree Planting 2003

Memorial Park, 2009

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, 2003 Springwater Corridor

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Summer Caretaking 2003

Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge, 2009

Springwater Corridor off SE Foster, 2002

Springwater Corridor off SE Foster, 2009

Spring Mountain, Clackamas, 2009

When we planted in 2003, the area was devoid of vegetation and a thick jute matting was installed to stabilize the bank and hold the soil in place. Friends of Trees planted in and around the jute matting with bare root and live stake plants. Many of those plants are now the trees we see that are 12 feet or more in height!  - Logan Lauvray, Green Space Manager

Spring Mountain, 2009

Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge, 2000

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2009

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2002(Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2009

Tualatin River National Wildlife RefugeGift Tree Planting, 2003 (Photo by Mark DuBose)

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2009

Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, 2009

Before & AfterNeighborhood Trees

Woodstock Library, 1991

Woodstock Library, 2009

Bridlemile Elementary, 2003

Bridlemile Elementary, 2009

Goose Hollow, 2007 (before)

Goose Hollow, 2007 (after)

Goose Hollow, 2007 (before)

Goose Hollow, 2007 (after)

Goose Hollow, 2007 (before)

Goose Hollow, 2007 (after)

Mississippi Ave., 2002(Photo by Chijo Takeda)

Mississippi Ave., 2009

Alameda Elementary School Planting, 1994

Alameda Elementary School, 2009

Alberta Street (before)

Alberta Street (after)

SE Stark Street, after planting in 2008

Mary Harrell with 144,000th tree, 2009

Armstrong & Hedge Maples planted in 19954274 SE Morrison

Chancellor Lindens planted in 19953114 SE 19th Ave.

Flowering Ashes planted in 1996 2542 SE 33rd Ave.

Hedge Maple planted in 19962302 SE 37th Ave.

Maples planted 19891932 NE Ridgewood Dr.

Maple planted in 1989 2514 NE Mason

Thundercloud Plums planted in 19901808 NE Knott

Sugar Maple planted in 1995 4111 E. Burnside

Sugar Maple planted in 1995