For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Learn basic bird identification from experienced
guides in birding areas well
known for exceptional land and
sea bird viewing opportunities,
including Point St. George, Lakes
Earl and Tolowa, Crescent City
Urban farming and garden-based education are alive and well in SE Portland! This two-part bike tour will explore both school gardens and urban educational farms. Witness for yourself the amazing diversity of these organically-inclined models of sustainable and educational food production, and maybe get a few ideas for your own home or school garden, too!
Come by and help us make this rainy garden a reality! We will be addressing stormwater issues that are a constant challenge to Portland Audubon Society’s 150 acre Wildlife Sanctuary. Learn about rainwater catchment as we install rain barrels to harvest and store water to use in our native plant nursery. We will direct runoff from a few of our downspouts away from the foundations of the building into the landscaped area in front of our breezeway. Water-loving flowering shrubs will be planted to enhance habitat for pollinators, migratory birds, and other wildlife. River rock will be added to prevent erosion, create micro-habitat for insects, and add a little manicured beauty to the landscape. Benches under the breezeway, many built from salvaged tree-fall, provide a nice gathering space where our two legged, four legged, and winged visitors can all come together.
LGL is a 13 acre facility, with approximately 3 to 4 acres in cultivation. Students from Portland Public Schools and Portland State University have been participating in the making of this garden, and a lot of planning goes into the overall site design. How can you be resourceful, follow the seasons, and close all the loops for a successful garden design? Come learn how to perform a site analysis through permaculture methods, and techniques, such as zone and sector analysis. Afterwards, we will take a tour of the grounds, identifying plants, learning from mistakes, and “best practices.”
From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc... The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.
We are excited to be transforming our grassy parking strip to a pedestrian food forest corridor this week. This design charette will lay the groundwork and planning for our endeavor. Come join us and learn how to plan for a permaculture food forest by making connections with resources and needs on site.
Portland is filled with amazing healing plants! Get to know your local medicinals on a leisurely neighborhood stroll with community herbalist Missy Rohs of the Arctos School. We’ll discuss how to use and prepare garden herbs such as calendula and rosemary, native plants like Oregon grape and Douglas fir, and weedy friends from dandelion to cleavers. All ages and walking speeds welcome!
Living healthy soil is a key for producing healthy plants and nutritious food. Come learn how to build abudant soil through the process of sheet mulching.
