All of the workshops are free (unless otherwise noted) and open to the public. Donations are graciously accepted.

Come by and help us make this rainy garden a reality! We will be addressing stormwater issues that are a constant challenge to Portland Audubon Society’s 150 acre Wildlife Sanctuary. Learn about rainwater catchment as we install rain barrels to harvest and store water to use in our native plant nursery. We will direct runoff from a few of our downspouts away from the foundations of the building into the landscaped area in front of our breezeway. Water-loving flowering shrubs will be planted to enhance habitat for pollinators, migratory birds, and other wildlife. River rock will be added to prevent erosion, create micro-habitat for insects, and add a little manicured beauty to the landscape. Benches under the breezeway, many built from salvaged tree-fall, provide a nice gathering space where our two legged, four legged, and winged visitors can all come together.

We’ll also have supplies on hand to make stencils and decorate our new rain barrels with nature-scaped scenes. We’ll have some yummy treats to help keep our energy up, and there will be time to explore our trails and visit our wildlife hospital and educational birds and displays in the afternoon after we work.

Led by: Tom Costello, Santuary Director

Location: Audubon Society of Portland

Time: 10am-2pm

LGL is a 13 acre facility, with approximately 3 to 4 acres in cultivation. Students from Portland Public Schools and Portland State University have been participating in the making of this garden, and a lot of planning goes into the overall site design. How can you be resourceful, follow the seasons, and close all the loops for a successful garden design? Come learn how to perform a site analysis through permaculture methods, and techniques, such as zone and sector analysis. Afterwards, we will take a tour of the grounds, identifying plants, learning from mistakes, and “best practices.”

Led by: Yveline Wilnau yvelinemarie@gmail.com

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory

Time: 10am - 12pm

Urban farming and garden-based education are alive and well in SE Portland! This two-part bike tour will explore both school gardens and urban educational farms. Witness for yourself the amazing diversity of these organically-inclined models of sustainable and educational food production, and maybe get a few ideas for your own home or school garden, too!

Participants for the morning session will meet at the entrance of Learning Gardens Lab at 9:30am and the tour will begin promptly at 10:00. For this session we will visit several local schools’ learning gardens and explore their edible gardens, butterfly gardens and native habitat gardens, highlighting the outdoor classrooms (which were past VBC projects!), eco-roofs, school compost systems and more. We will return to LGL in time for lunch at noon.

The second tour will leave LGL at 1pm and will include several urban educational farms. We will learn about their crop selection, growing techniques, soil improvement and watershed restoration efforts and take a close look at chicken coups and tractors, watering systems and more. We might get to do some planting, too. Each tour will cover about 4-5 miles and our pace will be comfortable for most riders. Come for either one or stay for both. Remember to dress for the weather!

Tour Guide: Matt Bibeau, gardenlearning@gmail.com

Depart from Learning Gardens Laboratory

Time: 10am-12pm, 1pm-4pm

From the beginning of time, sacred movement, song and story have brought people together - at times of seasonal ceremony and celebration, as part of everyday life and life passages, in daily renewal and meditation, etc... The Dances of Universal Peace are part of this timeless tradition of Sacred Dance.

As in these timeless mystic traditions, the Dances use simple music, lyrics, and movements to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. No musical or dance experience of any kind is required and everyone is welcomed to join in. Participation, not presentation, is the focus. No special attire is required, although comfortable, loose-fitting clothing is best. Participants join hands forming a circle with the Dance leader and other musicians in the center. Throughout the evening, the leader teaches the group the words, melody, and movements for the next Dance and often provides some background history about that particular Dance. The teaching is always done from a compassionate heart in a comfortable, quiet, and often sacred setting.

Led by: Pat Adams, 503.245.7339, pcadams8@yahoo.com

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm

Portland is filled with amazing healing plants! Get to know your local medicinals on a leisurely neighborhood stroll with community herbalist Missy Rohs of the Arctos School. We’ll discuss how to use and prepare garden herbs such as calendula and rosemary, native plants like Oregon grape and Douglas fir, and weedy friends from dandelion to cleavers. All ages and walking speeds welcome!

Led by: Missy Rohls, Arctos School, 503.238.4513

Location: SE Neighborhoods, meet at Awakenings

Time: 3pm-5pm

come and learn how to turn your lawn into a lush garden instantly! did you know that you can make a garden any where, even on concrete, with minimal cost inputs! secretly you dont have to dig out your grass when makeing the dream of ‘food not lawns’ a reality! come and unlock the ancient secrets of sheet mulching and composting and tour extensive gardens where this practice has been implemented for years and let the gardens speak for them selves.. the results are stunning!

