gardening/farming

Growing Gardens' DIY Wormbin Building Workshop!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
Redeemer Lutheran Church
5431 NE 20th Ave
Portland, OR 97232
United States

Learn how to turn your kitchen scraps into rich vermicompost using red wiggler worms in small bins that can be kept inside or out. In this hands-on workshop each participant will go home with red wigglers and a worm bin they made themselves.

Please pre-register for this workshop. You can sign up here!

Presenter Information: Rodney Bender has been the Garden Programs Manager for Growing Gardens for the past eight years. He has a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with an emphasis on urban gardening and garden education. Rodney believes everyone has the ability to grow their own food and loves teaching people to find their green thumb. He has been teaching workshops for City of Portland Fix it Fairs, Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Oregon Food Bank, Home Forward, Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Associations and Habitat for Humanity for the past eight years.

Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cost: 
$50 (includes materials for worm bin that you will take home!)

Growing Gardens' Gardening Basics Workshops Parts I and II

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
Redeemer Lutheran Church
5431 NE 20th Ave
Portland, OR 97232
United States
Categories: 
  • Part I: Wednesdy, October 17 6:00pm-9:00pm
  • Part II: Thursday, October 18 6:00pm-9:00pm

In this extensive two part workshop, participants will learn to plan, implement and care for a healthy, affordable, and sustainable garden. Part 1 covers site selection, soil health, raised bed installation, plant families, garden planning and planting. Part 2 covers water efficiency, pest and weed management, harvesting, composting and winterization. Participants are encouraged, but not required to sign up for both parts.

Please pre-register for these workshops. You can sign up here!

Presenter Information: Rodney Bender has been the Garden Programs Manager for Growing Gardens for the past eight years. He has a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with an emphasis on urban gardening and garden education. Rodney believes everyone has the ability to grow their own food and loves teaching people to find their green thumb. He has been teaching workshops for City of Portland Fix it Fairs, Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Oregon Food Bank, Home Forward, Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Associations and Habitat for Humanity for the past eight years.

Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cost: 
We ask for a sliding scale donation of $10-$30 per day. However, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Wiggly Worms Work For You

Saturday, September 29, 2012 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Tualatin Hills Parks & Recreation District
Address: 
18892 SW Kemmer Road
Beaverton, OR 97007
United States

Join us for this family program to learn about worms and how they can work for you.  Check out real live worms and build a worm bin for you to take home.  The fee includes one adult and up to two additional family members (child or adult) and supplies for building a kitchen worm bin.  Children must be accompanied by an adult. Advanced registration required, call 503/629-6350.

Contact Name: 
Karen Munday
Contact Phone: 
503/629-6350
Contact Email: 
kmunday@thprd.org
Venue: 
Cooper Mountain Nature Park
Cost: 
$32 family rate & supplies

Sauvie Island Center - Seeking Volunteer Farm Educators!

Friday, September 14, 2012 - 8:45am
Sauvie Island Center
Address: 
13901 NW Howell Park Rd - Portland, OR 97231
Portland, OR 97231
United States

 

Do you love working with kids, gardening, learning and spending time outdoors in all kinds of weather? Well, come on out and join our amazing Volunteer Education Team! 

We are gearing up for, yet another, fantastic Fall Season here at Sauvie Island Center (SIC) with hopes that you will be joining us! 

 

Our Volunteer Educators lead small groups of elementary school students through hands-on, farm-based lessons on pollination, healthy soil, plant parts, the food web and planting and harvesting in the Grow Lunch Garden. We strive to provide quality, experiential learning opportunities for students and are seeking energetic and flexible field trip leaders to help us accomplish this goal.

The full day New Volunteer Educator Training will be held on Friday, September 14th from 8:45 am to 3:00 pm, at Howell Territorial Park on Sauvie Island.Lunch will be provided. (Please let me know of any dietary restrictions you may have).This training is for those who desire to become a Volunteer Educator for the Fall 2012 Season and have never before attended our Volunteer Educator Training. Our physical address is: 13901 NW Howell Park Rd - Portland, OR 97231Here is a cut and paste link to our website for directions: http://www.sauvieislandcenter.org/about/directions/

 

We will meet at the large, red barn behind the 2-story, white Howell House. Please park in the designated 'Public Parking' area in front of the Howell House and walk back to the barn.RSVP to jennifer@sauvieislandcenter.org by September 11th for the Volunteer Educator Training Day.Our Fall Field Trips will be offered on Tuesdays, some Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays beginning Tuesday, September 18th and run through Thursday, November 15th. Volunteer Educators are asked to be available from 8:45am to 2pm on field trip days. We ask that you be able to commit to at least four (4) Field Trips during the Fall 2012 Season. 

Please email your completed Volunteer application form found on our website (http://www.sauvieislandcenter.org/get-involved/volunteer/) to:

Jennifer James, Education Program Manager - jennifer@sauvieislandcenter.org

 We will also ask you to fill out a Background Check at the Volunteer Educator Training Day. We will need to see a current photo ID in order for the form to be valid. The Background Check is required in order to work with youth. 

Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. 

Volunteers make this work possible!!! Thank You!

