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Garden Planning for the Year-Round Harvest

Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Handmade Gardens
Address: 
4446 NE Going St.
Portland., OR 97218
United States

Want your garden to yield more food with less work? Plan now and get a jump on year-round abundance!

Learn to:

Grow food year-round in Portland's mild climate - year after year

Save time, money and water 

Plant each crop at the right time and place  

Map your garden

Understand planting calendars, seed packets and seed catalogs

..and more.

To get the most out of this class, please bring a map of your garden site and a list of what you hope to grow.

This class introduces our 2016 program in the Year Round Harvest

www.handmadegardenspdx.com/year-round-harvest-course/

Contact Name: 
Rachel Freifelder
Contact Phone: 
503-849-9466
Contact Email: 
handmadegardenspdx@gmail.com
Venue: 
Handmade Gardens Urban Farm
Venue Details: 
Handmade Gardens Urban Farm is a 9-year old homestead and intentional community, located on a 9000 s.f. lot in the Cully neighborhood. Since 2007 we have been building soil over lawn, nurturing edible forest garden, and growing all the vegetables needed to sustain the four resident humans. The homestead is integrated into the local community, sharing knowledge and surplus produce with neighbors and any who care to visit. Humans share the land with domestic ducks and native pollinators. Medicinal plants from European and Chinese herbalism grow integrated with vegetables and across the paths from over 100 species of northwest native plants. As this is our home, we ask that visitors preregister for fee classes, and call ahead for private tours. Drop-ins are welcome for events listed as free. Instructor's bio: Rachel Freifelder grew up with her father's organic garden, holds an MS in ecology from Stanford University, and studied herbs at the Pacific School of Botanical Medicine. She has worked on several farms, and has taught gardening to kids and adults since 1996. She believes that careful planning and nerdy record-keeping have contributed to her garden's continued bounty.
Cost: 
$35

Revive the Woods at Hamby Park!

Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
1035 NE Jackson School Rd.
Hillsboro, OR 97124
United States
Park/Trail: 

Team up with Resources for Health to remove the invasive English Ivy in the woods of Hamby Park! By working to eliminate the destructive monoculture created by the ivy, we'll make room for native plants to thrive and improve the trails for community members to enjoy. Tools and gloves are provided by the City of Hillsboro, and don't forget your reusable water bottle! Stay after the event for an Ivy Basket Weaving Workshop Fundraiser! Ivy removed at the morning event will be used for the Ivy Basket Weaving Workshop, co-hosted by the Hillsboro Food Co-Op. All proceeds from this fundraiser will go to the Hillsboro Food Co-Op startup, and support a community-supported venue for affordable local, high-quality, and healthy food. Paste the following address into your web browser for additional details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ivy-basket-weaving-workshop-tickets-2032697... Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/revive-woods-hamby-park

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Hamby Park
Venue Details: 
From Sunset Highway, take exit 59 and head southwest on NW Jackson School Road for 2.2 miles. Take a right onto NW Evergreen Road for 0.3 miles, then a left onto NE Jackson School Road 1.2 miles. Hamby Park will be on your right.
Cost: 
$0.00

Beaverton Creek - German School Community Planting Day

Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
3900 SW Murray Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005
United States

The German School project is on Beaverton Creek. Beaverton Creek has been treated much like a ditch for many years, but neighborhood groups, and volunteers, with support from Clean Water Services, have begun to turn it around. The German School site is a half acre dominated by invasive Reed canary grass, English ivy, and Himalayan blackberry. Students and crews have begun to remove the invasive plants. Volunteers will plant native plants along the stream corridor and in the wetlands, providing shade to the stream and improving water quality. Tools and gloves will be provided on site. Drinking water will also be provided but feel free to bring your own water bottles. This can be messy work, so please wear appropriate clothing and sturdy shoes.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/beaverton-creek-german-school...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
German International School
Venue Details: 
Park in the German School parking lot at the far end near the creek. Look for the SOLVE signs.
Cost: 
$0.00

Council Creek March Community Planting Day

Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
299 N 31st Ave at Ryland Park.
Cornelius, OR 97113
United States

Council Creek is home to beaver, Red-shouldered hawks, crayfish and native fish. Volunteers will be planting this 6 acre wetland restoration site with native willow, Oregon ash, as well as native shrubs including red-osier dogwood and douglas spirea.Volunteers will also be installing coffee bags as weed barriers, placing mice guards around trees, and mulching. Native plants will help to filter stormwater, and support fish and wildlife habitat.

 

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/council-creek-march-community...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Council Creek - Ryland City Park
Venue Details: 
Heading west from Hillsboro on Hwy 8 turn right onto N 31st Ave. The park will be on your right.
Cost: 
$0.00

Watershed Wide Event

Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
16581 SE Hagen Road.
Happy Valley, OR 97068
United States

