When: Sat Aug 27, 2011 9AM-1PM
Hollydale Elementary School
505 SW Birdsdale Drive
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Rain garden: Landscaping that absorbs water from your roof or driveway
Free Workshop
Improve water quality and wildlife habitat at home by building your own rain garden, disconnecting your downspouts and gardening with native plants. This free rain garden workshop with City staff includes classroom discussion, hands-on activities, rain garden tour, free raffle and refreshments. Space is limited – call or email (below) to register.
When: Sat May 7, 2011 9AM-1PM Where: Hall Elementary School Cafeteria
2505 NE 23rd St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Naturescaping Basics Workshop
This workshop introduces the concept of naturescaping: chemical free landscaping with native plants, and also covers:
time and maintenance savings
reduction/elimination of water and chemical use
increasing and improving wildlife habitat
watershed stewardship
basic site or project planning and many other great gardening tips
Workshop participants get to view before and after naturescaping examples, take a field trip to a nearby project, get advice on landscape design and native gardening, network with neighbors, and learn about native plants.
When: Sunday, May 22, 2011 1PM-4PM
Troutdale City Conference Bldg
223 S Buxton Rd
Troutdale, OR Get Map!
Planning new landscape? Add a rain graden landscaping that absorbs water from your roof or driveway
Free Workshop
Improve water quality and wildlife habitat at home by building your own rain garden
Rain gardens are a great way to add beautiful landscaping to your yard and protect overloaded urban streams at the same time. You will learn how to site, plan, and build your own rain garden.
You will 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. Register below.
The Healthy Streams Program offers free services for Gresham residents including $200 rain garden grants for homeowners, free downspout disconnection services, at-home natural gardening consultation visits, free workshops and free trees. To be eligible for downspout disconnection services and rain garden grants, staff must confirm the safety of your site. Deadline to pre-qualify for rain garden grants is April 15
Landscaping that absorbs water from your roof or driveway
When: Saturday, Mar 5, 2011 8:30AM - 3:30PM
Hollydale Elementary School
505 SW Birdsdale Drive
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Free Workshop
Improve water quality and wildlife habitat at home by building your own rain garden, disconnecting your downspouts and gardening with native plants. This free rain garden workshop with City staff includes classroom discussion, hands-on activities, rain garden tour, free raffle and refreshments. Space is limited – call or email to register. The city is offering $200 rain garden grants for homeowners who build their own – to be eligible, staff must confirm safety of your site.
Learn about the history, water, wildlife, and current issues of the Columbia Slough
When: Saturday Mar 12, 2011 8:45AM - 1:00PM Where: Multnomah County Drainage Districts
1880 NE Elrod Drive
Portland Get Map!
Ever wonder about that slow-moving channel of water running through Gresham, Fairview, and Northeast, and North Portland?
Free workshop
Learn about the history, water, wildlife, and current issues of the Columbia Slough at Slough 101. Slough experts will lead hands-on activities including a tour of a pump station and macroinvertebrate discovery.
Pre-registration is required for this free workshop, and light refreshments will be provided. Suitable for adults and teens 14 and up.
Metro's Nature in Neighborhood (Click for website)
Restore. Create. Connect. Invest.
One more Nature in Neighborhoods' Fall 2010 grant workshop
When: Saturday Nov 13, 2010 9AM Where: Metro Regional Center 600 NE Grand Ave Portland, OR Get Map!
Restoration and enhancement grant writing workshop
How do you turn a good idea into a great project? Metro's Nature in Neighborhoods grants can help. If you have an innovative idea to integrate the natural world into your community, join an upcoming workshop. Learn about the grant program goals and criteria and how to apply. Participants will also learn how to plan a project and what resources are available to get your project started. RSVP requested.(RSVP below break)
New this year
Nature in Neighborhoods program sponsors restoration and enhancement grants which support hands-on activities and environmental education programs that protect and contribute to watershed health in the region. New this year, a small number of grants will be awarded for planning and project development.
When: Sat Sept 25, 2010 10AM-1PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
NE 175th Ave and NE Pacific St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
2010 SOLV Beach and Riverside Cleanup Saturday September 25, 2010!
From inland rivers to the coast, water connects us all. This fall, Oregonians are invited to continue the tradition of cleaning coastal beaches and make an even bigger impact by joining other SOLV volunteers along rivers, creeks, lakes and watersheds as SOLV expands this cleanup event this year for the first time!
Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun by supporting and volunteering with SOLV, Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to remove invasives and clear underbrush from Nadaka Nature Park, part of the Columbia Slough Watershed.
Rain or Shine! Come dressed for weather and help improve Nadaka Nature Park and our watershed. 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.
Registration requested
Click here to register! Volunteers younger than 18 will need a signed waiver (available at the event).
See website calendar for more Nadaka Nature Park events and activities!
Install a rain garden into your landscape and you could be eligible for up to $100 rebate
Build a Rain Garden
A rain garden is landscaping that absorbs water from your roof or driveway.
Homeowners are catching on to rain gardens, a shallow depression in a yard that collects rainwater and sports a variety of flowers, shrubs and grasses.
$100 rain garden grants available
Planning to landscape this spring? By installing a rain garden into your landscape to manage stormwater from your home, you could be eligible for up to $100 from the City and East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. Ten rain garden grants ($100 maximum per garden) are available to Gresham residents.
Rain Garden and Downspout Disconnection Suitability Zones - This map shows the probability that a rain garden, downspout disconnection, or other stormwater management technique can be safely implemented on your property. It does not guarantee the safety of stormwater management on any property. Call Jamie Stamberger, 503-618-2793, if you would like assistance determining rain garden and downspout suitability on your property.
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.
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
• Starbucks Coffee, 181st & Glisan
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Third Place Coffee, 172nd & Halsey
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!
