News & Events from the Intertwine
Learn the many ways of turning your home kitchen scraps and yard debris into rich food for your garden. This workshop will be held at an urban farm that has several functioning compost bins. Part of this workshop will be held indoors and part outdoors.
Learn how to preserve your summer vegetables and fruits by pickling them for later eating. This workshop will focus on a variety of ways to make pickles and each participant will get to take home a jar of refrigerator pickles.
This demonstration workshop will inspire new ways to prepare fresh, delicious summer garden vegetable dishes. Participants will get to sample all of the dishes.
Hunters in the wild lead very interesting lives. Meet a few of the zoo' s hunters and practice being a predator or prey animal.
They're hiding in your garden, your garage, the park and lots of other city places. Learn where to look for wildlife and what makes a backyard sanctuary.
Got a lackluster landscape or veggie garden? Learn to turn any soil into a fertile home for roots using all-organic methods that help plants thrive without costly chemicals or polluted runoff.
Looking for easy, sustainable ways to keep your lawn looking great? Learn the latest on establishing, renovating and maintaining turf that meets your needs. Get time-tested tips practiced by golf course superintendents for mowing, mulching, watering and managing weeds without toxic chemicals.
Get the skinny on blending edibles and ornamentals for a delicious, low-maintenance landscape. Discover salad-boosting herbs and flowers, fruit trees for small spaces and native plants that hide 'berried' treasures.
Help native trees survive summer’s hot sun! SOLVE and its partners are working to enhance sites throughout the Portland-metro area. Volunteers will be assisting with site maintenance by removing invasive plants, and mulching and watering native plants.