Events

Upcoming events

• Striking a Balance: Organic Pest & Disease Techniques - 5 to 6pm

  • When
    June 19, 2013
  •  
    5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Kennedy Community Garden

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  Each year we learn about a new pest or disease but how do you really prevent, troubleshoot and garden organically amongst these critters and disease? Organic gardening is the core of a healthy garden and healthy you. Join us in the Kennedy Community Garden as we demonstrate specific tricks of the trade and identify the good and bad guys in your garden. There's no need to pick up that spray bottle. Come with questions and ready to i.d. some pests and disease.
  
  Kennedy Community Garden in NE Portland
  
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• Striking a Balance: Organic Pest & Disease Techniques - 7 to 8pm

  • When
    June 19, 2013
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Kennedy Community Garden

  Register

  Each year we learn about a new pest or disease but how do you really prevent, troubleshoot and garden organically amongst these critters and disease? Organic gardening is the core of a healthy garden and healthy you. Join us in the Kennedy Community Garden as we demonstrate specific tricks of the trade and identify the good and bad guys in your garden. There's no need to pick up that spray bottle. Come with questions and ready to i.d. some pests and disease.
  
  Kennedy Community Garden in NE Portland
  
  Registration must be canceled a week in advance of the class for a refund.
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• Organic Land Care - Transitioning to Organics

  • When
    July 26, 2013
  •  
    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Salem, OR

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  Oregon Tilth Accredited Organic Land Care, a program dedicated to training and accrediting sustainable landscape practices, is pleased to announce:

  Transitioning to Organics: a workshop for landscape professionals focusing on Willamette University’s five-year plus organic landscape management. Workshop topics include soil biology and chemistry, plant selection, water conservation, compost tea and organic weed management. This class will involve both classroom instruction and field study. 

  Participants in the training will receive a copy of the Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care Policies and Standards. Lunch included. Continued education hours are available.
  
  Class limit: 35
  
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• Growing Food All Year Long - 9 to 10am

  • When
    July 27, 2013
  •  
    9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (PDT)
  • Location
    Rigler Community Garden

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  Do you like the idea of plucking fresh salad greens, tender broccoli shoots and delicious root vegetables from your garden all winter long? If so, this is the best time to prepare your soil and begin planting. Explore season extension techniques, from cloches to cold frames, enabling you to extend the garden season beyond the fall and into next spring. With a little planning and some simple techniques, learn just how easy “off-season” gardening can be.
  
  Rigler Community Garden
  
  Registration must be canceled a week in advance of the class for a refund.
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• Growing Food All Year Long - 11am to 12pm

  • When
    July 27, 2013
  •  
    11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PDT)
  • Location
    Rigler Community Garden

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  Do you like the idea of plucking fresh salad greens, tender broccoli shoots and delicious root vegetables from your garden all winter long? If so, this is the best time to prepare your soil and begin planting. Explore season extension techniques, from cloches to cold frames, enabling you to extend the garden season beyond the fall and into next spring. With a little planning and some simple techniques, learn just how easy “off-season” gardening can be.
  
  Rigler Community Garden
  
  Registration must be canceled a week in advance of the class for a refund.
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• Organic Land Care Accreditation Training

  • Start
    November 04, 2013
  •  
    (PST)
  • End
    November 08, 2013 (PST)
  • Location
    Olympia, WA

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  Thurston County, in cooperation with Oregon
  Tilth is offering a five-day training for landscape
  professionals focusing on organic practices
  including soil biology, Integrated Pest
  Management, organic weed management,
  marketing organic land care, stormwater
  management, toxics and pollution reduction,
  tree care and more.

  Participants who complete the training, pass an
  examination, and agree to program policies will
  be eligible for Oregon Tilth Organic Land Care
  Accreditation.
  

  Cost: $550 (Early registration discount: $495, before October 1st.)
  

  Participants in the training are eligible for accreditation with an additional $100 examination fee.
  
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