Led by: Bonsai Matt, bonsai@tryonfarm.org

Location: TLC Farm

Time: 3pm-5pm

We are excited to be transforming our grassy parking strip to a pedestrian food forest corridor this week. This design charette will lay the groundwork and planning for our endeavor. Come join us and learn how to plan for a permaculture food forest by making connections with resources and needs on site.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm

Examine the role of small livestock in integrated design systems at Tryon Life Community Farm. TLC Farm has goats and chickens and is actively transforming their care and housing to be more in line with permaculture principles. The workshop will discuss some basics of goat and chicken care, examine how animals can be helpful parts of a farm ecosystem, and touch on the many ethical considerations in animal husbandry.

Led by: Brenna, brenna@tryonfarm.org and Sue Romas

Location: TLC Farm

Time: 2pm-5pm

Participate in community knowledge sharing as we vision a plan for cultivating regenerative abundance at City Repair’s new home and HeadQuarters. Come cocreate an urban oasis and discover earth healing in this sacred urban space. With permaculture principles in mind, we will explore this land’s possibilities and plant seeds of potential. Inspiration for future projects!

Facilitated by: Kirsten Isakson ancient.forest.faerie@gmail.com

Location: City Repair Temple 3125 E Burnside

Time: 2pm-4pm

Our gardens can expand exponentially through sharing resources with our neighbors. During this workshop, we will be discussing different methods of plant propagation, including hands-on activities. Come join us and expand your garden!

Led by: Marisha Auerbach (queenbee@herbnwisdom.com) and Bonsai Matt (bonsai@tryonfarm.org)

Location: TLC Farm

Time: 2pm-4pm

Brandy works with other communities/projects to find their way through regulatory and legal processes which challenge the development of legitimate models of land use, alternative building, ownership and governance. The intention to have all individuals & communities step aside from their rank & roles to enter into a more connected sense of community building is at the heart of this work.

Led by: Brandy Gallagher

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm

The bees are masters of pollination and responsible for much of the fruit, vegetables and nuts we eat. Right now the bees could use a little help from us. Come learn about honeybees, native bees, and how to develop a kind-hearted relationship with a hive and the bees in your neighborhood. This class is both for folks who might like to keep bees someday and those who are interested in learning more about bees.

Led by: Jacqueline Freeman, Friendly Haven Farm, thefreemans@sisna.com

Location: Zenger Farm

Time: 3pm-5pm

In this class, we’ll take a look at the progression of the solar power movement in our area, and talk about ways in which you can be involved. Topics will include renewable energy education, both for students and educators, finding a job in the solar industry, and how you can become an independent power producer. We’ll also talk about what some other communities are doing with solar, and think of creative ways to advance what we’re doing here.

Led by: Sarah Freel, sarah@mrsunsolar.com

Location: Awakenings, 1016 SE 12th Ave.

Time: 3-5 pm

The HOPE Collaborative is an organization to create fundamental and sustainable environmental changes that will significantly improve the health and wellness of Oakland residents. There are four action teams Food Systems, Built Environment; Local Sustainable Economic Development and Families and Youth. Katrina is the co-chair of the Built Environment Action Team who’s charge is to identify programs and services that utilize the built environment to enable social interaction and community involvement in physical activities that are easily accessible in all local neighborhoods.

Kachina Katrina is an extraordinary organizer, community builder,event planner, greener of everything she touches including Burning Man, and consultant for organizational development. Katrina’s roots in community building started with the City Repair project in Portland where she helped out with Earth Day planning and the Tea Horse and T-Pony since 2000, then became their Volunteer coordinator and started spreading the seeds of City Repair Nationally. From all this Katrina has expanded into California and will be sharing about one of her latest projects in the Bay area

Led by: Kachina Katrina

Location: CRHQ 3125 E. Burnside

Time: 3-5 pm

Soil is alive, and creating the right conditions for the underground community to flourish helps new plants thrive. Come learn the basic techniques of layering for weed control, grass removal, gradual breakdown of nutrients, and the additions required for a healthy, diverse soil crumble. Expect to learn how to maintain a newly sheeted area, how long it will last, and how to design by ‘patch-working.’ Learn how tilling with machinery is a viscous cycle – worms are our tilling friends! All materials provided.

Led by: Yveline Wilnau (yvelinemarie@gmail.com) and Angela LeVan

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory

Time: 10am-12pm

LGL has started planting a food forest as a nature inspired, peripheral garden-walk around the grounds. Come learn how to build a soil guild around fruiting trees and shrubs with sheet composting techniques, and successive layering of plants that provide a host of complementary, and mutually beneficial effects, known as a “plant community,” or guild. All materials provided.

