Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Garden Tours galore...

Do you enjoy traveling throughout the Pacific NW and going to Garden Tours???

Well if so, then here is a great resource for you -

UW Botanic Gardens LogoThe University of Washington Botanic Gardens, Elisabeth C. Miller Library website has a slough of Garden Tours in Vancouver BC, Washington ansd a feqw here in Oregon...including yours Truly, the FosterPowell Garden Tour!!!

Elisabeth C. Miller Library logo





Check it out: http://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/calendar/tours.php

just SOME of our fabulous Raffle sponsors this year


Ruth Morris of Ready Aim Redo is generously donating 3-hrs of her professional design work at a total value of $150!!!

   "You don't have to have a big budget to have a big impact. Whether you need help with your home or business, I can assist you in creating spaces that are comfortable, inviting, fun and express your personal style."
  
Ruth Morris
 About Ready Aim Redo
Ready Aim Redo is based in Beaverton, Oregon. My belief is that your space should feel comfortable, inviting and thoughtful and it should be useful. Ideally, it evokes a part of your personality.
With more than a decade of design experience, I can help you create a space, redo rooms, merchandise your space and organize what you have into what you want.


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The Backyard Bird Shop 

Backyard Bird Shop generously donating two $10 gift certificates!


Our shops provide the products and information necessary to transform a typical urban backyard into a habitat for birds, squirrels, bats, mason bees and other wildlife.  Our staff members share a love of nature, many with backgrounds in biology, gardening and teaching. 
At Backyard Bird Shop, we try every day to offer our customers attentive service, plus the highest quality and greatest variety of wild bird products you can find!  You’ll be satisfied with our fair prices, and with the great feeling you get when you connect with nature!


Five Portland Area Locations

1419 N.E. Fremont St. Portland, OR 97212
8101 N.E. Parkway Drive, Vancouver, WA 98662
16949 S.W. 65th Ave., Lake Oswego, OR 97035
8960 S.E. Sunnyside Road, Clackamas, OR 97015
11429 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy. Beaverton, OR 97005

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Friends of Trees

Friends of Trees is generously donating a Gift Tree, valued at $35!

gift tree
Friends of Trees will plant a Gift Tree for a tax-deductible donation of $35 or a Gift Grove of six trees for a tax-deductible donation of $100. We'll also send a personalized gift card to the person you're honoring.
All Gift Trees are planted at the Collins Sanctuary near Forest Park in partnership with the Audubon Society of Portland and Metro. Because of the sensitive nature of the site, we can't mark individual trees, but if you join us at one of our Gift Tree plantings, you can plant your trees yourself and watch them grow over the years.

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Tango Berretin

Alex Krebs of Tango Berretin is generously donating 2 pair of entrances w/beginner tango dance lesson (each a $20 value)

Alex Krebs: Tango dancer, instructor, musician.

Tango Images
Alex has been dancing Argentine Tango since 1997 and teaching worldwide since 1998, including performances in Buenos Aires.  He has run his all-Argentine tango studio, Tango Berretin, in Portland, Oregon since 2001 and has also studied the bandoneon since 2001 currently directing his sextet.


   He is completely fanatic about the dance, and shares his passion with his students.  He teaches for the social dance floor, emphasizing the improvisatory side of the dance through a strong communication between the lead and follow and on musicality. Alex tries to give his students the vocabulary necessary so that each person can find their own unique way of dancing -- dancing the tango of their own body.

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Dennis' 7 Dees Nursery

Dennis' 7 Dees Nursery on SE Powell Blvd is generously donating one 2012 Official Rose, 'Royal Rosarian'!

rose
For 2012, the official rose was named to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Royal Rosarians -- the Official Greeters and Ambassadors of Goodwill for the City of Portland and the Portland Rose Festival.

This classic velvety deep red floribunda comes in clusters of large flowers with excellent disease resistance and is exclusively available at Dennis' 7 Dees. With a red Americans love, 'Royal Rosarian' is a deep velvety, bright, long-lasting rose that displays in great clusters of ruffled flowers that show off against a backdrop of glossy dark red-green leaves.

About Dennis' 7 Dees Nursery
A fourth generation of family ownership, President David Snodgrass believes a longstanding commitment to quality landscaping design, installation and maintenance has kept the organization in business throughout the decades.  We’ve always been committed to quality and service and we’ve never wavered from that.  Whether we are helping a “do it yourself” customer at our garden centers or offering complete design/build services and maintenance, we’ve always tried to do a great job in every project, and to build trust and relationships with clients that last over the long term.
Currently there are four Dennis’ 7 Dees retail garden center locations, three in the Portland metro and one in Seaside.  Dennis’ 7 Dees is owned and operated totally separate from Drake’s 7 Dees.  Because of the common history and shared 7 Dees name, the two separate businesses are easily confused as the same, but they are not.  The two businesses compete professionally, yet in a very family friendly way.


