native plants

Stewardship Saturday at Columbia Springs

Saturday, March 19, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Columbia Springs
Address: 
12208 SE Evergreen Hwy
Vancouver, WA 98683
United States

Help us maintain our recreational and educational facilities while having fun! This welcoming and relaxed volunteer experience features projects of every kind. We end the day with an activity; previous activities have included planting flower seeds to take home, weaving baskets from English ivy, building bird feeders, and guided hatchery tours. Kids must be age 7 or older to participate. Kids under age 16 must have a parent/guardian with them to volunteer. Kids ages 16-17 must have a parent/guardian sign them in at the beginning of the event.  To learn more and sign up contact Kaley McLachlan at volunteer@columbiasprings.org

Contact Name: 
Kaley McLachlan
Contact Phone: 
(360) 882-0936 ext 230
Contact Email: 
volunteer@columbiasprings.org
Venue: 
Columbia Springs
Cost: 
FREE

Year-Round Harvest Course

Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 1:00pm to Saturday, October 8, 2016 - 5:00pm
Handmade Gardens
Address: 
4446 NE Going St.
Portland, OR 97218
United States

Grow Your Own! 9 month Course - from soil to seed to table
Nourish your body and our soil.

-Build soil
-Grow vegetables, herbs and edible flowers
-Harvest
-Recipes
-Ferments and Preservation
-Seed saving and more.

Savor the best food you'll ever eat - your own.
http://handmadegardenspdx.com/year-round-harvest-course/
Seeds and Plants, Mentorship, Classes, Community Building

Classes begin February 20.
At NE 45th and Going, Cully neighborhood.
Scholarships, payment plans and work trade available.
www.handmadegardenspdx.com

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.
Cost: 
$445
CI Initiatives: 

Rewilding Free Skills Series: Cattails for Food & Craft

Saturday, November 26, 2016 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Rewild Portland
Address: 
7040 NE 47th
Portland, OR 97218
United States

We would like to invite you to this month's Rewilding Skill Series. The Rewilding Free Skills Series is a class & networking event that happens monthly, that usually occurs (but not always) on the last Saturday of the month. It is a place for social networking where people make new friends and hang out with old friends learning skills to connect us with humanity's ancestral past and more local and sustainable future. We ask for a $5 - $10 suggested donation with no one turned away.

Wherever cattails grow in the world, all the way across the Northern Hemisphere, humans have had a relationship with them. We'll be trying a few dishes and making a few crafts with the various parts of cattails. Come share what you know and learn some more! No experience or knowledge necessary!

Contact Name: 
Peter Michael Bauer
Contact Phone: 
5038638462
Contact Email: 
peter@rewildportland.com
Venue: 
Whitaker Ponds Gazebo
Cost: 
Free!

Rewilding Free Skills Series: Acorn Processing & Oak Savanna Restoration

Saturday, September 24, 2016 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Rewild Portland
Address: 
875 NE Fremont
Portland, OR 97214
United States
Park/Trail: 

We would like to invite you to this month's Rewilding Skill Series. The Rewilding Free Skills Series is a class & networking event that happens monthly, that usually occurs (but not always) on the last Saturday of the month. It is a place for social networking where people make new friends and hang out with old friends learning skills to connect us with humanity's ancestral past and more local and sustainable future. We ask for a $5 - $10 suggested donation with no one turned away.

This month's theme is Acorn Processing and Oak Savanna Restoration. This is a skill we teach year after year: how to turn acorns from bitter nuts, into a delicious flour, and how to keep restore those ecosystems that produce acorns. Come learn more, share what you know, crack and grind some acorns, taste a few treats made from acorn flour, and take home a baby Oregon White Oak to plant!

Contact Name: 
Peter Michael Bauer
Contact Phone: 
5038638462
Contact Email: 
peter@rewildportland.com
Venue: 
Irving Park
Venue Details: 
We'll be at the stone tables near the tennis courts.
Cost: 
Free!

Rewilding Free Skills Series: Stinging Nettles and other Spring Greens

Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Rewild Portland
Park/Trail: 

We would like to invite you to this month's Rewilding Skill Series. The Rewilding Free Skills Series is a class & networking event that happens monthly, that usually occurs (but not always) on the last Saturday of the month. It is a place for social networking where people make new friends and hang out with old friends learning skills to connect us with humanity's ancestral past and more local and sustainable future. We ask for a $5 - $10 suggested donation with no one turned away.

This month's theme is Stinging Nettle and Other Spring Greens. In late winter and early spring, many edible greens begin to emerge. Let's celebrate them by learning about them, how to encourage their growth, what roles they play in ecology, how to process and prepare them, and of course, how to eat them and what nutritional value they bring! Come to learn and share what you know. Find us at Picnic Area F, furthest parking lot, on the bike path just passed the bathrooms on the Columbia River side.

Contact Name: 
Peter Michael Bauer
Contact Phone: 
5038638462
Contact Email: 
peter@rewildportland.com
Venue: 
Kelley Point Park
Venue Details: 
Picnic Area F on the Columbia River side, just past the bathroom along the bike path.
Cost: 
Free!

