Communities Grow with Trees!

Friends of Trees wants to do more than simply increase Portland’s urban canopy. They want to build stronger communities and make sure every address in PDX feels as good as the next. That’s why FOT turns their neighborhood plantings into community events where neighbors meet each other, help each other, and get to know the personalities behind the faces. It’s a simple gesture that grows relationships as well as roots.

But growing communities takes support from everyone.  Frank Creative designed a new sponsorship kit to help Friends of Trees achieve their goals. It introduces potential sponsors to the FOT story and highlights why investing in the community benefits the entire city.

For more information or to receive a sponsorship kit, please contact the Friends of Trees Development Manager, Greg Tudor, at gregt@friendsoftrees.org. 

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When you're a Friend of Trees, leaves just come with the territory.

It's that time of year when the foliage falls and the leaves pile high. So instead of letting this raking rite of passage get under the skin of our fellow Portlanders, Frank teamed up with Friend of Trees to create a one-stop-resource for information about leaf removal in the City. The Portland Leaf Harvest is a microsite dedicated to connecting people with the right government agencies and information on the different ways to dispose of leaves. You'll learn how and where to bag'em, mulch'em, and compost'em - everything you'll need to make a like a tree. And don't forget to join the Harvest on Nov. 10-13. Check out portlandleafharvest.com for more information.

Frank promotes peace by turning axes into trees.

For our latest Friends of Trees billboard campaign, we looked to an unlikely source: Timbers' fans wielding axes. You know what we mean if you've been to Portland in the last year. We are Friends of Trees features the work of local artist Amy Ruppel to mimic the iconic portraits of Timbers' Army fans- only in the same illustrative style as the ongoing Plant it Portland campaign, also by Amy. They're a fun way for Friends of Trees to acknowledge their partnership with the Portland Timbers and the fact they share many of the same, passionate fans. See, we can all get along. The campaign breaks Oct. 17. Oh, and remember you can give, plant, or volunteer at friendsoftrees.org.

That's a Wrap!

Frank helped Friends of Trees take their message on the road with a custom car wrap. Now they can Plant it Portland, Plant it Vancouver, and Plant it everywhere in-between.

Friends of Trees Gets Friendlier

With the neighborhood planting season right around the corner, Friends of Trees was looking for a fresh, new way to talk about trees. So we brought the fun. We engaged local illustrator Amy Ruppel to create some great art for our campaign. She’s one of a handful of local artists gaining national recognition and putting Portland on the map. Now she’s using her friendly characters to put smiles on trees.

Yard Sign (front and back)

Door Hanger (front and back)

So come on, Plant it Portland! Let’s all discover the good things that grow on trees!