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Join the Home Orchard Society for our 2016 All About Fruit Show!

Saturday October 15th & Sunday October 16th, 10am - 4pm
Clackamas County Fairgrounds - 694 NE 4th Ave, Canby, OR

This event will be held at the main pavilion at the Clackamas County Fairgrounds.

Home Orchard Society's famous annual fall tasting event, "The All About Fruit Show", is for fruit enthusiasts of all ages!

Attendees will have the opportunity to see and taste hundreds of varieties of heirloom fruit from the Pacific Northwest including apples, pears, plums, grapes, kiwis, quince, and more!

Home Orchard Society aims to help lots of folks launch into the pleasure of growing good fruit at home! If you love fruit or want to grow your own fruit trees, this is the place to be!

Free with entry - hundreds of varieties of fruit to see and taste!
Large fruit contest!
Speakers presenting on a diversity of fruit-growing topics (visit the website for dates and times for the speakers)
Cider pressing demos & tastings (fun for the whole family!)
HOS expert table to answer your fruit growing questions!
Plus ... mason bee supplies, fruit tree growing publications, order custom-grafted fruit trees, door prizes, & more!

www.homeorchardsociety.org/events

Admission:

- $5 for members (family $10)

- $7 for non-members (family $12)

- Free if you join HOS at this show!

If you would like to volunteer for the show, please contact us at info@homeorchardsociety.org. If you volunteer, your admission fee will be waived. You can choose your shift or come for the day!

Join Friends of Trees at the first of two plantings this season at Judson Middle School in partnership with the City of Salem and the Salem-Keizer School District. During the first phase of this restoration project we will be planting native trees and shrubs in the open area south of Pringle Creek, however, over the coming years we will plant the understory of the mature Douglas-fir forest and along the north banks of the creek as well. This event is one of many events in support of the Year of the Tree campaign, celebrating Salem's 40th year as a Tree City USA. 

Please arrive around 8:45am to be registered and assigned to a crew. The event will start promptly at 9:00am. We provide breakfast snacks and hot chocolate/coffee, as well as gloves, tools and guidance. Please come dressed for the weather and wearing sturdy, closed-toe shoes and get ready to have fun!

Looking to volunteer as a group? RSVPs are kindly requested for groups of more than 5 people - clickHERE to do so. RSVPs are not required for individuals or groups of 4 or fewer -- you can simply show up!

Please contact Jenny or Randi at (503) 595-0213 if you have any questions or need more information. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Join Friends of Trees as we partner with the City of Tualatin and Clean Water Services to plant hundreds of native trees and shrubs at Browns Ferry Park! This planting is part of the Tree For All campaign which has planted over three million native plants in the Tualatin River Watershed in the past decade! Clean Water Services, Friends of Trees, thousands of volunteers, other non-profits, city partners, and private landowners will be working together this season to continue the success of this program.

Please arrive around 8:45am to be registered and assigned to a crew. There will be a short walk from the parking lot to the project area. The event will start promptly at 9:00am. We provide breakfast snacks and hot chocolate/coffee, as well as gloves, tools and guidance. Please come dressed for the weather and wearing sturdy, closed toe shoes and get ready to have fun!

Looking to volunteer as a group? RSVPs are kindly requested for groups of more than 5 people - registration is simple via our online Group Registration Form.

RSVPs are not required for individuals or groups of 4 or fewer -- you may simply show up!

Please contact Jenny or Randi at (503) 595-0213 if you have any questions or need more information. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Ready to get outside? Want to be a part of planting hundreds of seedlings and young trees? Then join Friends of Trees this Saturday at the Sandy River Basin for planting fun!

Friends of Trees is partnering with the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council and Friends of the Sandy River Delta with support from the US Forest Service, Ash Creek Forestry Management, PGE's Habitat Fund, Daimler, the Portland Trailblazers, and the Jubitz Foundation to continue native seedling plantings at the Sandy River Delta. 

Please arrive around 8:45am to be registered and assigned to a crew. The planting will start promptly at 9:00am. We provide breakfast snacks and hot chocolate/coffee, as well as gloves, tools and guidance. Please come dressed for the weather and wearing sturdy closed-toe shoes and get ready to have fun!

Looking to volunteer as a group? RSVPs are kindly requested for groups of more than 5 people - click HERE to do so. RSVPs are not required for individuals or groups of 4 or fewer -- you can simply show up!

Please contact Jenny or Randi at (503) 595-0213 if you have any questions or need more information. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Friends of Trees is working in partnership with the Tualatin River Watershed Council to help restore the Bonita natural area to a diverse and healthy riparian forest ecosystem. The site was recently cleared of a nearly impassable thicket of English hawthorn and Himalayan blackberry, and is on its way to being restored as a mixed hardwood riparian forest. This event will focus on hand pulling English ivy from the existing native trees onsite to protect them from being over taken by this shade-tolerant invasive plant. There will be a great sense of immediate gratification at the end of this event!

Please arrive around 8:45am to be registered and assigned to a crew. The planting will start promptly at 9:00am. We provide breakfast snacks and hot chocolate/coffee, as well as gloves, tools and guidance. Please come dressed for the weather and wearing sturdy, closed-toe shoes and get ready to have fun! 

Looking to volunteer as a group? RSVPs are kindly requested for groups of more than 5 people - click HERE to do so. RSVPs are not required for individuals or groups of 4 or fewer -- you may simply show up!

Please contact Jenny or Randi at (503) 595-0213 if you have any questions or need more information. We look forward to seeing you out there!