Portland's Heritage Trees is now available to the public. The booklet contains a chronological list of the heritage trees in Portland and the address for each tree. The author, Phyllis Reynolds, has included a section containing a description and interesting facts about each tree species. These guides will be trained to talk about the various plants from trees to small flowers in Laurelhurst, Mt. Tabor, Sellwood, Duniway, Grant, Peninsula, South Waterfront, and Forest Parks and at Hoyt Arboretum. Plant identification, historical significance, ethnobotany, and cultural needs will be covered in the training sessions that begin in March.
Training is offered on weekdays and weekends.
Volunteers are needed to lead these walks and help youngsters and their parents discover the wonders of animals and plants in their neighborhood. Training is offered to introduce activities that use all five senses, games that focus on nature, and techniques to encourage parent-child interactions. Tours take place on weekdays and weekends. While park development will have to wait awhile, officials anticipate that the sites can be made available for informal recreational activity in the near future. Located at SE 155th and Main, the first acquisition is the 19.44 acre site adjacent to Park Lane Park and just west of Harold Oliver Elementary School.