gardening/farming

Weeds - we all have them. Come learn about the most common garden and landscape weeds along with some of the other more notorious plant invaders of the region. We will explain how these aggressive plants take over in your yard, and provide simple yet effective tips that will help you get the upper hand without turning to synthetic herbicides. Register at http://emswcd.org/workshops-and-events/upcoming-workshops/.

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 us for the first of two plantings this season in partnership with the City of Hillsboro and Clean Water Services at Jackson Bottom Wetlands preserve. 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 an approximately 10 minute walk from the parking lot to the planting 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 - 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!

This workshop provides a quick overview of mason bees and their most common pest, the Krombein mite (also known as the pollen mite).  Attendees are encouraged to bring in their mason bee nesting devices to work on extracting the cocoons and cleaning them with a dry sand process.  Mason bee nesting trays used at Jackson Bottom Wetlands will also be available for attendees to clean so that they can get a hands on experience of what is involved in this important step in raising mason bees. Attendees will take home their own mason bee cocoons.

10 -- Adult

Ron Spendal

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Education Center

52225    Sat          12/5       1 -- 3:30 pm

Free.     Registration required

Chef Matthew Busetto of North Portland's Firehouse Restaurant invites you to join us on Saturday, September 17th from 10 am to 1 pm for a morning of learning, tasting and fun on the farm. Along with Chef Matthew,  we'll harvest a load of fresh veggies from the Sauvie Island Organics farm, then turn our haul into an authentic farm-to-table lunch.

Chef and Sauvie Island Center staff will share recipes for making the most of your late summer harvest and tips for getting kids engaged incooking and eating healthy food.

Farm-Fresh Family Cooking will be held on the grounds of Metro's Howell Territorial Park and the Sauvie Island Organics farm. The event will begin at 10 am. Please plan to meet us at the big red barn no later than 10 am. We'll head out to the farm shortly after 10 am