Led by: Yveline Wilnau (yvelinemarie@gmail.com) and Angela LeVan

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory

Time: 1pm - 4pm

In this workshop, we will begin with the premise that our own body is our most direct link to the Earth. In order to connect our sense of ethics and Earth activism with our ritual and artistic sensibilities, we will explore various improvisational and body-based art games derived from such diverse techniques as yoga, contact improvisation, action theater, butoh and many others. Through these physical practices, we initiate the process of learning principles of permaculture, sustainability and cooperation directly through the body, and cultivate our ability to move from outrage and overwhelm to creative empowerment and action. This work is intended to restore the arts to their rightful place at the center of a healthy and sustainable community. No experience necessary–just bring a spirit of playfulness.

When: 2:30-4:30 pm

Where: Bossanova Ballroom

Contact: Nala Walla, 360.643.3747, nala@bcollective.org

Join local installers at a recent grid-tied photovolatic installation to talk about system design, component selection, and installation basics. We’ll check out the job from the solar modules all the way back to the grid. We will also cover off-grid design for a small cabin-style system. Bring something to sit on!

Led by: Sarah Freel and Ron Burden, sarah@mrsunsolar.com

Location: 4311 SE Windsor Ct. (1 block south of Division)

Time: 3-5 pm

“Natural play spaces support healthy child development and connect children with the wonderment of the natural world. This workshop will explore ways to transform yards and tired playgrounds into unique Natural Play-scapes using local materials and community energy.”

Led by: Leon Smith leon@earthplay.net

Location: CRHQ, 3125 E. Burnside

Time: 3:00-5:00 pm

Come join us for this workshop on ways that you can design your gardens to conserve water using materials found onsite and nearby. This is the first workshop in a series of workshops on how to create a food forest corridor near Mount Tabor Park.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm

Who left these footprints? Why are they there? And where are they now? These are all questions that animal trackers can answer from the smallest clues. Across the world trackers have been known for incredible feats of awareness. The Kalahari Bushmen, the Apache Scouts, Aboriginal hunters of Australia and many other hunter gatherer cultures apply a very complex understanding of the natural world for their livelihood and survival. Join the expert animal trackers of TrackersNW as we bring that understanding to you. In this evening presentation tracking becomes more than simply following footprints on the ground, you find an intense awareness of subtle sign and clues and the ability to creatively solve fascinating mysteries of both the natural and human world. Learn how to see tracks and sign in some of the most challenging terrain, practice mental mapping skills that helps you piece together the riddles you are trying to solve, and ultimately fine tune your hyper sensory awareness, reclaiming your human ability to really listen to and see the world around you.

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 3-4:30 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3048 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

Ever since you were a kid you knew the value of it. Making something AWESOME from nothing! Also, you want to be like Lagolas in Lord of the Rings. Make simple yet elegant 40 lb bow out of a plank of bamboo. Learn the basic concepts of being a bowyer while starting out simply. Leave with the finished product.

$30 materials fee

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 7-8:00 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3048 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

Tour a working 10 year old Urban Permaculture with over 50 trees providing most of the house food needs year around. See great examples of Permaculture principles in action. Take an herb walk in a Permaculture food forest and learn what you can do with the many plants in your backyard. You can produce fiber, meat ,manure, pelts in a very small space. These animals are wonderful part of any urban Permaculture.

Tour at 10:00

Bees at 12:00

Rabbits at 1:30

Medicinal Plants and Dyes at 3:00

Led by: Connie Van Dyke tabortilthfarm@directcon.net

Location: Tabor Tilth Permaculture Farm, 2625 SE 61st (Please do not park in front of neighbors houses)

Time: 10am-4pm

Tile mosaic is a fun way to add color and flair to your home or school garden. In this workshop we will learn how to make decorative signs and birdbaths from broken tiles and terra cotta saucers. You may bring your own saucer—preferably 12-16” in diameter—or purchase one at cost upon arrival. For a birdbath, also bring a matching terra cotta pot suitable for a base when upside down. All other materials will be provided.

Led by: Matt Bibeau gardenlearning@gmail.com

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 1pm-4pm

Native forest plants nourished and sustained indigenous people for many generations. Come share stories about edible and medicinal plants that have traditionally grown in this region as we plant a food forest near the Runaway Circus Puppet Theater’s new bike rack.

Led by: Kirsten, ancient.forest.faerie@gmail.com

Location: Runaway Circus Puppet Theater, 605 S.E. 37th Ave

Time: 3-5pm

Ever since you were a kid you knew the value of it. Making something AWESOME from nothing! Also, you want to be like Lagolas in Lord of the Rings. Make simple yet elegant 40 lb bow out of a plank of bamboo. Learn the basic concepts of being a bowyer while starting out simply. Leave with the finished product.

