Resources for Community Gardens

You have always wanted to garden but you don't feel like you have enough know how, well we are here to help! There are already many community gardens in Portland and we are working to ensure that there are more. But a community garden isn't the only way to begin your planting career, you can have a pot of herbs, plant a tree or grow flowers in a planter box.
Below are a list of resources and links that will help you start your garden and then keep it going, whether that means an herb patch or corn to feed the whole family all autum long. Good luck and feel free to send us your experiences, we might even add them to our blog. And write to city council, asking them to support more community gardens!


The Importance of Sustainability.

Permaculture OR (A BOOK)
VS.
Raised Beds

Why Local?

Not A Lot of Space. No Worries with "The Square Foot Gardener"

More for the "space challenged"

A Community Garden Near You.

Scary Scary Genetically Modified Food.

Preservatives, Yuck!

Oil and What You Eat.

More Food Mile Madness.

Herb Pots.

Planter Box Gardens.

Seasonal Gardening.

Planting Zones.






Thursday, July 19, 2007

Berry Picking

On Thursday, July 6, we all took a trip out to Sauvie's Island to go berry picking, we had to of been out there two hours if not more. We each had two boxes to start off with and we wound up with a lot more than we expected. We got blackberries, marionberries and blueberries, but the blueberries for some reason were bad luck and we kept on dropping them, so we didn't have that many left. It was a blast, even though we were full of thorns, but we also learned at the same time; we saw how all of the berries were set up so that they could survive which gave us a bigger perspective on how to plant our berries at the old folks home. Going berry picking really helped our group to become more close which made a big difference when we started planting.
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