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Events of Interest
Local events of interest to gardeners and plant enthusiasts.
As part of the Sunday Classes and Celebrations at Joy Creek Nursery, Hoyt Curator Dan Moeller will be speaking on Trees for the Home Garden:
Sunday, September 28, 2008
1 PM
Free and open to the public
Autumn is an ideal time to plant trees. Let an expert introduce you to a variety of superior trees for smaller gardens. Follow his tips for planting and for follow up care.
Dan Moeller, as curator for Hoyt Arboretum, oversees 185 acres and 8000 botanical and horticultural collections. He also acts as a consultant for both the Arboretum and Portland Parks and Recreation. Collaborating with other botanic gardens and arboreta worldwide, Dan has been instrumental in building a world-class collection of plants with educational, research, and horticultural value. An engaging speaker and media figure, Dan teaches a wide-range of audiences about plant maintenance, design, conservation, and diversity. Previous to his years at Hoyt Arboretum, Dan managed the 18 display gardens and 3 conservatories of the Chicago Botanic Garden. His many responsibilities included the supervision and education of "at risk" teens through the College First Program and the development of horticultural courses for the public. Dan graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology and from Portland State University with an M.A. in Public Administration with a specialization in Nonprofit Management and Natural Resource Policy.
For more information on this or other Sunday classes go to www.joycreek.com or call 503.543.7474
Joy Creek Nursery
20300 NW Watson Rd.
Scappoose, OR 97056
Forest Park Conservancy Events
Schedule of Upcoming Discovery Hikes
All hikes are now free to all. We have a number of great options scheduled for the coming weeks. Be sure to register early, as space will be limited to the first 12 registrants. We hope you can join us for one or more of these outings.
Friday, August 22nd: Ancient Forest Ecology #2 w/Stephen Hatfield
Saturday, August 23rd: Forest Park Microcosmos at Night w/Philipp Kirsch
Thursday, August 28th: Ancient Forest Ecology #3 w/Stephen Hatfield
Friday, September 5th: Ancient Forest Ecology #4 w/Stephen Hatfield
Wednesday, September 10th: Forest, Bridge & City w/Laura Foster
Saturday, September 13th: Birds of Forest Park w/Joe Liebezeit & Christine Steele
Click on individual hikes for more information, or click here to see the entire schedule. Or, go directly to the registration form.
Forest Park Day of Stewardship: Saturday, September 20th
This past March, we formally launched the Forest Park Conservancy with a community-wide volunteer stewardship event. On a cool and misty spring morning, over 165 volunteers turned out to remove non-native invasive species and plant a variety of native trees and shrubs at three sites in Forest Park. Saturday, September 20th, we honor the 60th anniversary of Forest Park's dedication with our second Day of Stewardship of 2008. This time around, the focus will be on basic trail projects and installing a section of split rail fence along Balch Creek. We will also be removing English Ivy and Himalayan blackberry to help prepare these sites for eventual planting and ongoing restoration work.
REI, Keen and Columbia Sportswear will be hosting sites, and we will have an assortment of great products on hand from Food Front Co-Op, Grand Central Bakery, Clif Bar and Stumptown Coffee. A volunteer appreciation party will follow the event, and we will be raffling a number of items off, including Keen shoes, Forest Park map sets and passes to the Columbia Sportswear employee store.
To register for this event, or for more information, please visit our website. If you are interested in sponsoring the event or bringing out a group of volunteers, or have other inquiries, please contact us.
We hope you will be able to join us for this exciting new tradition of stewardship in Forest Park!
Volunteer Work Party: Saturday, August 16th
Our next volunteer event is scheduled for this Saturday, August 16th from 9 am to 1 pm. We will be working on the Ridge Trail, which we built several years back. The Ridge Trail climbs from the St. Johns Bridge all the way up to Springville Road. We will be parking and meeting at the Springville Road trailhead off of NW Skyline. (Map for driving directions)
Food Front Co-Op, Grand Central Baking and Clif Bar are providing a variety of goodies and we will have Stumptown Coffee on hand. We will also be raffling off a free pair of KEEN shoes, along with Forest Park map sets and passes to the Columbia Sportswear employee store.
No experience necessary. Please wear long pants and sturdy footwear. We recommend packing raingear, regardless of the forecast. Also, please bring work gloves and a full water bottle.
Hardy Plant Society Events
Fall Plant Sale & Garden Festival:
September 20 & 21, 2008
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days
Location:
Portland EXPO Center - Hall C. Directions.
The new Interstate MAX Yellow Line goes right to EXPO. Complete information can be found at the TriMet web site
September 7-15
HPSO Garden Tour:
Beyond the Tulip & the Garden Gnome
Garden adventures in the Netherlands, Germany & Belgium with intrepid leaders Nancy Goldman, formerly HPSO President, and Jim Rondone, HPSO Board Member and leader of the Modern & Contemporary Gardens Study Group! Long underappreciated as a travel destination for passionate gardeners, the Low Countries and the lower Rhine region of Germany offer a fascinating array of garden diversions - and not just at tulip time! Freed from the French and English landscape design movements that dominated the region for hundreds of years, gardeners, designers, and nursery people are now at the cutting edge in developing and introducing new ideas, designs, and plant material. See the itinerary page for dates and gardens. Download tour flyer for complete details and registration form. Contact the office for more information.
Berry Botanic Garden Events
Alpine Trough Construction
Troughs are ideal for small space gardening. Whether you're new to rock gardening or an "old hand," you'll enjoy the camaraderie and cement-mixing efforts of a group, led by tough expert Ginny Maffitt. You will take home a medium sized trough of your own.
Saturday, October 11, 2008, 10am-noon
$28 Space is limited. Registration required.
503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
Music & Art in the Garden
The Berry Botanic Garden will host a show and sale of artwork by Oregon landscape artists. Painting demonstration by Michael Gibbons, acclaimed Oregon landscape artist.
Wine tasting and sales offered by Willamette Valley Vineyards.
Walk the native plant trail, rhododendron forest, and Garden of Rare Beauty, while enjoying relaxing live Celtic harp and acoustical guitar music.
A portion of art sales will support the Garden’s conservation, horticulture and education programs.
Saturday, October 18, 2008, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sponsored by Garden Works Inc.
Admission at the door: $8 adults, $5 children
Jane Kerr Platt Garden Tour
Experience the internationally acclaimed garden that John Platt and his wife, the late Jane Kerr Platt, built in the hills of Portland.
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 10am-noon
$25 Limit 30
The Berry Botanic Garden
11505 SW Summerville Avenue, Portland, 97219
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
About The Berry Botanic Garden
The Berry Botanic Garden is a non-profit garden that continues the legacy of Rae Selling Berry by promoting Northwest native plants, maintaining special plant collections, conserving native endangered plants, and offering related educational opportunities