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 3-4:30 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3038 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

Tips on cleaning up the mythic mess in your head, and converting the energy to Gaian-centered awareness and practicalities

Led by Morgan Brent, xen@tribesofcreation.com

Location: Awakenings, 1016 SE 12th Ave.

Time: 3-5 pm

John Kaufmann from the Oregon Department of Energy will be speaking about the latest data regarding the peaking of world oil supplies. John Kaufmann is Senior Policy Analyst in the Conservation Division of Oregon Department of Energy, and served as staff for the City of Portland’s Peak Oil Taskforce. Mr. Kaufman took the lead in getting Oregon to adopt the most energy efficient building codes in the U.S. and managed Oregon’s Business and Residential Tax Credit Programs, and Building Technologies program for 10 years.

Led by John Kaufmann

Location: CRHQ, 3125 E. Burnside

Time: 3-5 pm

Sheet Mulching is a technique for using large pieces of waste materials (such as cardboard, newspaper, clothing, burlap, etc) to shade out the grass and prepare the ground for planting an intentional garden. Please join us for the second project in our series of workshops as we create a food forest corridor near Mount Tabor Park.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm

Plants provide almost everything we need to maintain our health. In this workshop we will prepare medicinal tinctures and salves form herbs and flowers cultivated or wildcrafted locally—some right from the gardens of LGL! All materials provided.

Led by: Angela LeVan angela.levan@gmail.com

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 10am-12pm

Come participate in the design process! We will collaborate to design a handwash sink that utilize rainwater harvested from the CommUnity Art Space’s roof, practicing the principles of permaculture. A greywater system will clean the “waste” water naturally, using biological resources, before the water returns to the earth and neighboring plants. Lets get creative!

Location: CommUnity Art Space, 3969 NE Rodney

Time: 2pm-4pm

We will prepare tinctures from various wildcrafted herbs, then plant a few varieties of medicinals in the Puppet Theater’s food forest.

Led by: Mickey, 503.349.1423

Location: Runaway Circus Puppet Theater, 605 S.E. 37th Ave

Time: 2pm-4pm

Led by: Susan, calendulasusan@peacemail.com

Location: Mountain Valley Homecare, 1181 SE 85th

Join us to learn about companion plantings with King Stropharia. Stropharia Rugoso-Annulata, also known as wine caps and King Stropharia, is a saprophytic fungi that grows well with a wide variety of plants and can stay in your garden for years, simply by employing basic gardening techniques.

We’ll learn how to get this fungus to grow in your garden with the help of food plants. This saprophyte acts like a mycorrhizal fungus when used in companion planting strategies, helping our gardens grow stronger and fuller. It grows well with herbs, plants and grass & can create up to an inch of soil in a year. Rich, loamy soil that is completely organic and its ability to remove bacteria and fecal coliforms from water is so amazing, there is a patent on the process. We will also talk about mycotechnology-using fungi in variety of novel applications.

The workshop is free and will include a printed handout sheet. A variety of starts, both annuals and periannuals innoculted with King Stropharia naturalized spawn will be available to purchase.

Led by: Jordan Weiss, mycotree@yahoo.com

Location: Trails Crossing, Division and Morton (12th) in Oregon City

Time: 3pm-5pm

This summer will see an amazing series of community gatherings in Portland, Oregon, involving tea, food, music, and celebration! Beginning at City Repair’s new headquarters, the site of our original T-Project, the Moonday T-Hows, we will incubate and then launch a new movement for celebration and sustainable culture! This will all lead to the launch of the reincarnated T-Horse project!

This Training is for any and all prospective “T-Summer 2008” crew. In it we will be talking T, and tea, and forming a core crew for the coming cycle of activity all through the summer. In fact, this T-Horse launch will be going to any and all VBC sites as part of how we will be extending VBC to flow throughout the entire calendar year!

The workshop will feature a slideshow of the story of the City Repair T-Movement, what has happened with the T-Horse, where it has been, where it is now, and we’ll also plan what we as a team want to do together as a team!

Presentation by: Mark Lakeman

Group Discussion w/: Mark and Jenny Leis

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm

In this culture we often ascribe an inability to surmount challenges in our lives to a lack of willpower, or skill, or other such abstract factors, yet often we can find their source in our lack of health and wellness. Mental focus, a positive mental attitude, and a joy in your physical body comes to you as you deeply reflect and act on your own unique nutritional needs, and physical expression. Using such resources as the bio regional martial and movement art SHIFT, you learn from world-class instructors on how to let your primal self out and truly express a wild and hyper competent body awareness. A core focus is practical training for Body Control including muscle attunement, consciously shifting internal temperature and accelerated healing.

