Green River Road Social/Potluck

July 23, 2010
6:30 pmto10:30 pm

Join us for a friday social and potluck in Rosetta Park,

Benjamin and Evergreen

6:00  Recreation, bring a frisbee, croquet, badminton

6:30  Social/ potluck/mixnmingle

Meet your green leaning neighbors, talk garden,

permaculture, ideas for greening our neighborhood.

Please invite friends in River Road,,,,,,

info,  686 671

Open Property at River Road Permaculture Site

July 17, 2010
3:00 pmto5:00 pm

Saturday, July 17, 3 PM to 5 PM

After the Saturday River Road Green Home Tour

212 Benjamin, Jan Spencer’s Place

See what a ten year, full on permaculture suburban

renewal project looks like.

Grass to garden, driveway removal, carport to living

space, 6500 gallon rain water catchment and storage,

passive solar redesign, chickens, edible landscaping,

beginning food forest, water features, food drying,

solar oven, passive solar detatched bungalow, neigh-

bor collaboration, home economics and more

Global Trends – Local Choices DVD will be available

info 686 6761

River Road Neighborhood Green Home Tours

July 17, 2010
11:00 amto2:00 pm

Visit Green Homes in River Road, two Free Tours

Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18

Both dates, Meet at Rosetta Park at 11 AM

Benjamin and Evergreen, Bikes, cars

The tours are casual, easy pace, all the sites are within

8 to 10 blocks of each other. These are two different tours.

Expect to see front yard gardens, a newly planted front

yard food forest, chickens, neighbors collaborating, solar

features, micro neighborhood business, reclaimed

automobile space, food preservation, edible landscaping

straw bale and cob and much more.

686 6761 for more info

Springfield Summer Fest Volunteers Needed!

July 16, 2010toJuly 18, 2010

Springfield SummerFest

Willamalane needs your help!  60+ volunteers are needed to assist Willamalane with the recycling at SummerFest on July 16-18 at Island Park.  Master Recyclers will help with the set up, top sorting, clean-up, education and training.  By volunteering, you will be a part of a lively summer event that will also celebrate Springfield’s 125th birthday.  Volunteers will receive a t-shirt and a free pass for the entire SummerFest weekend.

Contact Ashlee Dixon

ashleed@willamalane.org or 541-736-4520  to sign up or visit www.willamalane.org for more information.