CEI Hub Risks Press Conference on April 16, 2024
Join neighborhood associations and other organizations for a press conference where speakers will share more information about the risks posed by the CEI hub in our region. Here are the details: Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church, 2710 NE 14th Avenue, Portland, Oregon. More…...
Portland Urban Forest Plan Open House on April 24, 2024
Join Portland Parks & Recreation for an open house and help create a vision for the future of trees in Portland. April 24, 2024 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm at The Commons at Leodis V. McDaniel High School (2735 NE 82nd Avenue). Note: This event is part of Portland Parks & Recreation’s…...
Tips for Curbside Composting
Since 2011, Portlanders have been able to put food scraps in our green roll cart along with yard waste. All types of food scraps are welcome, including peels, pits, bones, shells, plate scrapings, leftovers, and spoiled food. Food scraps add nutrients to the finished compost that farmers and backyard gardeners…...
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…...
Take a Stroll along the Ainsworth Linear Arboretum
NE Ainsworth Street boasts a living tree library, the Ainsworth Linear Arboretum. You can explore it right from the sidewalk in the Woodlawn, Vernon, and Concordia neighborhoods of northeast Portland, Oregon. From their website: “When the Ainsworth Linear Arboretum started in 2005, there were only six species of trees represented…...
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…...
Woodlawn Community Garden History and Fun Facts
Did you know that the Woodlawn Community Garden, located next to Woodlawn Elementary School on NE 11th Avenue, was originally a project of the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association (WNA)? And that it has been operating as a community garden for twenty-five years? A Brief History of the Woodlawn Community Garden In…...
NE 15th Avenue Speed Limit Changed to 25 mph
Speed limits have been reduced in inner city Portland neighborhood, Here is the reason why....
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