green living

Make the most of a soggy Saturday and learn to build a rain garden! A rain garden is a sunken garden bed that captures stormwater and allows it to soak back into the ground naturally. Part of a larger effort to reduce stormwater runoff and pollution from entering local waterways, this workshop provides step-by-step details on how to decide the best size & placement, which plants to choose, and how to build and maintain your new rain garden! Participants receive a FREE how-to manual, and where possible, take a field trip to a nearby rain garden. Space is limited and advanced registration is required. Register online at http://emswcd.org/workshops-and-events/upcoming-workshops/all-events/rai.... Information: 503-222-7645

Twig out with us! Join the Clackamas River Basin Council and Boring/Damascus Grange for a morning filled with fun activities, valuable knowledge, and a warm winter meal.

Get a firsthand look at why we LOVE mulch at a Shade Our Streams Work Party. Then, take advantage of our Winter Plant ID Workshop. With insider secrets, learn how to identify leafless twigs and leave with a free ID guide to use in the field. A delicious homemade lunch will be provided by the our friends at the Boring/Damascus Grange.

A Valentine for Deep Creek

When: Saturday, February 1st

Where: Deep Creek Annex along Richey Road in Boring

Schedule of Activities:

• Restoration Work Party, 9 - 11 am 
• Winter Plant ID Workshop, 11 am - 12 pm www
• Lunch, 12 pm - 1 pm (at Boring/Damascus Grange, across the street from Deep Creek Annex)

Note: Clackamas County Parks and Friends of Boring Station Trailhead Park are hosting a Springwater Trail Grand Opening event at Boring Station Trailhead Park at 1:30 pm. Everyone is invited.

For more information and to RSVP for the Work Party and/or Winter Plant ID Workshop, contact Morgan Parks at morgan@clackamasriver.org or 503-303-4372 x 101

Address/Directions to Deep Creek Annex -

From the east: Travel eastbound on Highway 212 into Boring, turn right onto Richey Road at the stoplight at the Shell Station. Proceed approximately 1/10th of a mile down the road, and turn right into the gated parking lot.

From the west: Travel westbound on Highway 212 and pass through downtown Boring. Turn left at the second stoplight at the Shell Station. Proceed approximately 1/10th of a mile down the road, and turn right into the gated parking lot.

Boring Grange: Located on Grange Street, one block off Hwy 212.