Join Portland Parks & Recreation for Portland Arbor Day 2024

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Saturday, October 12, at Glenfair Park in East Portland

(Portland, OR) -

Portland Parks & Recreation's (PP&R) Urban Forestry team presents Portland Arbor Day 2024at East Portland's Glenfair Park! Celebrate Portland's trees, plant new ones, and learn about the value and services trees provide through family-friendly, fun activities.

Get a squirrel's-eye view from the top of the trees during Portland Arbor Day!

What: Portland Arbor Day 2024, a TREEmendous Arbor Day Celebration

Where: Glenfair Park, located at NE 154th Ave and NE Couch Ct., Portland, OR 97230

When: Saturday, October 12, 2024, 10am to 2pm

For more info: www.portland.gov/trees/get-involved/events/2024/10/12/portland-arbor-day-2024

Portland has celebrated Arbor Day since 1889 - bringing communities together to recognize the importance and value of trees. Trees provide essential services, including making Portland a healthier and safer place to live.

Celebrate trees and autumn with art, food, and more!

• Take a ride in a bucket truck to the top of the trees!
• Enjoy music, food, and games. Fun for the whole family
• Storytelling and facepainting
• Free Trees! This Arbor Day we are working with the Yard Tree Giveawayteam to give away over 100 free trees at this event. Be sure to sign up in advance
• Pick up farm-fresh vegetables.

Kick Off Planting Season and Celebrate Trees

• Help us plant trees in Glenfair Park so the community can benefit from more shade and green cover, and cleaner air!
• Be there for the 2024 Arbor Day proclamation
• Celebrate this year's Bill Naito Community Trees Awardwinners
• Have fun while learning about community partners and resources
• Meet neighbors who care for trees in East Portland neighborhoods and learn how you can get involved!
• Click the following link to see what Arbor Day 2023was like

"Trees are part of the very fabric of our city," notes Portland City Forester Jenn Cairo. "They help keep Portland green and healthy. Trees offer shade; lower temperatures in homes and neighborhoods; provide wildlife habitat, beauty, and cleaner air; and help mitigate the effects of climate change. Arbor Day is a wonderful chance to celebrate all the value which trees offer to people and nature!"

Educational games and activities for all ages are part of Portland Arbor Day.

Portland Celebrates Arbor Day in October

Due to our changing climate, Portland's hot dry summers have made it more difficult for trees planted in April to succeed. By moving Arbor Day to October, we can plant new trees and take advantage of our nice wet winter months to help them get established.We are excited about this change and to provide an opportunity to work with Portlanders to plant new trees and give them the best opportunity to thrive.

About the PP&R Urban Forestry division

The mission of PP&R's Urban Forestrydivision is to manage and care for Portland's urban forest infrastructure. Our urban forest consists of more than 236,000 street trees, 1.2 million park trees, and about 2.9 million private property trees valued at over $6 billion. Some of the services that PP&R Urban Forestry staff provide include creating and implementing the city's Urban Forest Plan; fostering community awareness and stewardship of trees; developing tree policies and programs; monitoring and assessing the urban forest; issuing permits for planting, pruning, and removal of public and some private trees. PP&R Urban Forestry staff are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to respond to tree emergencies on City property. 

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