The Spring Bean Cleaning Spree–April 2nd

[ April 2, 2011; 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Hummingbird Wholesale  and Slow Food Eugene Invite You To The Spring Bean Cleaning Spree–April 2nd It’s your turn to help build our local food system and enjoy yourself doing it.  There’s a whole hill o’ beans and they need to be sorted! Hummingbird Wholesale is helping out a local farmer who delivered some [...] [...]

Barnraising

Finished! Barnraising in the Crest Neighborhood: the Laurel Hedge Party Members of the NLCCS decided that doing “barnraising” projects for each other would serve a couple of good, green purposes. First of all, increasing connections between people is one of the basic tenets of sustainability, because you are more likely to survive and thrive if you [...] [...]

Amazon Creek Work Party, June 26, 10-12 noon

[ June 26, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Eugene Tree Foundation, Eugene Stream Team, and Jefferson Westside Neighbors will have a work party this Saturday, June 26, from 10am to Noon along Amazon Creek between Polk and Van Buren Streets. We will be removing blackberries along the creek and weeding and mulching young trees, as well as removing [...] [...]

Camas Ridge School Garden Work Party

[ June 6, 2010; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Work Party this SUNDAY, June 6, 1:00-3:00pm Outdoor classroom & Butterfly Garden construction begins!!! Please come Sunday afternoon, June 6, 1:00-3:00 to help remove asphalt for the new garden and classroom. Bring work gloves, pry bars, sledge hammers, rakes–anything you can to help us move asphalt and stone from the new garden area. [...]

Common Ground Community Demonstration Garden's Work Party

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 [...] [...]

Mt. Pisgah Work Party, April 30, 9am-2pm

[ April 30, 2010; 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. ] Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah is preparing for our annual Native Plant Nursery Open House & Plant Sale on Saturday, May 1, 2010. We need your help to get the nursery in top shape for the event! We have scheduled a nursery workparty for Friday, April 30 from 9 am – 2 pm. If you can’t commit to [...] [...]

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

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 [...] [...]

Hendricks Park Forest Restoration Work Party, April 24

[ April 24, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Hendricks Park Forest Restoration Work Party Saturday April 24th 9:00 AM – Noon Meet at the F.M. Wilkins picnic shelter.  Tools, gloves, water, and snacks will be provided [...]

Camas Ridge Community School Work Party

Join us tomorrow, March 6th, for a garden work party at Camas Ridge Community School (Harris and 29th Ave).  We will be mixing compost into the beds, weeding, organizing the garden shed and more! Help us prepare the beds so the students can begin planting this week. We always welcome the community’s help. Contact Carrie at [...] [...]