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit 5040, SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 3-4:30 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3048 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

Learn how to make a covered free box that can be attached to a telephone pole to create a place, in minutes, to share your things. This is a design-build workshop in which we will create one, or several, free boxes that will we then install in a place where it will be used. I got the idea when I noticed a particular corner that frequently had free stuff offered, and watched how the things got ruined with the rain. That corner sports a telephone pole several feet back from the curb so there is plenty of room for a free box to fit.

Led by Hindi Iserhott

Location: CRHQ, 3125 E. Burnside St.

Time: 3-5 pm

LGL staff and students have been seeding herbs and medicinals in anticipation of a permaculture bed planting this Spring. Come learn how to plant in keyhole beds and herb spirals—two designs easily transferable to your own home or school garden. All materials provided. Lead: Yveline Wilnau and Angela LeVan (angela.levan@gmail.com)

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time:1pm-4pm

Today, we will be discussing Overstory plant relationships both in nature and in intentional situations such as the Food Forest. We will focus today on planting fruit trees and berry bushes to provide snacks for those on site and pedestrians that walk by the property on the way to the park.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm

We will make an outdoor rocket stove that will be used for cooking and to process vegetable oil for use in converted diesel vehicles. we will also make travel sized camp rocket stoves, so bring 1 large tin can with removed lid (like a large tomato sauce can) and 3 soup can size tin cans.

Led by: Henry Stanley, henry_indy@hotmail.com

Location: King’s Corner, 5045 NE 13th Avenue

Time: 12pm

We will briefly talk about companion plantings with select saprophytic fungi and then we will experiment with this better way of sheetmulching.

By adding naturalized spawn to our sheetmulching projects, we can practically choose which saprophytic fungus we want in our gardens.

Sheetmulching is one the most sustainable methods to create rich, organic soil and to get rid of weeds and unsightly lawns at the same time. We will also talk about mushrooms composting. There will be plenty of Q & A and printed handouts for all.

The workshop is free and there will be a limited amount of naturalized spawn for attendees to purchase for their own projects.

Led by: Jordan Weiss, mycotree@yahoo.com

Location: CommUnity Art Space, 3969 NE Rodney

Time: 2pm-4pm

Join us for an exploration of the healing power of plants. Plant Spirit Healing Sessions can be useful for anyone wanting to develop a deeper relationship with the Self or as a means of furthering one’s connection with the spirit world in general. The many health issues we encounter are really avenues to guide us toward an initiation into our true selves. Working with the plants can help us transform these “blockages” and foster our continuing spiritual unfoldment in the quest for wholeness, balance, self-acceptance, and empowerment.

At this time in history we are being asked to increase and develop our awareness and collectively wake up. There is nothing to be fixed-we just need to allow our true, whole, multi-dimensional selves to emerge. We can do this together, but you have to consciouly witness and choose to change. Plants can teach us how to do this.

Led by: Scott Kloos, Cascadia Folk Medicine, scott@cascadiafolkmedicine.com

Location: Runaway Circus Puppet Theater, 605 S.E. 37th Ave

Time: 3pm-5pm

Led by: Susan, calendulasusan@peacemail.com

Location: Mountain Valley Homecare, 1181 SE 85th

An introduction to making and applying earthen plasters, specifically inside existing homes. We will discuss the creation, the wall prep, the application of such plasters. Joshua Klyber has been a contractor working with earthen plasters and paints for about 5 years. He enjoys bring the natural world of clay and lime into people’s homes. Loving to experiment with new techniques and recipes, he brings a fresh, innovative and knowledgeable approach to his workshops.

Led by: Joshua Klyber

Location: 3969 NE Rodney, the garage art space (VBC site)

Time: 10am - 12:30pm

Come see and hear the chronology of the rise of City Repair! Beginning with the smallest, sweetest little Tea House, leading to all that City Repair does today.

Come see and hear about how to repair cities, towns, and neighborhoods by converging with people where you live!

Led by: Mark Lakeman

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 3:00-4:30 pm

The urban sphere of Portland is unique. TrackersNW instructors make their own living gathering with seasonal rhythms and so will you. Learn about wild harvest that promotes plant propagation. Gain a broader understanding of gathering and preserving. The Willamette Valley of Portland, Oregon becomes your larder and home. Ask the questions, how can it help sustainability to make over 50% of your diet hunted and gathered. This contributes and enhances the Personal Health and Training thematic. Learn about wild edible plants that can be the basis for healthy living. Attune your life to the cycles of the plants.

