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Free "Rain Garden 101" Workshop, Gresham City Hall: Mar 27, 2010 9AM Start: 9:00 am End: 1:00 pm Rain Garden. Click to enlarge Free workshop Learn the "how-to's" of constructing your own rain garden! When: Saturday Mar 27, 2010 9AM - 1PM Where: Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Pwy Gresham, OR 97030 Get Map! Rain gardens are a great way to add beautiful landscaping to your yard and protect overloaded urban streams at the same time. Free Workshop Attend this free "Rain Garden 101" workshop presented by East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District. (Registration required) At this workshop you'll learn how to assess your site to determine the best location and size, calculate impervious surfaces, determine soil suitability, choose appropriate plants, and how to maintain your new rain garden. You will also receive a comprehensive manual that shows all the steps to constructing a rain garden. Volunteer's wanted to help remove invasives at Nadaka Nature Park: Mar 27, 2010 9AM Start: 9:00 am End: 2:30 pm Nadaka Nature ParkGresham, Oregon Get your Green on! Come on out & lend a hand as we continue with invasives removal at Nadaka Nature Park Wilkes East Neighborhood has received a Metro Nature in Neighborhood grant for improvements in Nadaka Nature Park which requires matching volunteer hours so your support is needed and greatly appreciated. See you at the park! When: Mar 27, 2010, Sat 9AM-2:30PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park NE 175th Ave and NE Pacific St Gresham, OR Get Map! Event Info Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to restore this natural area by removing invasive underbrush and ivy. Rain or Shine! Come dressed for weather and help improve Nadaka Nature Park. Bring working gloves & a water bottle if you have them. Volunteer as long as you can. Coffee, juice, water & refreshments provided by Wilkes East Neighborhood. No pre-registration required. Volunteers younger than 18 will need a signed waiver (available at the event). See website calendar for more Nadaka Nature Park events and activities!

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Recycle your paint. Free, Convenient, Local! 5 gallons per load. Parkrose Hardware, Miller Paint Gresham, Habitat ReStore Mall 205, Powell Villa Ace 122nd & Powell, Powell Paint 52nd & Powell. Info here!

Wondering what to do with those broken or un-wanted TV's and computers? Oregon E-Cycles® offers FREE and convenient electronics recycling in your own neighborhood. Info Here!

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Take a step back into history at the Zimmerman House, a Victorian era farmhouse, built in 1874 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful farmhouse is a perfect reflection of typical Columbia River dairy farm life in the late 1800s. The Zimmerman Heritage Farm is a unique cultural education and recreational resource that is being created for the benefit of the public on a 5.98-acre historic site in Gresham, Oregon. Click here!

Thank You!
Wilkes East Neighborhood would like express our gratitude to the following for their generous contributions & continued support:
• Jazzy Bagels, Main St & Powell
• Parkrose Hardware, 106th & Sandy
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!