The deadline for the 2010 Woodlawn Friends of Trees planting is now Monday January 4th. Sign up to get trees for your parking strip, or your yard. Tell your Woodlawn neighbors about this wonderful event!

Go to friendsoftrees.org to register. It only takes a couple of minutes.

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Article contributed by Laura Demeri

The back lot of 728 NE Dekum: Once a pile of dirt and weeds but now the thriving home to Sandra Galli’s Buffalo Gardens. The transformation has brought to our neighborhood a beautiful retail garden shop with strategically placed plants that make you feel as if you’re shopping in Sandra’s backyard. The products are reasonably priced and Sandra and Farley, her black lab mix, are always on hand to answer any questions.

Also in residence is Sandra’s registered and approved rooster Sam and his harem of hens. Buffalo Gardens is a great place to bring the family to reconnect to nature. We are so fortunate to have whisked her away from the busy Alberta street location she once occupied. Be sure to stop by and say hello.

Article contributed by Laura Demeri

There’s still time to sign up for the Woodlawn planting on February 20th.   Before you can purchase these “highly discounted” trees, the city needs to assess the parking strip to determine the proper size and types that can be planted.   Therefore it would be to your advantage to register now in order to take advantage of the inventory that will be available.  Register on the Friends of Trees website.

Lawn signs are a great way to have a $5 discount on your order.  Even if you’re not purchasing a tree this year, support Friends of Trees and get the word out to neighbors by having one on your property.  There are plenty in stock and can be picked up at Believe Movement Studio, 728 NE Dekum Street.

1st Annual BBQ – Saturday Sept. 26th
noon-3pm at 5431 NE 20th Avenue

The Firehouse Restaurant, located at 711 NE Dekum Street, is selling tickets for a five-course dinner benefiting the Woodlawn Children’s Garden. The event will be held on Tuesday, October 6th, with a no-host cocktail hour beginning at 6:00pm, followed by a family-style supper featuring fruits and vegetables grown in the Children’s Garden. Tickets for the event are $50, which includes dinner with wine, and are tax-deductible. The evening will include a short speech by Portland Parks commissioner Nick Fish, and an opportunity to tour the garden from 5:00pm – 6:00pm. Please use the contact information above for tickets and other ways to support the Children’s Garden.

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A few months ago I was planting seeds in the front of my house, hoping they would grow into something tasty.  Neighbor Gina was walking by and stopped to chat with me and ask about the piles of wood chips in my yard, and some gardening methods… Read the rest of this entry »

Henry V,  located at 6360 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, has some large containters ready to be turned into edible wonderlands, and is offering Woodlawn neighbors the opportunity to grow food in them on site (and take it home and eat it!).  Give Steve a call at (503) 232-6666 and go buy yourself some kale seeds.  Yum.

Do you have skills to share and a few hours to give to your community?  Woodlawn is bursting with opportunities for our neighbors to get involved and help make events and programs that benefit everyone in our neighborhood even better than they already are!  Interested in organizing a raffle to benefit programs helping schoolkids?  Have a green thumb but no garden of your own?  Enjoy helping organize fun events for the whole neighborhood to enjoy?  There’s no reason to sit home when you can… Read the rest of this entry »

From the North East Portland Tool Library:

The North East Portland Tool Library is now 236+ members strong (and growing every week.) We have 637+ tools (also growing every week.) We just started a free seed library, open and available to our members, and anyone else who is interested in planting veggies and flowers.

We recently received our first grant ($4,400) from the North East Coalition of Neighborhoods and our first large private donation ($2,200). We have already spent much of these monies on the tools most requested by our members.

The advisory council of NEPTL is seeking 8-11 interested members who would be willing to commit to a 2 ½ hour shift once a month to become volunteer tool librarians (we are all volunteers at NEPTL).  Duties would include checking tools in/out, signing up new members/ etc. We will have a training for tool librarians this Saturday March 21st from 8:40am-12:30 pm (the first 3 to respond to this email).  In fact, we really need a portion of these hours covered by volunteers this Saturday, so if you have been wanting to get involved, NOW is the time to jump in!  Working shifts is relatively easy, and a nice way to get to know your NE neighbors.
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