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 3-4:30 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3048 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

In other times, small shrines were placed throughout cities to honor the sacred in daily life. Today, several such shrines exist in Portland to honor Ganesa, Buddha, Earth spirits and more. Join us to create shrines to honor the sacred beings in your life and plan to place them in your communities. Some materials provided, please bring objects, pictures etc you would like to incorporate.

Led by Portland Reclaiming & Nature Hogan artnaturemusic@gmail.com

Location: Tryon Life Community Farm, 11460 SW Boones Rd

Time: 3-5 pm

Come find out more about The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), a framework for implementing international trade and security policy outside of the systems of democracy and public participation(extra-congressionally). It was created by Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico in 2005. It is an attempt to shore up U.S., Canadian, and Mexico’s economic power by more voraciously and efficiently extracting and transporting key resources. The name of the game is quicker environmental destruction, lower wages and more flexible labor, and further externalization of costs onto the public while profit is being internalized. In other words, the public deals with bad stuff and the corporations and investors take all the good stuff. Costs are made public and Profits are made private!

The instability that global resource shortages will create threatens the entire class hierarchy and the globalized corporate form of capitalism itself. They need a lot of military to keep the “order,” to keep rich folks rich and to ensure that their money actually means something when nobody else has it or cares about it. That’s why they build a giant wall at the border. That’s why they privatize road-systems and move to make a national id card. That’s why they passed legislation to put militarized checkpoints at every state border and are requiring a national id card or special “traveler’s pass” to go through it. That’s why they are building massive detention centers along the border and elsewhere in the United States. That’s why they passed the Homegrown Terrorist and Violent Radicalization Act of 2007. That’s why the SPP exists. Get it? Got it? Good!

Led by Brian Smith and Tim Shipp of Cascadia Root Force www.rootforce.org

Location: Awakenings, 1016 SE 12th

Time: 3-5pm

Herbalist and educator, Judy BlueHorse Skelton, will share traditional healing practices, inviting conversation and sensory experiences to awaken our hearts to the wisdom of the land, water, and plants. An herbal tea will be served. Led: Judy Bluehorse Skelton

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 1pm-3pm

Understory describes all of the low growing plants that support the fruit trees and berry bushes we planted yesterday. We will be discussing different qualities that these understory plants provide in creating plant guilds. A plant guild describes a community of plants that grow together in relationship to support the whole ecosystem in which they reside.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 12pm-2pm

Thinking of adding a feathered flock to your life? Interested in chicken ownership? Already have chickens, but feel like you might be missing something? Come one, come all to Chickens 101! Our speaker will be covering the basics of chicken care, including Chicken Myths, Basic Terminology, Taming Birds, and Basic Care of your flock.

Led by: Tonya Meyer, cutegirltoo@yahoo.com

Location: Raven Sauna, 3727 NE 11th

Time: 2pm-4pm

Come learn how to responsibly turn human waste into rich compost. This is the amazing and controversial process of composting our own human waste. We will discuss the basics of how to do it,why to do it and then show you how to make your own. We will show you a method of composting it as described from the hu-manuer handbook. Bring a five gallon bucket and recycled toilet seat to start composting today or please RSVP so we can get the materials. You will only need to pay for the materials and a little donation for time and gas of getting them.

Led by: Ruby Bloom, Ruby_travel@yahoo.com

Location: CommUnity Art Space, 3969 NE Rodney

Time: 2pm-4pm

Fungal relationships greatly enhance the drought tolerance and nutrient availability within a garden. Today, we will be inoculating mushrooms into the soil of the food forest corridor to enhance our effectiveness and yield in creating this garden. We will be discussing different types of mushrooms that can be included in permaculture gardens and some of the qualities of each of these varieties.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm

LGL has started planting a food forest as a nature inspired, peripheral garden-walk around the grounds. Come learn how to build a soil guild around fruiting trees and shrubs with sheet composting techniques, and successive layering of plants that provide a host of complementary, and mutually beneficial effects, known as a “plant community,” or guild. All materials provided.

Led by: Yveline Wilnau (yvelinemarie@gmail.com) and Angela LeVan

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Location: TLC Farm, 11460 SW Boones Rd

Time: 3pm-5pm

Contact lena@tryonfarm.org

Led by: Susan, calendulasusan@peacemail.com

Location: Mountain Valley Homecare, 1181 SE 85th

Corporate leaders want us to act like consumers, not citizens, so we can leave the act of governing to them, while we happily vote with our dollars. They also manage to get us to THINK corporate, even when WE think we’re acting rebellious. We the people are mostly fractured and confused. Life itself is at stake. Learn how to change the way you think and speak about corporate rule. It’s even FUN, believe it or not!

