Description

We are using permaculture and sustainable gardening practices to transform a ½ acre of weeds and blackberries into a productive beautiful space. We plan on growing vegetables organically for local families and for the local food bank. We will also have educational fieldtrips for local elementary school students. 

Our garden has a cob bench, which will be finished during the VBC, strawbale planting beds, a pumpkin, squash and melon patch, and a small fruit tree area that will be planted as a forest garden during the VBC.

Directions 

Highway 26 West to Cedar Hills Blvd. exit. Turn right off the exit and get in lefthand turning lanes. Turn left onto Barnes Road. Barnes crosses Cornell and becomes Saltzman Rd. Continue on Saltzman and then turn right on Hartford Rd. When Hartford narrows and goes through two brick pillars it becomes West Rd. Turn left on 118th Ave. Park in our driveway, on 118th Ave or on West Rd. Walk through gate, through backyard, past 2 white fences and join us!

OR take MAX to Sunset Transit Center and we will have rides available at 9:45, 11:45 am and 12:45 pm. Please call (503) 804-3753 to let us know you’ll be arriving by MAX and needing a ride.

VBC10 Schedule

Come to our garden on Memorial Day Monday May 31st for our VBC events: 

• 10am -4pm Cob Bench Plastering Workshop

Our beautiful cob bench was built with the help of neighbors, City Repair volunteers and local Montessori school children. We will be covering it with an earthen plaster. 

• 12pm-1pm A delicious healthy lunch will be provided by a local business 
  
  
• 1pm -4pm Forest Gardening Workshop.

Mike Thayer of the VBC will be leading a workshop on forest gardening around the fruit trees in our garden. Come learn and help us plant. 

Weeding, planting and attacking blackberry roots will be continual activities throughout the day!