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(Growing Gardens) Upcoming Events April 2010
Upcoming Events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In this issue
-- Give a Gift that Grows!
-- Calling Graphic Designers & Artists
-- Volunteers needed to take photos of garden installations
-- Volunteers needed to staff a potting booth at the Portland Farmers Market
-- Deliver soil for raised-bed gardens
-- Spanish speakers needed to assist with a Parent-Child Workshop
-- Office volunteers needed
-- Volunteers needed to help with the annual Plant Distribution Day
-- Workshop presenters needed
-- Volunteers needed to staff kids planting stations
-- Healthy Soil for Healthy Plants Workshop
-- Lo Basico de la Jardinaria en Espanol
-- Volunteers needed to prepare containers
-- Groundwork Portland needs your help
-- Donate an item from Growing Gardens wish list
Greetings, Give a Gift that Grows! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In March and April, the Feinstein Foundation will be partially matching all contributions made to Growing Gardens!
Calling Graphic Designers & Artists ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Every year Growing Gardens hosts a self guided chicken coop tour of up to 30 chicken coops throughout the east side of Portland. Each year the tour is attended by over 1000 people interested in urban chickens.
We're looking for Graphic Designers and Artists to show your support for Growing Gardens by submitting a tour design logo in a competition with other graphic designers and artists. The logo should be eye catching and represent both urban chickens and Portland's uniqueness. The top 10 entries will have their logo on display at booklet sales sites and sponsor sites. The number 1 logo will be featured on the cover of the tour booklet as well as other promotional materials such as our website, email advertisements, posters and all print merchandise. All submissions are due on April 30. For more information contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 or rodney@growing-gardens.org Volunteers needed to take photos of garden installations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday, May 8 - 10am-4pm
We're in need of a few volunteers to take photos of Growing Gardens Dawn of the Bed garden installation day. Volunteers will meet at a centrally located park along with volunteer garden building teams and Growing Gardens staff. Each volunteer will be given 2-3 locations throughout the East side of Portland where they will photograph volunteer teams building wood framed garden beds. For more information or to sign up contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 orrodney@growing-gardens.org Volunteers needed to staff a potting booth at the Portland Farmers Market ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday, April 10
We need a few volunteers to staff a Growing Gardens booth at the Portland Farmer's Market. We'll be assisting market customers transplant plant starts into potting containers, while telling them about Growing Gardens and the work we do. For more information or to sign up for a shift contact Nat at 503-284-8420 ornat@growing-gardens.org Deliver soil for raised-bed gardens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, May 7th
We are looking for one or two more truck owners able to pick up soil from Grimm's Fuel in Tualatin and deliver it to garden installation sites throughout the East Side on Friday, May 7th. Let us know how much soil you can haul in a trip (each garden receives about 3 cubic yards), and how many trips you might be able to make. If you don't have a truck but are handy with a shovel, we will also need help unloading. For more information or to sign up contact Nat at 503-284-8420 or nat@growing-gardens.org Spanish speakers needed to assist with a Parent-Child Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Planting Seeds for Your Garden Parent-Child Workshop
Saturday, April 17 - 10am-11:30am We are looking for 1 volunteer with Spanish-language skills to help with this Parent-Child workshop. The workshop will take place in Outer Northeast, in the Parkrose neighborhood. The workshop offers families the opportunity to gain skills in garden planning and planting. For more information or to sign up to help contact Nell at 503-284-8420 ornell@growing-gardens.org Office volunteers needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We're in need of volunteers to assist with miscellaneous office tasks such as seed bag stuffing and data entry. Times can be flexible with in Monday-Friday typical office hours.
For more information or to sign up contact Rodney at 503- 284-8420 orrodney@growing-gardens.org Volunteers needed to help with the annual Plant Distribution Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Friday, May 14 - prep day
Plant Distribution Day is less then six weeks away! Help prepare for and staff this annual spring celebration, when our Home Gardeners gather to pick up plant starts for their gardens. For more information or to sign up contact Nat at 503-284-8420 or nat@growing-gardens.org Workshop presenters needed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We need volunteers to teach workshops for our 2010 Learn & Grow workshop series. Each workshop is 2 hours and cover a variety of topics such as beginning gardening, composting, urban chicken keeping, container gardening and more.
Growing Gardens can provide workshop agendas and handouts or assist in developing agendas for new topics. For more information or to receive an interest form contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 orrodney@growing-gardens.org Volunteers needed to staff kids planting stations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Growing Gardens/Youth Grow is looking for a few volunteers to help with a kids planting table at two local food co-ops. We will be helping kids make newspaper pots and planting seeds. For more information or to sign up contact Nell at 503-284-8420 or nell@growing-gardens.org Healthy Soil for Healthy Plants Workshop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Saturday, April 17 - 11am-1pm (N Portland)
Soil is the foundation of a healthy garden. Learn how to build up the health and fertility of your garden beds to keep your plants happy and productive. All workshops are a sliding scale $5-$20 donation. To sign up contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 or rodney@growing-gardens.org Lo Basico de la Jardinaria en Espanol ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
martes,el 6 de abril, 6-8 del tarde
Aprenderia' a planificar y cultivar un jardin de verduras saludables, asequibles y sostenibles. All workshops are a sliding scale $5-$20 donation. To sign up contact Rodney at 503-284-8420 or rodney@growing-gardens.org Volunteers needed to prepare containers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We need volunteers to help prep containers for our Grow Anywhere Container Gardeners. We'll do the work in our backyard demonstration garden, and will be using an electric drill. Times are flexible with in Monday-Friday typical office hours.
For more information or to sign up contact Nat at 503-284-8420 or nat@growing-gardens.org Groundwork Portland needs your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Groundwork Portland is a community-based nonprofit that believes everyone has a right to a livable community, with shared spaces that bring the community together, produce food, beautify the neighborhood, provide family-wage jobs, and serve as an educational tool to engage youth. Groundwork Portland works to organize communities of color, low-income communities, and youth around vacant land in their communities, plan for its cleanup and redevelopment, and access the resources necessary to transform the land.
Groundwork Portland wants you to voice your ideas and help design the Emerson St. garden at 822 NE Emerson. What plants and flowers should be grown? How else might the space be used and who will use it? There will be 2 community design forums.
For more information contact Cassie Cohen at 503-662-2590 orcassie@growndworkportland.org Donate an item from Growing Gardens wish list ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't have time to volunteer? Consider donating materials or financially to Growing Gardens. Your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
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Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
email: rodney@growing-gardens.org
phone: 503.284.8420
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