 

 

 

 

Contact Name: 
Jennifer James
Contact Phone: 
5033418627
Contact Email: 
jennifer@sauvieislandcenter.org
Venue: 
Howell Territorial Park - Sauvie Island Center
Venue Details: 
Our physical address is: 13901 NW Howell Park Rd - Portland, OR 97231 Here is a cut and paste link to our website for directions: http://www.sauvieislandcenter.org/about/directions/ We will meet at the large, red barn behind the 2-story, white Howell House. Please park in the designated 'Public Parking' area in front of the Howell House and walk back to the barn.
Cost: 
FREE

Naturescaping Basics Workshop

Sunday, September 30, 2012 - 1:00pm to 5:00pm
East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
Address: 
5211 N Williams Ave.
Portland, OR 97217
United States

Dig into sustainable gardening! Naturescaping is the practice of using native plants to create sustainable landscapes that are good for people, animals and the environment. Learn how to design a low-maintenance, chemical-free landscape that conserves water and minimizes pollution, all while saving you time, money and energy! You’ll get natural gardening and landscape design tips, take a field trip to a nearby naturescaped garden, and receive a comprehensive workbook and a native plant to get started!Space is limited and advanced registration is required. Register online at www.emswcd.org. Information: 503-222-7645

Contact Name: 
Katie Meckes
Contact Phone: 
503-222-7645
Contact Email: 
katie@emswcd.org
Venue: 
East Multnomah SWCD Office
Cost: 
FREE!

Mushrooms 101

Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Cascadia Wild
Address: 
1912 NE Killingsworth St
Portland, OR 97211
United States

Join us for an immersion into the world of mushrooms and mushroom cultivation. Learn how to grow mushrooms at home, using simple, low-tech methods that utilize free and easily obtainable resources. Set up your back yard garden patch and keep your mushrooms thriving! Also learn basic mushroom taxonomy, ecological niches, and common edible and medicinal mushrooms that you can grow or harvest locally. Everyone receives printed instruction materials. A limited number of spawn kits will be available for purchase for $10-20.

Contact Phone: 
503-235-9533
Contact Email: 
info@cascadiawild.org
Venue: 
Cascadia Wild
Venue Details: 
1912 NE Killingsworth St. Look for the white house on the corner of 19th and NE Killingsworth.
Cost: 
sliding scale $10-20

Garden Planning

Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
5431 Northeast 20th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
United States
Categories: 

Thursday, December 6 6:00pm-8:30pm

Cost: $10-$30 sliding scale donation

Sign up at Growing Gardens Learn & Grow page

Learn how to get the most out of your veggie garden by planning for a year's worth of successive plantings. This workshop is designed for beginning gardeners and covers timing, plant charts, seed and plant selection, spacing and mapping. Each participant will go home with the know-how and materials to create a customized planting calendar and map.

Presenter Information: Rodney Bender has been the Garden Programs Manager for Growing Gardens for the past eight years. He has a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with an emphasis on urban gardening and garden education. Rodney believes everyone has the ability to grow their own food and loves teaching people to find their green thumb. He has been teaching workshops for City of Portland Fix it Fairs, Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Oregon Food Bank, Home Forward, Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Associations and Habitat for Humanity for the past eight years.

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

Grow Your Own Vegetable Starts

Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
5431 Northeast 20th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
United States
Categories: 

Tuesday, December 4 6:00pm-8:00pm

Cost: $10-$30 sliding scale donation

Sign up at Growing Gardens Learn & Grow page

Learn to start healthy seedlings indoors, using low cost methods with big results. The topics covered in this workshop include the materials you'll need to get started, the types of plants that should be started indoors, timing, planting and caring for seedlings, hardening off and using your space efficiently to grow a large quantity of plants. Participants will go home with a planting calendar, a list of resources and a six pack of plant starts.

Presenter Information: Kathy Katz is a local grower who has for the past 25 years been studying small scale/intensive food production models and learning to incorporate them into her own operation. She has spent many years supporting and volunteering for non-profit organizations because she feels it's important to get nutrient dense food to everyone in our community. A longtime contributor to Growing Gardens programs and supporter of their mission to teach the important skill of growing you own food. Currently Kathy is running a small seedling operation, mentoring new gardeners, helping with a few local school gardening projects and working on returning to the small farm her family owns.

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

Wormbin Building

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
5431 Northeast 20th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
United States
Categories: 

Tuesday, November 13 6:00pm-9:00pm

Cost: $50

Sign up at Growing Gardens Learn & Grow page

Learn how to turn your kitchen scraps into rich vermicompost using red wiggler worms in small bins that can be kept inside or out. In this hands-on workshop each participant will go home with red wigglers and a worm bin they made themselves.

Presenter Information: Rodney Bender has been the Garden Programs Manager for Growing Gardens for the past eight years. He has a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with an emphasis on urban gardening and garden education. Rodney believes everyone has the ability to grow their own food and loves teaching people to find their green thumb. He has been teaching workshops for City of Portland Fix it Fairs, Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Oregon Food Bank, Home Forward, Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Associations and Habitat for Humanity for the past eight years.

Contact Name: 
Rodney Bender
Contact Phone: 
503-284-8420
Contact Email: 
rodney@growing-gardens.org
Venue: 
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Cost: 
$50

Gardening Basics Parts I & II

Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Growing Gardens
Address: 
5431 Northeast 20th Avenue
Portland, OR 97211
United States
Categories: 

Part I: Wednesday, October 17 6:00pm-9:00pm

Part II: Thursday, October 18 6:00pm-9:00pm

Sign up at Growing Gardens Learn & Grow page.

In this extensive two part workshop, participants will learn to plan, implement and care for a healthy, affordable, and sustainable garden. Part 1 covers site selection, soil health, raised bed installation, plant families, garden planning and planting. Part 2 covers water efficiency, pest and weed management, harvesting, composting and winterization. Participants are encouraged, but not required to sign up for both parts.

Presenter Information: Rodney Bender has been the Garden Programs Manager for Growing Gardens for the past eight years. He has a degree in Sustainable Agriculture with an emphasis on urban gardening and garden education. Rodney believes everyone has the ability to grow their own food and loves teaching people to find their green thumb. He has been teaching workshops for City of Portland Fix it Fairs, Muddy Boot Organic Festival, Oregon Food Bank, Home Forward, Neighborhood House, Neighborhood Associations and Habitat for Humanity for the past eight years.

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

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