wheelchair accessible

Espalier Training & Pruning
Saturday February 1st, 10:00am-1:00pm
NE Portland, Vernon neighborhood

This fun workshop will be an opportunity to learn what it takes to establish a proper espalier training system for your fruit tree and what pruning cuts you need to make to maintain that structure. You'll also be able to gain some practice pruning on espaliered trees under skilled supervision at this event.

To attend this workshop we ask that you already have a basic understanding of pruning. If you do not have a basic understand of pruning, please attend one of our Winter Pruning workshops.

Follow this link to register: http://civi.portlandfruit.org/civicrm/event/register?id=913&reset=1

About the instructor:
Ben Gibson has been working with trees since he was a skidder operator as a teenager. Since 2008, he has been working in the urban arboriculture field. He has taken on the roles of ISA Certified Climbing Arborist, Crew Lead, and Salesman. In April 2013, he started his own small business as "The Tree Nerd." This allows his to focus on the beauty and long term health of trees. He specializes in ornamental pruning of all kinds, and is happy to share his passion and knowledge of trees with any who will listen.
 
The location address and other details will be provided after you register.

12-4PM: Plankhouse Tours and Children's activities available. 

2PM: Presentation begins

Historian and archaeologist Melissa Darby will present "Wapato for the People" on September 8 at 2pm in the Cathlapotle Plankhouse. Darby will explore the use of wapato throughout the world using archaeological evidence. The root of this important plant was a staple food of Native Americans who lived on the Lower Columbia and Fraser Rivers and it was a heavily traded commodity out to the coast and east to the mountains. This root has also been found in archaeological sites in the Great Basin and in sites in Europe and it is now cultivated in Asia.  In addition to this presentation children's activities, and displays highlighting other First Foods of the Columbia River will be included from 12-4pm.  There is a $3.00 entrance fee per vehicle visiting the Refuge.  For more information contact Sarah Hill at Sarah_Hill@fws.gov or call 360-887-4106 or visit www.ridgefieldfriends.org.

This event is part of the Cathlapotle Plankhouse Second Sunday Series.  The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is a full- scale replica Chinookan Plankhouse located on the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge at 28908 N Main Ave., Ridgefield, WA.  It interprets the village of Cathlapotle that once existed on what is now Refuge property. Lewis and Clark mention Cathlapotle in their journals and noted that there were fourteen of these houses and 900 people living in the village at the time of their encounter in 1805.

Traditional Technologies Day at the Cathlapotle Plankhouse!

August 11, 2013:  12pm- 4pm.
Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge,
28908 NW Main Ave, Ridgefield, WA 98642
www.ridgefieldfriends.org/plankhouse

Experience traditional tools and technologies of our human ancestors have used across the globe, and enjoy the many hiking and wildlife watching opportunities of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge!

Demonstrators will be at the Plankhouse showing people traditional skills found across the world such as archery, atlatl throwing, flintknapping, friction fire, and animal tracking. Tribal members from Chinook Indian Nation and the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde will also be in the house showcasing traditional art and language of Chinookan peoples. Participation in many of these demonstrations is encouraged for everyone, and there will also be special activities for children all day!

The Cathlapotle Plankhouse is a modern Chinookan Plankhouse built to interpret the Chinookan village of Cathlapotle that once existed on what is today Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge property.  At the time Lewis and Clark visited Cathlapotle, it had 14 large plankhouses and a population of over 900 people.  The modern Cathlapotle Plankhouse is used to provide educational programs to youth and the general public through our Lifeways, Landscapes, and Wildlife Interpretive Program.  To learn more about the plankhouse visit www.ridgefieldfriends.org or contact Sarah Hill at Sarah_Hill@fws.gov or (360) 887-4106.