Woodlawn Park Gets a Nature Patch
Over the past year or so, staff from Portland Parks & Recreation’s Ecologically Sustainable Landscapes Initiative have worked with volunteers to add a nature patch to Woodlawn Park. Back in 2017, the first nature patch was created in Alberta Park. Since then, a dozen more parks were added to the…...
Community Gardening Here in Woodlawn
Want to grow your own food, meet your neighbors, and get some exercise at the same time? Then a Portland Community Gardens plot may be just the ticket for you. Since 1975, Portland Parks & Recreation has sponsored community gardens throughout the city—there are now over fifty! We are lucky…...
Urban Gleaners Free Food Market at Woodlawn Park
Weekly Free Food Market at Woodlawn Park Every Saturday through the end of 2023 and then again in 2024. January 6th – December 28th, 2024 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Urban Gleaners is a food rescue organization that has been providing free and nutritious food to folks experiencing food insecurity in…...
Get free seeds through the Grow This! Gardening Challenge
Sign-ups are open for individuals, households, groups and teachers to receive free seeds through Food Hero’s Grow This! Challenge. Program staff will mail them to you. Seeds include a mix of herb and vegetable seeds, as well as flowers that are attractive to pollinators. In addition, they’ll send you an…...
NE 15th Avenue Speed Limit Changed to 25 mph
Speed limits have been reduced in inner city Portland neighborhood, Here is the reason why....
Alberta Park Nature Patch
Alberta Park now has the first nature patch in the city of Portland. Completed in 2018 as the first pilot for the Ecologically Sustainable Landscapes Initiative, an acre of struggling grass under a stand of Douglas fir was converted into a lush forest garden. The Alberta Park Nature Patch features…...
Classic Foods Plans Expansion in Woodlawn
Classic Foods is a supplier of specialty foods to hundreds of area restaurants. Jake Greenberg, the owner, chose to recycle an old building in the Woodlawn Triangle of Northeast Portland to be their new location. After nine months of renovation, Classic Foods moved in January from its home near Northeast…...
