Discover Hoyt Arboretum at Meet the Trees every Saturday July 29th through September 30th, 11am to 3pm on the Overlook Trail. Come for free tree activity maps for kids, tree collection tour maps for adults, and enjoy a cool glass of lemonade. No registration required. Enjoy a slice of cake to kick off this event, July 29, 2006 in the Hoyt Arboretum Visitor Center at 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland. Free parking, or take Max to the Zoo or Bus 63. For more information about this free event, visit our website at www.hoytarboretum.org or contact Kim Silva, Development Director at ksilva@ci.portland.or.us or (503) 823-3602.
The first planting of the Friends of Trees 2006-07 planting season is at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge on Sat., Oct., 14, and the first neighborhood planting in Portland is in the Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood on Nov. 11. Both are part of the Fun Run for Restoration course. To view a map of the run and walk, visit www.friendsoftrees.org.
Friends of Trees will host its first Fun Run for Restoration, a 5-mile run and 3.5-mile walk, on Sunday, Oct. 8th, beginning at Oaks Amusement Park, 7100 Oaks Park Way. Registration is at 8:30am., the run starts at 9am. The Fun Run for Restoration is sponsored by the Nike Factory Store.
Training is free, but pre-registration is required. Call 503-282-8846 ext. 12.
Friends of Trees is expanding its core group of key volunteers by offering leadership trainings on Nov. 4 and 11. Local experts and Friends of Trees staff will educate volunteers about city trees, local ecosystems, proper tree planting techniques, plant accessorizing, and volunteer leadership. Trained crew leaders will guide other volunteers during weekend tree-plantings and restoration events between Nov. 2006 and March 2007.
Wild Food Adventures - Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants & Other Foragables
Wild Food Adventures, 4125 N Colonial Ave, Portland, OR 97217
$25 adults, children pay their age, some discounts available at web site.
Pre-registration required. Children accompanied by an adult.
Confortable walking shoes. Gloves. Prepare for weather
John Kallas
(503) 775-3828
mail@wildfoodadventures.com
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Get hands-on experience on how some wild plants are processed for grain, flour, and essential oils. We'll see how to shell, grind, process and leach acorns so that they transform into wonderful additions to breads, muffins, pancakes, and pudding. By the end of the workshop we'll have gone from bitter acorns in the shell to a sweet acorn pudding that any normal human would enjoy. Also learn how to make a distillation setup from simple kitchen ware. We'll make a distillate from mint that you could use to flavor teas, use in cooking or aroma therapy.
Volunteer for National Public Lands day at the Johns Community Garden. We will re-define pathways and plots, tame the blackberry hedges, and beautify the front area.
Patios in garden rooms, the art of paths, the functional grace of a well-placed wall—what are your hardscape desires? Award-winner Woody Woodhead of Woody’s Custom Landscaping has creative answers to your construction questions. Materials, techniques, sources and tools, this class will cover it all. Bring beauty and structure to your garden!
Rocket stoves use easily accessible reused materials and cutting-edge engineering to burn wood super-efficiently and cleanly. Using a renewable resource without the pollution so common to woodstoves, rocket stoves can be used to heat a thermal mass that releases its warmth slowly over time. This allows nearly all the energy from the exhaust to be absorbed as it runs along an extended pipe right through the heavy, heat-absorbing material, leaving relatively cool air to exit the chimney.
Free-form trough construction produces a planter in ANY form you wish with a rugged, organic finish. Trough planters are molded by packing a planting medium to the desired conformation and shaping the trough mix inside this mold. Instructor Ginny Maffitt will help you create the shape that is perfect for your garden.