Join the Rock Creek Partnership on Saturday, March 12th in Happy Valley for our fifth annual Watershed Wide Event! We'll be planting a wide diversity of native trees and shrubs to create a hedgerow on the property that will attract native pollinators and contribute to watershed health. No experience is necessary and all are welcome -- families, neighbors, and friends! There will be live music, a delicious variety of breakfast snacks and coffee/tea provided to all volunteers, as well as raffle prizes! The staging site will once again be the Galaxy Barn at Pendarvis Farm - site of the renowned Pickathon Music Festival. Parking is limited at the Pendarvis farm so we ask that all volunteers meet us at the nearby Happy Valley City Hall where shuttles will bring you to the farm. Plan to arrive by 8:30-8:45am at City Hall to leave enough time after arriving at the farm to get registered and assigned to a crew, as well as to enjoy hot coffee and breakfast treats. The event will wrap-up around 1:00pm. Rock Creek is an important tributary of the Clackamas River, which provides high quality drinking water to more than 300,000 people and provides critical habitat for many sensitive species of plants, fish and wildlife. The Rock Creek Partnership works with landowners to revitalize streamside habitats by removing invasive species, such as blackberry and ivy, and replanting the areas with native vegetation. Restoring native plant communities grows a canopy over our creeks, which filters drinking water, provides wildlife habitat, and increases property value.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/watershed-wide-event

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Pendarvis Farm
Venue Details: 
Directions to site to come. Please check back at http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/watershed-wide-event
Cost: 
$0.00

March Second Saturday Cleanup

Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 9:00am to 10:00am
SOLVE
Address: 
NW 23rd Place and Thurman Street
Portland, OR 97210
United States

Join volunteers for this monthly Second Saturday Cleanup in Northwest Portland. Pick up litter from NW Vaughn to Raleigh, NW 22nd to 26th. Coffee/tea and pastries hosted by Food Front on their front terrace. Come dressed for the weather.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/march-second-saturday-cleanup

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Northwest Portland
Venue Details: 
Meets at NW 23rd Place & Thurman Street - access from I-405 Vaughn Street off-ramp.
Cost: 
$0.00

Linnton Creek Project for March

Saturday, March 12, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
10682 NW St Helens Road.
Portland, OR 97231
United States

Linnton Creek is a principle stream in Forest Park, one of the main trail heads in the north end of the park, and its confluence with the Willamette River will have a new lagoon, as part of the the 27 acre Linnton Plywood Mill site's restoration as animal habitat (a Superfund mitigation site). We are restoring the creek trail head, removing ivy and blackberry, planting natives, and installing an interpretive sign, trash can and custom (and amusing) dog waste bag dispenser designed by noted artist Ivan McLean. Part of a broad effort to eliminate dog waste from the park, this site is particularly important as the creek will flow into a new lagoon designed as a resting place for salmon fry, where clean water will be crucial. At the moment the main effort is ivy removal and the planting of almost 300 native plants. Hot and cold beverages, pastries, tools and gloves are provided. We'll be having a celebration of the project's completion in June. Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal, Native Planting.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/linnton-creek-project-march

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Linnton Creek Trail Head
Venue Details: 
Some parking at site. More across St Helens at NW 105th (right at light into 105th and immediate left, to park at mill site office. At the Linnton Creek trail head, which is also a #16 bus stop.
Cost: 
$0.00

Alameda Ridge Stairs - Native Planting

Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
4317 NE Wistaria
Portland, OR 97213
United States

This project will start the healing process for one of the finest public stairways in the City of Portland. It has been neglected and was once taken over by ivy and laurel. The invasive species have been cleaned up and now it is time to plant native plants in the beds along the stairs. Nearly 500 native plants that include favorites like sword fern, evergreen huckleberry, mock orange and snowberry need to be planted. It will be great fun with hot and cold beverages, pastries, tools and gloves provided. As a part of the cleanup of invasive species and planting of native plants, we will apply to the Backyard Habitat program to be a certified Backyard Habitat. This could be the first public space to be certified through that program. We hope it will encourage surrounding landowners to also become certified. Activities include: Native Planting.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/alameda-ridge-stairs-native-p...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue Details: 
Park on NE Wistaria Dr or one of the adjacent streets At the base of the stairs at NE 43rd and Wistaria.
Cost: 
$0.00

Women in Science Day

Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 9:00am to 1:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
17705 NW Springville Rd.
Hillsboro, OR 97229
United States

Women in Science Day provides a great opportunity for young women in grades 6-12 in our community to learn about careers and opportunities from successful women in the field of science. We will begin the day at the Portland Community College - Rock Creek campus Event Center in Portland with breakfast and a presentation on science careers as well as a chance for the girls to discuss careers and opportunities with the mentors. Following the breakfast session, we will walk out to the Rock Creek SOLVE-adopted restoration site to plant trees and shrubs as a part of our stream restoration project. What better way to learn about the opportunities in the field of science that await young women in our community than hearing about them from women in those fields?

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/women-science-day

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Portland Community College - Rock Creek Environmental Studies Center
Venue Details: 
The morning will begin in the PCC Rock Creek Event Center. Please arrive at 8:45 am for registration and breakfast. The networking event will start promptly at 9 am.
Cost: 
$0.00

Seaside's Treasure the Beach March Beach Cleanup

Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 9:00am to 11:30am
SOLVE
Address: 
60 N. Prom.
Seaside, OR 97138
United States

The City of Seaside, Seaside Downtown Development Association, and Beach Drive Buccaneers invite you to join with us in cleaning up marine debris on our favorite Oregon Beach. Organized cleanups will take place, rain or shine, the first Saturday of every month. Sign in at The Seashore Inn on the Beach, 60 N. Prom, Seaside, get your bag, and, when done, drop it in a trash receptacle along the Prom. Stay the day and enjoy our shops and restaurants.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/seasides-treasure-beach-march...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Seaside Beach
Venue Details: 
From Hwy 101 turn left on Broadway to the Turnaround. Inn is one-half block to the north.
Cost: 
$0.00

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