Brett Lyon
brett@solv.org
503-844-9571 x 332
http://www.solv.org/programs/down_by_the_riverside.asp
Join SOLV and roughly 12,000 volunteers across Oregon to fight back against invasive species. On Saturday, May 17th from 9 am to 1 pm SOLV is hosting Down By The Riverside, an event with over 300 projects throughout Oregon and Clark County, WA. At this fun volunteer event community members learn about their personal impact on local watersheds, important work is accomplished, and people build stronger bonds with one another. This year, SOLV is partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Oregon Public Broadcasting, The Oregon Invasive Species Council, and other organizations to focus on the problem of invasive species. Invasive plants cost Oregon over $100 million each year due to habitat and crop loss and contribute to the decline of many threatened and endangered native species.
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Hike an unroaded section of California’s north coast
and observe the state’s fourth largest seabird colony,
foraging seabirds, migrating gray whales, a rookery
for the threatened Steller’s sea lion, and the mouth
see www.earthflow.com or email us permaculture@earthflow.com
You are invited to join L. Santoyo, Director of EarthFlow Design Works, and a host of other local and international leaders in the world-wide sustainability movement, and learn how to create the conditions for sustainability to happen. This permaculture design certificate course is offered the second weekends of the month, February - July 2008, in and around Santa Barbara, CA. Complete attendance required for certification, but you are welcome to register for 1 day or 1 module of the course as well.
$90/day, $175/weekend or $950 for entire course. Teacher discounts and work-trade plans available
This introduction gives participants experience with steps involved in planning a project. Learn to measure your property, assess your lifestyle and garden style choice, determine site concept, and make site analyses.
Free and open to the public
70% indoor; 30% outdoor
Pre-registration required, Pre-requisite - completion of the Basic Naturescaping workshop
For more information or to register contact the Siskiyou Field Institute at (541) 597-8530 or visit www.thesfi.org
Mary Paetzel was a self-taught botanist, lepidopterist, and solitary
wasp expert – an extraordinary naturalist. She roamed the Siskiyou
Mountains of southwest Oregon for more than 50 years. By visiting
Registration fee: $40 (includes instructional materials and lunch)
SPIN stands for S-mall P-lot IN-tensive and is a production driven, organic-based system that will help you achieve levels of productivity that go far beyond current home gardening practices. Backyards, front lawns and neighborhood lots can be transformed into a steady and dependable supply of vegetables.
For more information or to register: 503-636-4112 x102 or register@berrybot.org
Take your garden to a new level. Author of celebrated home permaculture guide, Gaia’s Garden, and PSU adjunct professor, Toby Hemenway has devoted many years to the science and art of functional and beautiful landscapes. In this day-long workshop, learn to design natural landscapes that not only produce food and beauty for people, but also shelter birds and beneficial insects, harvest water and preserve biodiversity. Workshop includes: basic principles of ecological landscape design, efficient and pest-resistant garden layout, selecting plants that have many uses, drought-proofing your yard, creating plant communities that work together and conserving energy through careful landscape planning.