Dahl Park February Community Planting Day

Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
Dahl Beach Park
Gladstone, OR 97027
United States
Park/Trail: 

Dahl Beach is located at the confluence of the Clackamas and Willamette rivers. The confluence is an important location for both juvenile and adult salmon. Osprey can often be seen in the area. This native tree planting project is part of a larger stream restoration project initiated by the Clackamas River Basin Council. Volunteers will be planting native trees like western red cedar, and native shrubs like salmonberry and indian plum. Volunteers will also be mulching and installing live willow stakes. Native plantings help filter pollutants, provide shade, and improve fish and wildlife habitat.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/dahl-park-february-community-...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Dahl Beach City Park
Venue Details: 
From I-205 take exit 9. Head North on McLoughlin Blvd. Take a left onto River Rd and another left at Meldrum Bar Park Rd. Go past soccer fields on left. Take left at community gardens and the parking area ends at Dahl Beach. Look for the SOLVE sign.
Cost: 
$0.00

Nadaka Nature Park Community Planting Day

Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
17615 NE Glisan Street.
Gresham, OR 97230
United States
Park/Trail: 

Looking for a way to get outside and make a difference in your community? Join Friends of Nadaka for our Community Planting Event to restore a healthy habitat at Nadaka Nature Park. Volunteers will be planting native shrubs like Oregon Grape, Thimbleberry, and Snowberry. Native plantings help filter pollutants, provide shade, and improve fish and wildlife habitat. Tools, plants, gloves, and light refreshments will be provided. Dress to work in natural areas: long pants, warm cloths, and closed-toe sturdy shoes. Please bring a water bottle and a friend! Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal, Native Planting.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/nadaka-nature-park-community-...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Nadaka Nature Park
Venue Details: 
There are two locations for parking. 1) St. Aidan's Episcopal Church parking lot next to Nadaka Nature Park located at 17405 NE Glisan Street Gresham, OR 97230. 2) Nadaka Nature Park’s north entrance is at NE Pacific Street and 176th. You may park in the neighborhood and follow the path through the forest to get to the picnic structure. Meet at the picnic structure on the south 2 acres closest to NE Glisan Street.
Cost: 
$0.00

Council Creek February Community Planting Day

Saturday, February 27, 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-february-commun...

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

Ma Olsen's Garden Extension for February

Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
St Helens Road & NW 107th.
Portland, OR 97231
United States

Ma Olsen ran a small grocery store in downtown Linnton for much of the first half of the twentieth century. During the Depression she forgave bills, feeding folks in need. Her store was bulldozed in the early 60s, along with most of the buildings lining St Helens Road in Linnton, to widen the highway from two lanes to four. Not long after this Nora "Ma" Olsen, while crossing the highway, was hit, and killed by a car. A plaque, bench, and a Benson Bubbler were placed where the back of her store had been, and that swath of hill was named Ma Olsen's Garden. Forty-five years after her death, the steep hillside that was her Garden was overgrown with ivy, blackberry, and a tangle of fallen trees. We removed the thick green shroud that covered the garden and planted hundreds of native shrubs and flowers of over fifty species. Most of the five block long, seventy-five foot wide sliver of land, of which the Garden is the southern tip, remained buried under invasives. Why not extend the project north, since Linnton as "hanging garden" was the goal to begin with? So we roll along, the past two winters extending the garden another block, planting as we go. It's gnarly work, with established ivy, blackberry, vinca and laurel on rocky, steep, uneven slopes. Uncovering old stone walls, terraces, mundane and weird trash heaps, and poison oak keeps the work interesting, sometimes too much so. We're incubating plans for an tongue-in-cheek sculpture/Dr. Seuss garden in this section. We should be able to polish off the remaining weeds this winter, but we need an infusion of help and laughter. Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal.

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/ma-olsens-garden-extension-fe...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
Ma Olsen's Garden
Venue Details: 
Plenty of parking on the east side of St Helens Road in front of the Decoy and Lighthouse Restaurants. Ma Olsen's Garden, the bus stop across from the Decoy.
Cost: 
$0.00

4th Saturday in February Clean-up at LeRoy Haagen Park

Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
SOLVE
Address: 
NE LeRoy Haagen Memorial Dr
Vancouver, WA 98684
United States
Park/Trail: 

Attention Oregon! Skip across the border for some SW Washington style restoration work! We will be focusing on the removal of invasive plant, shining geranium in a deforested area in the center of the woods at LeRoy Haagen Park. We hope to completely remove this invasive species before April so chemical treatments will not be necessary. People enjoy hanging out in this area and too frequently leave their litter behind. The hope is to return the area to its intended purpose of habitat and a nature trail for walkers and joggers. This is a great activity for young children and the young at heart. Please contact if you feel you have special needs but would still like to volunteer. Please contact as well if you are interested in coordinating these monthly efforts at the park. There is something for nearly everyone. Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal, Native Planting, Probably some light litter removal.

 

Register online here: http://solveoregon.org/get-involved/events/4th-saturday-february-clean-l...

Contact Name: 
Kaleen Boyle
Contact Phone: 
503-844-9571 ext. 332
Contact Email: 
kaleen@solveoregon.org
Venue: 
LeRoy Haagen Memorial Park
Venue Details: 
Plentiful parking is available at the end of LeRoy Haagen Memorial Drive. At the restroom by the parking lot.
Cost: 
$0.00

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