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2010 Sustainable Neighborhood (not just) Bike Tour Schedule

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2010 Sustainable Neighborhood (not just) Bike Tour Schedule

July

17, 18 – River Road Community Organization/RRCO. July 17 meet at 11AM at Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen. Visit pesticide-free public park space, chicken-keeping, permaculture design, green building, neighborhood collaboration, and more. Open house afterwords at suburban permaculture site at 212 Benjamin, 3 to 5PM.

August

7 – Friendly Neighborhood- West (of Jefferson St)/FAN-West (excursion into Crest Dr neighborhood 8/7). Meet at Friendly Street Market, 2757 Friendly, at 11AM. Tour will include community right-of-way cooperative “Common Ground” garden, chickenkeeping, beekeeping, edible landscaping, passive solar design home by UO women’s student architecture group, high-density new urbanism ‘Lucia Village’ community, permaculture home design presentation by Heiko Koester, and more
8 - Friendly Neighborhood- East (Jefferson St & east)FAN-East. Meet at Village School, 2855 Lincoln, 1 PM. Tour will include a permaculture design presentation by Heiko Koester, a visit to a solar PV College Hill home, as well as a visit to a home with an ultra hi-efficient ductless heat pump indoor climate system.
14 – Jefferson Westside, 10AM, meet at Monroe Park. Tour will include chickenkeeping, beekeeping, permaculture gardens, recycled garden art, water catchment, solar panels, and more. The tour homes are within walking distance of each other.
21 – Amazon, meet at Camas Ridge Community School, 1150 East 29th Avenue, at 10am. Tour will visit school gardens, feature beekeeping, chickenkeeping, communally built outdoor oven, aerobic composting, compost teamaking, passive/active solar design, rainwater catchment, green building, and more.

September

4 – Whiteaker Community Council/WCC
11- Fairmount Neighborhood- more to come.
18 – Active Bethel Citizens/ABC. Tour features a permaculture-designed eco-village, backyard chickens, rainwater catchment, ‘geo-thermal’ heating (more to come), PV solar design, and a gathering at Peterson Barn featuring locally-grown food. More to come.
19 (Sunday)- Laurel Hill Valley. 1-3 pm. Meet at Northwest Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta St. Tour by bike, pedicab and carpool. Sites feature organic gardens, PV electricity, green home design and reuse of materials, wildlife-friendly landscaping, small-scale chickenkeeping, food preservation, bioswales and watershed protection.
25 – Southeast Neighbors/SEN, meet at 450 E 30th Ave, 10 AM.

Common Ground Community Demonstration Garden’s Work Party

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Amidst the icosa hut building going on, we still need to keep up on the garden. This afternoon’s work party in the community garden we’ll string bean trellises and hopefully plant some beans. We also need help laying down wood chips in the garden paths. No experience necessary–tools provided. Hope to see you there!

May 16, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm

21st & Van Buren, Friendly Neighborhood, Eugene

Friendly Neighborhood 2010 ‘Tour de Coop’, May 1, 2-4 PM

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Join us for a fun and informative tour of Friendly Neighborhood area chicken coops. Meet a variety of delightful hens and see a variety of coop set-ups. Learn about different chicken breeds and what it takes to be a successful backyard chicken keeper. Meet at the Common Ground Garden, 21st and Van Buren in Friendly Neighborhood, then we will progress as a group by bike, foot or carpool to subsequent coops. Have a coop and want to be on the tour? Contact Robin at ronaclea@gmail.com or 541 968-7155

Common Ground Garden Work Party, April 25, 2-4PM

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Come join us at the Common Ground Demonstration Garden at 21st and Van Buren in the Friendly Neighborhood, April 25, from 2pm to 4pm. Work side by side with your neighbors to plant veggies and herbs. Hear about plans for the icosa hut tool shed to be built on the site next month. Help put together wire cages for tomatoes and more. No experience necessary.

Hope to see you there!

Latest sustainability developments from Friendly neighborhood

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Latest developments from Friendly ‘Hood.

Looks like Carlos will help us build a sign/kiosk too for posting public information.
Yippee!
See you soon!
Doug

From Friendly Neighborhood Farmers Common Ground Garden Planning Group webpage:

Comment by Robin on March 22, 2010 at 3:27pm:
Just got an email from the City of Eugene that the Common Ground Garden has been awarded a $6,113 grant! As you may recall, this will allow us to put in an irrigation system, build an icosa hut style tool shed, purchase tools, soil amendments, a worm composting system and more. Thanks everyone that pitched in on the grant application and pledged volunteer hours!

Comment by Doug B. on March 29, 2010 at 7:37pm:
Hi All…
I talked with Jan at CAT/Center for Appropriate Transport in the Whiteaker on Saturday, and guess what? They also got a matching grant last week. They want to link up with us to utilize their grant’s project: they’re building a MOBIL, >bike-transported< CANNERY for local crops ON-SITE! To get the population through the winters to come, at low carbon energy input. Soo, he’s looking forward to working with us to can our coming crops! Lets plan on this for on-site next fall, with media on hand! This is such a compliment for us. Yeah!
Doug

Tool Maintenance Workshop

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January 31, 2010
1:00 pmto2:30 pm

Have you ever noticed the difference a sharp tool makes when working in your garden? Want those nice tools to last for a long time?
Join fellow gardeners for a Tool Maintenance workshop to be held on Sunday, January 31st from 1:00 to 2:30, at the Washington Park Cottage, Washington Street and West 20th Avenue, in Eugene.

Tom Bettman will offer a short lecture, followed by an opportunity for questions and hands-on practice. Bring one favorite tool that needs sharpening and a mill file if you have one. Some tools and materials will be provided.

Contact: Lorna Baldwin, 541.682.4845, lorna.j.baldwin@ci.eugene.or.us. Workshop is free, but please register because seating is limited.

This workshop is sponsored by the City of Eugene’s Community Gardening Program, the Friendly Neighborhood Farmers, and the Friendlies: Community Sustainability Group.