A Look at Neighborwoods 2022

    The last day of September and the first of October brought out sunny clear skies, and the perfect temperatures for planting trees. With over 150 volunteers for the Neighborwoods event in partnership with the Mayor’s Greening Initiative, we planted 200 trees in Southtown over three 3-hour shifts—finishing them all with an hour and […]

Why Trees Matter

    Why do trees matter so much anyway? Why do we plant them? And if you have ever heard the term, urban tree canopy? What does UTC even mean? Let’s start with the tree canopy: From urbantreecover.org we learn that the Canopy is “the layer of leaves, branches, and stems of trees that cover […]

Volunteers sought for Grand Rapids tree-planting initiative

Taking Care of Your Trees

Our trees might be dormant right now, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t work for us to do to take care of them! Here are some tips on winter tree care: 1. Winter Storm Damage If a branch is badly snapped, it can be pruned off so that it heals quickly in the spring. If you haven’t taken our […]

I Believe that Trees Have Stories

Friends’ Development Director, Tori, sat down (virtually) with Benjamin and Lisa of Benjamin Scheid Custom Building Concepts to dig into why their company donates to Friends. In our latest newsletter we shared an abbreviated version of our conversation with Benjamin and Lisa. Here’s the full interview!   What inspired you to partner with Friends to […]