gardening/farming

Fall Native Plant Sale

Saturday, October 6, 2012 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Tualatin HIlls Parks & Recreation District
Address: 
15655 SW Millikan Way
Beaverton, OR 97006
United States

Fall is the perfect time to plant native plants in your garden! Once established, native plants need little care and water.  Select from a wide variety of trees, shrubs, and flowering plants in all price ranges for every spot in your garden! Knowledgeable staff and volunteers are on hand to answer your questions.  The Friends of the Tualatin Hills Nature Park sponsor this event, with proceeds going toward future park improvements and environmental education programs.  Admission: FREE.

 

Contact Name: 
Karen Munday
Contact Phone: 
503/629-6350
Contact Email: 
kmunday@thprd.org
Venue: 
Nature Park Interpretive Center
Venue Details: 
15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton, OR 97006. 503/629-6350. www.thprd.org.
Cost: 
FREE

Growing Gardens' Tomato Canning workshop

Thursday, September 27, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
United States
Categories: 

Learn how to preserve your abundance of juicy, sweet garden tomatoes by making and canning tomato sauce for later eating. This hands-on workshop will cover how to safely can tomato sauce using the hot water bath method and each participant will get to take home a can of sauce they made themselves.

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Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
To be determined
Venue Details: 
Will notify workshop participants of the venue no later than 1 week before the workshop.
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Growing Gardens' Seed Saving workshop

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
SE 61st & Division
United States
Categories: 

Learn the ancient art of saving seeds in this hands-on workshop held at one of Portland's oldest and most established urban Permaculture gardens. Each participant will get to collect unusual and interesting varieties of seeds to take home with them.

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Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Tabor Tilth Farm
Venue Details: 
Exact address will be given upon sign up.
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Growing Gardens' Square Foot Gardening workshop

Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
4915 N Gantenbein Ave
Portland, OR 97217
United States
Categories: 

In this interactive hands-on workshop, participants learn how to plan and plant a vegetable garden using techniques of Square Foot Gardening to yield an abundance of food in small space while reducing time spent on maintenance. Topics covered include crop selection, planning, plant placement, watering and mulching. This workshop will be held outside, in a garden.

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Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Humboldt Elementary Garden
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Growing Gardens' Compost workshop

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
2156 N Willisams Ave.
Portland, OR 97227
United States
Categories: 

Learn the many ways of turning your home kitchen scraps and yard debris into rich food for your garden. This workshop will be held at an urban farm that has several functioning compost bins. Part of this workshop will be held indoors and part outdoors.

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Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Project Grow
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Growing Gardens' Pickling workshop

Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
4601 SE Cesar Chavez
Portland, OR 97202
United States
Categories: 

Learn how to preserve your summer vegetables and fruits by pickling them for later eating. This workshop will focus on a variety of ways to make pickles and each participant will get to take home a jar of refrigerator pickles.

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Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Holgate House Apartment Complex
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Growing Gardens' Cooking with Summer Vegetables with Kasey Mills from Toro Bravo

Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
3932 N Mississippi
Portland, OR 97227
United States
Categories: 

This demonstration workshop will inspire new ways to prepare fresh, delicious summer garden vegetable dishes. Participants will get to sample all of the dishes.

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Growing Gardens belives the seeds of a healthier world are planted in our own back yards!

Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Mr. Green Beans - 3932 N Mississippi
Cost: 
$10-$30 sliding scale donation

Rural Living Field Day

Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 1:00pm to Friday, October 12, 2012 - 12:00pm
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
Address: 
15150 NW Echo Glen Lane
North Plains, OR 97133
United States

Register Now for Rural Living Field Day!

 

The 2012 Rural Living Field Day is set for Saturday, October 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Echo Glen Farms, 15150 NW Echo Glen Lane in North Plains.  To register, landowners are asked to fill out the form for the event on the West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District website.  Just click “Events” at www.wmswcd.org.

Rural Living Field Day is a fun event for rural landowners and this year the event is a partnership of West Multnomah, Tualatin and Columbia Soil and Water Conservation Districts.  The event features speakers addressing a wide variety of topics and covering issues that face rural homeowners, farmers, and land managers every day.  Topics include wildlife and pollinator habitat, invasive weeds, small scale agriculture, woodland management, livestock and pasture management and more.  Experts will conduct hands-on demonstrations and be available to answer questions about specific landowner concerns.

Morning beverages and snacks will be served as well as a fully catered lunch!  The cost is only $10 per person or $15 for families.   

Rural Living Field Day is also a great time for landowners to meet each other and share concerns and ideas about their properties and operations.  Landowners have also found valuable professional and personal contacts at past events.

 

 

Contact Name: 
Carolyn Myers Lindberg
Contact Phone: 
5032384775
Contact Email: 
carolyn@wmswcd.org
Venue: 
Echo Glen Farms
Cost: 
$10 per person, $15 for families

Getting Your Graywater Permit

Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 6:30pm to 8:30pm
East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
Address: 
5211 N Williams Ave
Portland, OR 97217
United States

Have you ever thought of re-using water from your shower or washing machine to irrigate your landscape? Maybe you didn't even know it was possible. Your great-grandmother might not have considered using water twice to be a big deal—it was just common practice back then. These days, as we all think about ways to use less water around our homes, the subject of graywater is gaining popularity again. 

In this workshop you will learn:

  • What graywater is and what it can be used for
  • How to get a permit for a graywater system for your home or business
  • Common mistakes to avoid when planning and permitting a graywater system

Space is limited. To register contact: Candace Stoughton at 503-935-5366 or candace@emswcd.org

Contact Name: 
Candace Stoughton
Contact Phone: 
503-935-5366
Contact Email: 
candace@emswcd.org
Venue: 
East Multnomah SWCD Office
Venue Details: 
Off-street parking and covered bicycle parking is in the lot behind our building which can be accessed by NE Roselawn St.
Cost: 
$0 free

Sellwood Springwater Trail Food Forest Event

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:30pm
Sellwood Moreland Improvement League
Address: 
8210 SE 13th Ave
Portland, OR 97202
United States

 July 18, 2012 Events at the SMILE Station

Food Forest Presentation by Jenny Pell Jenny Pell will present at the SMILE station on July 18th from 6:30pm-7:30pm.

Jenny is the lead designer of a 7-acre "Beacon Food Forest" being implemented on public land in Seattle.

***Donations for this event are gladly accepted***

Sellwood Gap Springwater Trail Open House Prior to this event, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, SMILE’s Stewardship of Natural Amenities Committee (SNAC) will be presenting the three design alternatives that were generated through an on-going community design process for the public land alongside the Springwater Corridor's “Sellwood Gap”.

Help choose the design that best reflects local and regional objectives for this unique space.

 

Contact Name: 
Tina Osterink
Contact Phone: 
503-740-7285
Contact Email: 
tosterink@gmail.com
Venue: 
SMILE Station
Cost: 
Donations accepted

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