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More Sponsor Info soon!


There are MANY more sponsors to this year's 6th Annual Foster Powell Garden Tour...
Look for more sponsor info soon and be sure to check out all our sponsors and tour friends on our Resources page

Monday, May 20, 2013

My Yard will be a STOP

Thank you LGA Creative for these spectacularly beautiful Tour Yard Signs

The 6th Annual FoPo Garden Tour is FAST approaching!!!!

Be sure the date is saved in your calendar...

 Saturday, June 15th, 10AM-4PM
 
There are 60 gardens on this year’s tour!!!!
  • WEST of Kern Park at 67th, 10am-1pm
  • EAST of Kern Park at 67th, 1pm-4pm
                 some locations open all day!
 
In the meantime look for the fabulously designed yard signs going up all around the neighborhood.
 
A BIG thanks goes to a few of our fantastic sponsors for their great work helping bring some of the very important tour details together:
LGA Creative for their beautiful Flyer and Signage design work;
B & T Printing and Lithography for the great print job;
Leonard Kanfer for the quality laminating;
Vicki Wilson & John Larsen for the Logo Design;
T-Stop Photography for the beautiful photos;
 
and of course Tamra Tiemeyer and all our Garden Tour Committee members for their tireless work!
 
Rain or Shine this is going to be a FANTASTIC Tour!
 
Important: Note that most gardens are not wheelchair/stroller-accessible, not all gardens are child-friendly so please keep a close eye on your children, and pets are not allowed unless they are service-animals. Also, please ask the gardeners' permission before taking photos, thank you.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Neighborhood Cleanup!



Saturday, May 4 
9:00am-2:30pm
Arleta School 
SE 66th Ave and Mitchell St
It's Neighborhood Cleanup time!
 
We accept/recycle:
  • Bulky Waste
  • Mattresses
  • Furniture
  • Scrap Wood
  • Tires
  • Any other large discards
  • Bikes & bike parts
  • Block Foam (no peanuts)

We CAN'T accept:
  • Yard debris
  • computers/electronics/TVs
  • Concrete
  • Hazardous waste
  • Household garbage
  • Curbside recyclables

Fees:
Car: $10 / Van, Truck: $15-20 / Large load: $20-25

Extra charges:
  • Tires: $2
  • Roofing materials: $10
  • Appliances with freon: $15 each
 
If you are volunteering the day of the cleanup, most folks come from around either 8:30 - 11:45 or 11:30 - 2:45 or so. If you're just now thinking of joining us, we could use a few extra hands for the afternoon shift. Thanks!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Clackamas County Master Gardener's Spring Garden Fair


Held the weekend before Mother's Day since 1984

The Fair offers some great features to make your day of shopping simple and fun, so get your little red wagon out and join us for our 29th Fair!

Check out their website for more Event info:  http://www.cmastergardeners.org/SpringGardenFair.htm

The Fine Print: Parking is Free and admission to the Event Center is $3, under 16 free. 

History of the Spring Garden Fair: What began as a small fuchsia sale in 1984 has grown to one of the Northwest's most popular springtime events. Today the vendors number over 200 and is the regions largest kickoff sale for spring planting. This event is planned, organized and hosted by Clackamas County Master Gardeners. Volunteer leaders plan September through May, and an additional 300 Master Gardener volunteers work at the two-day event.

About Clackamas County Master Gardeners : We are a non-profit organization supporting the Oregon State University Extension Service. The Spring Garden Fair is a major fund-raiser for the Clackamas Chapter. Proceeds from the event go to fund an endowment providing horticultural scholarships at Clackamas Community College, as well as community grants and programs of Oregon State University and in Clackamas County. 

How to get involved: Master Gardeners are Oregon State University Extension trained volunteers providing research based home horticulture information. Please click here for the OSU Extension Service Master Gardener page, and info on becoming a Master Gardener.

Woodstock Neighborhood Association Plant Sale - May 11

Sunday, May 11, 2013 – FWCC PLANT SALE:
Design by Jennie HoutsThis annual fundraising event is the main source of funds for the ongoing maintenance of the Woodstock Community Center, 5904 SE 43rd Ave

A wide variety of plants to choose from including native, exotic, ornamental, edible, water- and drought tolerant, small and large. Past sales have included a large selection of tomato starts. All plants are donated by Woodstock neighbors, so are known to thrive in our local climate. Plant experts will be on hand to answer questions related to planting and care, and plants are priced very reasonably. 
All proceeds for the Annual Pre-Mother’s Day Sale go directly to the Woodstock Community Maintenance Fund and support the volunteers’ efforts to provide routine maintenance to the site
 
Sale goes from 9am to 3pm the Saturday before Mother's Day. 

Wanted: Plant donations and volunteer assistants!
For more info contact Terry Griffiths at treeterry [at] yahoo.com.


Here is a great article by SE Uplift on this event as well...