Garden Workshop

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Updates and an Invitation from the Outgrowing Hunger and the Neighborhoods Community Garden View this email in your browser Make a donation via PayPal

Celebrate Spring with Outgrowing Hunger's 3rd Birthday Party and Garden Workshop! Your are invited to join us this Saturday May 31st, when we will be hosting a free garden workshop and celebration of Outgrowing Hunger's 3rd year of helping families to connect with fresh, affordable produce in their own neighborhoods. When: Saturday May 31st, 1pm - 5pm Where: Neighborhoods Community Garden, 835 SE 162nd Ave, Portland Who: All participants & supporters of Outgrowing Hunger projects, people who are interested in our work, people who live near any of our gardens, kids, families, foodies, food justice advocates, etc... Pets are not allowed in the garden itself. What: 9:00 - 12:30 Community Farm Session with Grow Portland- Work & Learn on the new 1/2 acre farm! 1:00pm Garden Tours & Networking 2:00pm Workshop: Natural Pest Control, Good Watering Practices, & Crop Timing 3:00pm Prepare Food Together & Learn a new recipe-  Wood-fired Pizzas, samosas & curry (Free, but donations are gladly accepted) 4:00pm - 5:00pm Eat, hang out, and finish with a birthday cake! For pictures our projects and previous events, visit our Facebook page. For more information about this event, contact me at 971-231-4191 Regards, Adam Kohl Executive Director

This project was made possible, in part, by the Portland Office of Neighborhood Involvement through the East Portland Neighborhood Small Grants Program, the East Portland Action Plan Grants Program, Portland BES CWSP Grants Program, East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, Providence Community Health, Lynwood Friends Church, Grow Portland, Recology / Nature's Needs, and the Detwiler Family Foundation. Copyright © 2014 Outgrowing Hunger, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have previously volunteered, participated in, or expressed interest in Outgrowing Hunger or one of our garden projects. Our mailing address is: Outgrowing Hunger 235 NE 56th Ave Portland, OR 97213 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Facebook Twitter Website

Community Gardens Workshop

The interest in and need for community gardens continues to grow. Congregations and other non-profits often have significant areas of land that could be used to enable neighbors to garden who lack land or who want to benefit from the social interaction and opportunities for learning that community gardens provide. Community gardens are also important to fighting hunger and improving nutrition. This workshop provides education, resources, and connections to help congregations and community members create and maintain community gardens that produce multiple benefits.

Come learn what it takes to create, expand or renew a community garden that will build connections with your community, reduce hunger and steward creation. Speakers include Leslie Pohl-Kosbau of Shared Gardens and former director of Portland Community Gardens; representatives of community gardens; and representatives of agencies that provide assistance. Learn about the successes and challenges of community gardens, partnering with other organizations and ensuring sustainability over the long-run.

The workshop will be Monday, Nov. 5 from 6:30 to 8:30pm. It will be held at 19255 NE Burnside in Gresham near the Rockwood (188th) Max Stop. 

The workshop is free but donations are welcome to support the work (suggested $5 to $15). To register, call (503) 221-1054 or send an e-mail tockelly@emoregon.org. Details are available at www.emoregon.org.

Outgrowing Hunger

Imagine your community with these characteristics:  Complete justice, good relationships between neighbors, creation at peace,  good relationship with God,  and abundance for all.  Sound good?  Christians call that, the Kingdom of God, and we just see glimpses of it now and then.  We may not see it in this life completely, but one small step toward this, is community gardens.

 A community garden is 10 percent garden and 90 percent community.

Everyone should be able to walk to their source of food; there is enough vacant space (especially in church backyards) that every low income apartment should be able to walk to a garden.

If you are thinking: How can I get involved?  Here’s what you can do:

1. Go to the Community Garden Open House Celebration! 

      Saturday, May 12th      

      10am - 1pm 

      600 NE 8th St. Gresham

2. If you want to be a part of a garden community, or if you want to help form a community garden in your community,  contact Adam Kohl  971-231-4191;       adam@outgrowinghunger.org

3. If you want to join Outgrowing Hunger's mailing list or begin a community garden in your community, Adam Kohl will  help at, www.outgrowinghunger.org

Community Gardens!

Yes, it is spring!

A time for planting, a time for growing, a time for color

It is the time of year that many of us itch to get dirty and get gardens started

Is it possible we can take our green thumbs  (no matter how pale) and use them to assist our whole community?  Can we feed the poor,  connect with new friends and have fun?  YES!

Join the KEY group as we invite Adam Kohl, Community Garden Manager of Gresham to speak to us about his plan to fill East County with community gardens for the benefit of everyone, especially to feed the hungry of our communities!

When: April 30 7-8pm

Where: Trinity Lutheran Church

  507 West Powell Gresham