Led by Paul Cienfuegos

Location: Awakenings, 1016 SE 12th Ave.

Time: 3-5 pm

For those who already have earthen plaster experience, we will be trying out two advanced decorating techniques, stenciling and polychromatic plasters. We will be doing both raised and dropped stencils, as well as coloring a 15’ by 9’ wall with multiple colors. Joshua Klyber has been a contractor working with earthen plasters and paints for about 5 years. He enjoys bring the natural world of clay and lime into people’s homes. Loving to experiment with new techniques and recipes, he brings a fresh, innovative and knowledgeable approach to his workshops.

Led by: Joshua Klyber

Location: 3969 NE Rodney, the garage art space (VBC site)

Time: 10am - 12:30pm

Material Fee: $5

Compost Maintenance (bin-deconstruction, building, and dispersing)

Composting is one of the most important practices for learning how to create a closed-loop system, teaching us to rethink the term ‘waste.’ Learn how to manage and maintain a seasonal compost, including techniques and methods (windrows, bins, tumblers, worms), materials used (carbon, nitrogen), resourcefulness (sourcing materials), and how to identify when your compost needs some extra assistance (additions, temperature monitoring, aeration, turning). How insects, worms, microbes, and bacteria aid in this process will be covered as well. Lastly, we will be getting dirty, so please dress appropriately. All materials provided.

Led by: Yveline Wilnau (yvelinemarie@gmail.com) and Angela LeVan

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 10am - 12pm

Self-Organizing Teams are the new paradigm for collaborative learning and leadership. Eliminate hierarchical systems and replace them with truly democratic models of working together. We look at a family, a village, and a community as a team where everyone has gifts to share. TrackersTEAMS principles come from a place you would not expect, the high-tech world of software development. Truly innovative software developers leave hierarchy behind and celebrate getting work done well and quickly with common effort. They call this model Agile Teamwork. With the blessings of our elder and internationally renowned team consultant Diana Larsen, we have combined the awareness of ecology with agile teamwork principles for a highly effective way of getting things done. We call it Natural Agile Teams. TrackersTEAMS helps you foster sustainability in both learning and working. As we work through our year we take on core routines of facilitation and find that coming together generates better communication and healthier results. While many models sound great on a whiteboard or flip chart, Natural Agile Teams yields results tested by some of the most successful collaborative entrepreneurs and companies today.

Led by: Tony Deis, Trackers NW

Location: The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR 97215

Time: 3-5 pm

Please RSVP by emailing tony@trackersnw.com, calling 503.453.3048 or visiting www.trackersnw.com

Using games and techniques from the Theater Of the Oppressed, we’ll explore our relationship to power, experiment with transforming power-over relationships, play with different forms of leadership and their relationship to power, and learn new, fun ways to create consensus and power-with relationships. The intention is to learn and have fun while creating practical techniques and tools for transforming our world to a truly shared-power culture.

Led by: Teryani Riggs, teryani@welcomehome.org

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm

Come out to the beauty-ful TLC Farm and sit with local bonsai hero bonsai matt for a beginners introduction to the ancient art of bonsai! have long time questions or curiosities on how you can create such an illusion of a mature old tree sitting in a tiny pot...we will talk about all of this and more! pottery, starter trees, and books will be available for sale. workshop will be free with a donation suggested but not needed ...its more important that you come and learn!

Contact bonsai matt, bonsai@tlcfarm.org

Location: TLC Farm, 11460 SW Boones Rd

Time: 2pm-4pm

Come celebrate community and learn about planting bioswales. We will finish the bioswale started last year and introduce native plants to stabilize soil and restore ecosystem health.

Contact Stefanie 503.287.3075, stefkantor@yahoo.com

Location: Wilshire Park, NE Shaver and 37th

Time: 12pm-3pm

In permaculture design, Zone 4 is where the cultivated meets the wild and we introduce native forage plants that create homes and food for our forest friends. Urbanization is the greatest threat to native birds- bringing more habitat into the city is an important way we can reduce our impact. Thanks to Vanessa, who has been caring for this land and feeding the birds for 15 years, bird communities continuously gather to feed at the future home of the Raven Sauna.

Come join restoration specialists from the Audubon to experience the joy of contributing to environmental enhancement project! Learn how to feed native birds without depending on heavily mono-cropped, pesticide dependent bird seed. We will learn how to select, place and plant native plants to cultivate bird habitat that provides food for us and our feathered friends.

Educational Birds from the Audubon Society will be joining us on site for the celebration!

Led by: Tom Costello, tcostello@audubonportland.org

Location: Raven Sauna, 3727 NE 11th

Time: 2pm-5pm

Come spread the seed of change! We’re transforming abandon into abundance. Lets grow food not lawns and green this city proactively! You don’t want to miss this one.

