GRAND OPENING OF PORTLAND PARKS & RECREATION'S 41ST COMMUNITY GARDEN:
Posted: April 23rd, 2012 9:32 AM
Photo/sound file: http://www.flashalertnewswire.net/images/news/2012-04/1399/53633/Frazer_Park_04.jpg (Frazer Park, site of PP&R's newest community garden. Photo courtesy: Portland Parks & Recreation, Portland, OR)
Frazer Becomes Newest Site for Growing Fresh, Healthy Food
(Portland, OR) -
All are welcome to the grand opening, tour, and celebration of Portland Parks & Recreation's newest Community Garden: Frazer Community Garden. Tour the new garden, see gardening demonstrations, and help create pollinator art - painting bees and butterflies to decorate the fence! Enjoy free snacks and refreshments!
The garden, located at NE 52nd and Hassalo, will be the 41st in a network of gardens managed by the city. 88 people have already expressed interest in the 47 available plots. PP&R will be leading tours of the garden.
Schedule of events:
Saturday, April 28
10:00am-12 noon: Garden tours, general information, Q&A, family activities
10:30am: Garden dedication
11:00am: Spring veggie gardening demonstration
Portland Community Gardens
In March, PP&R opened Clarendon Community Garden. In May we will open the Errol Heights garden, and June brings opening celebrations at the Ed Benedict, Grant, and Kenton community gardens.
These gardens will add 258 new plots for Portlanders waiting to grow their own food this season!
We also expect to open a new garden in Thomas Cully Park this summer, and will continue to provide community partners with support as they expand and grow.
Gardens with plots available now: sign up at http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/index.cfm?c=39846
Adams
Clarendon
Ed Benedict
Errol Heights
Furey
Madison
McCoy
Pier
Portsmouth
1000 Gardens Initiative
Through our Community Garden Initiative, the City is working with partners to reach our Climate Action goal of 1,000 new garden plots by the end of 2012.
In 2009, Commissioner Nick Fish launched the "1,000 Gardens" Initiative to help meet the demand for places to grow food. The City's Community Gardens team is currently working with dozens of community partners to reach our Climate Action goal of 1,000 new garden plots by the end of 2012.
For more info:
http://www.portlandonline.com/fish/index.cfm?c=53380
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