By Danielle Horn :: Heritage Tree # 175-176 Quercus rubra – Northern red oak 175-176 SE Powell Blvd (PP&R, Powell Park) Heritage Trees number 175 and 176 are large Northern Red Oaks on the edge of the Brooklyn Neighborhood park and playfield, Powell Park, providing welcome shade in the summer and beautiful red leaves inContinue Reading Heritage Trees #175-176 | Powell Park Oaks
By Annie Amsden, Danielle Horn, and JoAnne Hermens :: Our group decided to make podcasts about the Portland Heritage Trees to provide a fun, easy introduction to this little-known aspect of our city life. These podcasts add to the collection created by students in course in 2015. We hope that making local history available inContinue Reading Heritage Tree Podcasts
By Ella Weil, Nick Truman, & John Stedman :: Tree Investigators! is a workbook that can be used in elementary schools, community centers, and in homeschool education with a goal to engage students in first through fifth grade in gaining awareness and appreciation of Portland Park and Recreation’s Heritage Trees. We believe that HeritageContinue Reading Tree Investigators! | Activities designed to experience your neighborhood through trees
By Carolee Harrison, Madelyn Miller, Sean Van Walchren, and Jeneveve Winchell :: Creating public history in an age of apps and handheld devices presents a unique opportunity to allow participants to get up close and personal with the spaces they’re learning about. What better way to teach the history of some of Portland’s historic treesContinue Reading Portland Heritage Tree Geocache Series