Links
The Portland Japanese Garden, a place that informs our pruning and calms our minds.
www.japanesegarden.com
Hoyt Arboretum, Portland’s very own tree wonderland.
www.hoytarboretum.org
The Arbor Day Foundation, the original organization that’s all about trees.
www.arborday.org
Save Our Elms is an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of street trees in the City of Portland, Oregon.
www.saveourelms.org
What’s a Calocedrus decurrens tree? This site can answer that question and many others. It gives images and info for many landscape plants.
www.oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/1plants.htm - volume 1
Willamette Organics takes a scientific approach to Compost Tea and to making your landscape healthy.
www.willametteorganics.com
An urban forestry information bonanza.
www.treelink.org
A compendium of quotes about trees.
www.gardendigest.com/trees.htm
The Society for Ecological Restoration, these guys are doing great stuff.
www.ser.org
Conserving significant wetlands near you…
www.wetlandsconservancy.org
If you want to find a sharp saw, a good lawnmower mechanic and some really nice people, check out Tree Tools on Capitol Highway.
www.treetools.com
If your cat was inspired to do a little tree climbing (after watching his favorite arborist) and can’t figure out how to get down, check out Dan Kraus’ web site.
www.catinatreerescue.com
“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.”
– Henry David Thoreau, “Maine Woods,” ‘Chesuncook’