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…...
News from Woodlawn Elementary School
Week Three – Park Meet up Once again, our teachers stood strong on the picket line last week, and the support from the Woodlawn Community was truly appreciated! One message was clear, they miss their WILDCATS! Hope to see you Wednesday 9:15-10:15am at Woodlawn Park to see friends and teachers. Psssssst Join teachers 7:45-10:15…...
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…...
Woodlawn Park Pop-Up Arboretum
In August 2021, a welcome diversion from all of our pandemic blues and blahs was strolling through the pop-up arboretum that appeared in Woodlawn Park. Maps were provided and there was a scavenger hunt as well—what better way to get to know the trees that make our little corner of…...
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…...
Star Trek in the Park
Star Trek was recently in Woodlawn Park. You can read all about it here....
