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:
This 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...

World Environment Day Portland, Oregon - June 5, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme Regional Office of North America has selected the City of Portland to host this year’s World Environment Day (WED) on June 5, 2013. The worldwide theme this year is Reduce Your Foodprint. However, all environmental and sustainability groups can be part of the celebration by scheduling events in the six weeks between Earth Day on April 22nd and World Environment Day on June 5th.

World Environment Day is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. World Environment Day activities take place all year round and climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere. 
The World Environment Day celebration began in 1972 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and encourages political attention and action.
Through World Environment Day, the United Nations Environment Programme is able to personalize environmental issues and enable everyone to realize not only their responsibility, but also their power to become agents for change in support of sustainable and equitable development.
World Environment Day is also a day for people from all walks of life to come together to ensure a cleaner, greener and brighter outlook for themselves and future generations.
Everyone counts in this initiative and World Environment Day relies on you to make it happen! We call for action — organize a neighborhood clean-up, stop using plastic bags and get your community to do the same, stop food waste, walk to work, start a recycling drive . . . the possibilities are endless.

World Environment Day comes to Portland!
on Facebook too

Just a FEW of the Events:

EXPLORING THE INTERTWINE: SHARROWS TO SPARROWS

June 1, 9 a.m. – noon

Mike Houck of the Urban Greenspaces Institute and Greg Raisman of the Portland Bureau of Transportation lead this 10-mile bike ride to explore southwest Portland’s Gabriel Park, Fanno Creek Greenway, and Nicol Road Marsh.

Directions: Meet Mike and Greg promptly at 9:00 a.m. at Gabriel Park

Community Center in the southwest corner of the park, 6820 SW 45th Avenue

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY FAMILY EVENT AT THE ROSE FESTIVAL

June 5, 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

This event will include music and fun educational activities. 
Keep Checking www.portlandoregon.gov/wed and www.facebook.com/2013wedportland for details

Events this weekend, May 4

This Saturday, May 4th is set to be a busy weekend in the garden, in the neighborhood and in Portland.
Plus it is forecasted to be WARM & SUNNY!

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The annual Neighborhood Clean-up will be happening this weekend at Arleta School (SE 66th & Mitchell)
9AM-2PM
This is a Great way to clean-out the garage and get ready for the spring/summer AND it is the main fundraiser for the Neighborhood Association...so come out and show your support one truck/carload at a time!





- Be sure to check the flyer for a FULL list of things that ARE and are NOT able to be accepted!

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Also this weekend after a 10-year hiatus is the return of the Dunthorpe Garden Tour
This Garden Tour is a 1.5mile walking tour stroll through five distinctive gardens with shuttle bus service to and between gardens as well as tea and cookies at the final historic garden.

This 10AM-4PM tour is in celebration of the Riverdale School Districts 125th anniversary.
Tickets cost $30...for more information visit their website or facebook page
    "From cottage herb gardens, to rose "rooms", to sculpture gardens...this Tour has it all! Rumor has it, we may be treated to some informal talks by one of the landscape architects!"

Just a few Dunthorpe Garden Tour Factoids to share:

• The Tour program will feature a plant lists for each garden.
• Francoise Weeks will also be on hand to talk about her fabulous botanical shoes and purses at the Tea House
• Read more about the tour in this recent Portland Tribune Article

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And FINALLY -
Planning ahead to June for the Naturescaping for Backyard Habitats Tour
on Saturday, June 1st

Grab a friend and enjoy behind the scenes access to naturescaped yards & gardens that are bursting with creativity on this FREE self-guided tour! Chat with the do-it-yourself gardeners who have created low-maintenance landscapes that attract wildlife, conserve water, and have no need for synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. Check it out and dig up fresh ideas that will help you create your own exceptional backyard habitat!

Tour Hours: 11am - 4pm

Yard Tour FAQs:

I'd like to attend. How do I sign up?
Advanced registration is required. You can register online beginning Thursday, May 9th.  Once registration is open, we'll send out an email announcement. Click here if you are not already on our email list & you'd like to receive an announcement.




How many gardens will be on the tour?
The number of gardens changes from year to year, but you can expect approximately 6-10 gardens.

Do YOU Pinterest?

Pinterest is a tool for collecting and organizing things you love....

...and FoPo Gardens is NOW on Pinterest!

We already have all sorts of pins and boards posted...including:

• basic gardening;
• tips & tricks;
• garden DIY and other fun ideas;
• NW native planting;
• pesticide-free info;
• backyard livestock and other wildlife;
• garden art;
• outdoor entertaining;
• edible gardening;
• pins relating to the Annual Garden Tour and the Foster-Powell Neighborhood

...AND SO MUCH more!

Join our community and start following us today!

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Sharing the Green Beauty of Foster-Powell

In honor of Volunteer Appreciation Week, SE Uplift is highlighting some of their coalition's amazing volunteer projects each day. Check out today's article about the 6th Annual Foster-Powell Garden Tour: 
http://www.southeastuplift.org/content/sharing-green-beauty-fosterpowell. 
Hope you all enjoy the beautiful weather and get your hands in the dirt today!

Annual Leach Botanical Garden is happening TODAY!

Need to add plants to your garden? Or just another excuse to get out in the garden...
Oh yes and they are a sponsor of this year's garden tour so do tell your friends and go out and show support!

Leach Botanical Garden's annual plant sale is this Saturday at Floyd Light Middle School.  
We have twenty unique plant vendors joining our own volunteers. 
Plants propagated from the Garden collections as well.
   9AM to 3PM

http://www.leachgarden.org/event/plant-sale-2013/?eID=3149