Led by: Leonard (leonard@cityrepair.org)

Location: Depart from CommUnity Art Center, 3969 NE Rodney

Time: 3pm

Contact: akromis@gmail.com

Heart of Now is the practice of being present with your whole self: your emotions, your thoughts, and your body. Through structured exercises we explore how to be fully and authentically ourselves: alive and deeply connected with others in our community and with the earth.

Led by: Kim Krichbaum, 541-359-3594, info@heartofnow.org

Location: CRHQ, 3125 E. Burnside St.

Time: 2 - 5:00 pm

Help build a two pot rocket stove at Tryon Life Farm with the folks from Aprovecho.

Led by: Tao Orion, tao@aprovecho.net

Location: Tryon Life Farm, 11460 SW Boones Rd

Time: 1 - 5:00 pm

This workshop is designed to orient village builders with wild edibles growing in the Portland area. We will be taking a short plant hike, identifying common weeds and expanding at length on their various uses. We will also cover medicinal preparations for certain plants as well as the ways in which our website can help you change Portland. This will be completely informal and open to everyone.

Led by: Bobby, lustyleaf@gmail.com

Location: Meet at Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 2:30-4:30 pm

About URBAN EDIBLES

www.urbanedibles.org

Urban Edibles is collaboration between wild foods foragers in Portland, Oregon. Our belief is that by way of communing edible goods, urban people may develop meaningful connections with their environment and their neighbors. Our hope is to generate discourse around local foods, urban stewardship and DIY methods of harvest.

Over the past year, we’ve established an interactive wild foods map of Portland, Oregon (which may be found at www.urbanedibles.org). We have included fruit and nut trees, vegetables, edible and medicinal herbs, “weeds” and more. We have encouraged foragers, land stewards and other community denizens to contribute to our map as well as an educational resource database for wild foods that appears on our site.

We will look at some school success stories around the Portland area. Then take a detailed look at tips and tools for a successful project. The group will review a website created to help teachers and students plan and create whole systems schools (www.wisedesign.org). We will talk about Portland Public School District and city approval and concerns. How to put together a team of community members that will fulfill the projects needs. Finally, we will cover some design specifics for garden, stormwater and other projects. I hope people will come with their ideas and questions.

Led by: Michelle Mathis, Michellem@greenworkspc.com

Location: Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside

Time: 3:30-4:30 pm

LGL is a 13 acre facility, with approximately 3 to 4 acres in cultivation. Students from Portland Public Schools and Portland State University have been participating in the making of this garden, and a lot of planning goes into the overall site design. How can you be resourceful, follow the seasons, and close all the loops for a successful garden design? Come learn how to perform a site analysis through permaculture methods, and techniques, such as zone and sector analysis. Afterwards, we will take a tour of the grounds, identifying plants, learning from mistakes, and “best practices.”

Led by: Yveline Wilnau yvelinemarie@gmail.com

Location: Learning Gardens Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 10am - 12pm

Garden-based education aims to bring the classroom outdoors and invigorate all of the senses, promote academic success and healthy food habits, engage multiple intelligences and make connections between the body, the community and the environment. This two-part workshop will introduce garden-based education and focus on the school garden as the organizing element for generating the support and enthusiasm necessary for your program to thrive.

Part One will take a close look at existing school gardens from Portland and around the country. We will see what actually can be included in a school garden and consider how the Village Building Convergence can be a not-to-miss opportunity for your school to build its infrastructure and generate community support.

In Part II we will go over some of the nuts and bolts of creating and sustaining your school garden. Whether you are a parent, a teacher or an interested member of the community, this section will empower you to begin the garden creation process, or if your school already has one, how to build its capacity and keep it thriving over the years. We will review the main interest groups of the school community and explore how you can work towards gaining their support.

Teams of parents and/or teachers from interested schools are especially encouraged to participate, as we will have time for an active planning session at the end of the day. Come for either one or stay for both!

Led by Matt Bibeau, gardenlearning@gmail.com

Location: Learning Garden Laboratory, 6801 SE 60th

Time: 10am-12pm, 1pm-4pm

Mulch is a crucial component in gardens for protecting the soil microorganisms and earthworms. Through providing the habitat that these critters desire, they work to provide an abundance of nutrients to support fecund gardens. This discussion will cover different types of mulch and the unique characteristics of each type. This is the final workshop in our series of workshops to create a food forest corridor near Mount Tabor Park.

Led by: Marisha Auerbach queenbee@herbniwisdom.com

Location: Missy’s Place 7155 S.E. Harrison St.

Time: 3pm-5pm