March 27
Carbon-Neutral Gardening-
Using Beautiful Plants that Love our Climate
Thursday
7pm to 8:30pm
How we maintain and design our landscapes can reduce our impact on local natural resources and global climate change. Learn about the "compost conundrum," the capacity of carbon sequestration in soil and plants, and the role of plant placement and landscape design in reducing the carbon footprint of our gardens.
Keynote presentation by Sean Hogan, Cistus Nursery owner.
Metro Regional Center
600 NE Grand Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
Info and registration: 503.234.3000

April 5
Growing Nature in Your Yard
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Beautiful native plants, simple water features and effective natural gardening techniques will make your yard buzz with hummingbirds and native pollinators and provide habitat for songbirds, butterflies and frogs.
Tualatin Hills Nature Park Interpretive Center
Beaver Den
15655 SW Millikan Way
Beaverton, OR
Free Advance registration required: 503.234.3000

April 12
Gardens of Eatin'
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Join celebrity chefs and gardening leaders for a feast of the senses and a bundle of tips for growing and eating beautiful, delicious, edible plants. Join local chefs from Nutshell, Nostrana, The Dundee Bistro and Nick's Italian Café to cook (and taste) a harvest of local organic foods you can grow yourself at home.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Livingscape Nursery
3926 N Vancouver Avenue
Portland, OR 97227

April 26
Why Waste the Rain?
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Transform perfectly good rainwater from a storm-water pollution hazard into a boon for your beautiful landscape. Learn the basics of bioswales, downspout disconnections, rain barrels, rain gardens and permeable paving. Then see some of these systems in action. You can save on your water bill, help conserve one of our most valuable resources and reduce run-off into our local rivers and streams. All the while, you'll be helping your trees, shrubs and flowers thrive.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Clackamas Community College
Water Conservation Demonstration Garden
19600 Molalla Avenue
Oregon City, OR

May 3
Gardens of Eatin'
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Join celebrity chefs and gardening leaders for a feast of the senses and a bundle of tips for growing and eating beautiful, delicious, edible plants. Join local chefs from Nutshell, Nostrana, The Dundee Bistro and Nick's Italian Café to cook (and taste) a harvest of local organic foods you can grow yourself at home.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Forest Grove residential location; address provided with registration.
Call for meeting location and directions.

May 10
Why Waste the Rain?
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Transform perfectly good rainwater from a storm-water pollution hazard into a boon for your beautiful landscape. Learn the basics of bioswales, downspout disconnections, rain barrels, rain gardens and permeable paving. Then see some of these systems in action. You can save on your water bill, help conserve one of our most valuable resources and reduce run-off into our local rivers and streams. All the while, you'll be helping your trees, shrubs and flowers thrive.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Zenger Farm
11741 SE Foster Road
Portland, OR 97266

May 15
Renewing Your Soils Health
Thursday
7pm to 8:30pm
Free, but reservations are required
An incredible diversity of life in the soil makes healthy, productive plants possible. Dr. Ingham and her company helped pioneer and continue to inspire a movement of using aerated compost tea and the full food web in the soil to produce dramatically positive results. Learn how and where to test your soil and compost for biological activity and where to find biologically active compost and compost tea. Presented by Elaine Ingham, Soil Food Web, Inc. owner/researcher.
Metro Regional Center
600 NE Grand Avenue
Portland, OR 97232
Info and registration: 503.234.3000

May 17
Why Waste the Rain?
Saturday 9am to 1pm
Transform perfectly good rainwater from a storm-water pollution hazard into a boon for your beautiful landscape. Learn the basics of bioswales, downspout disconnections, rain barrels, rain gardens and permeable paving. Then see some of these systems in action. You can save on your water bill, help conserve one of our most valuable resources and reduce run-off into our local rivers and streams. All the while, you'll be helping your trees, shrubs and flowers thrive.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Blue Lake Regional Park
Northeast 223rd Avenue
Fairview, OR 97024

June 21
Growing Nature in Your Yard
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Beautiful native plants, simple water features and effective natural gardening techniques will make your yard buzz with hummingbirds and native pollinators and provide habitat for songbirds, butterflies and frogs.
East Hill Church and Gresham Discovery Garden
701 N Main Avenue
Gresham, OR 97030

June 28
Gardens of Eatin'
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Join celebrity chefs and gardening leaders for a feast of the senses and a bundle of tips for growing and eating beautiful, delicious, edible plants. Join local chefs from Nutshell, Nostrana, The Dundee Bistro and Nick's Italian Café to cook (and taste) a harvest of local organic foods you can grow yourself at home.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Clackamas Community College
Home Orchard Society Arboretum
19600 S Mollla Avenue
Oregon City, OR

July 13
Gardens of Natural Delights Tour
Sunday
10am to 4pm
Peek into the beautiful backyards of passionate home gardeners, and learn their secrets to chemical-free success with Metro’s free natural gardening techniques tour. Natural gardening keeps our yards safe for people and pets, and it helps protect our rivers and streams from harmful and polluting garden chemicals. The tour gives natural gardeners the chance to show off their work and for others to enjoy the beauty of their efforts and learn their techniques. Seeing is believing.
Cost and registration info will be posted closer to the event date.

July 19
Gardens of Eatin'
Saturday 10am to 12pm
Join celebrity chefs and gardening leaders for a feast of the senses and a bundle of tips for growing and eating beautiful, delicious, edible plants. Join local chefs from Nutshell, Nostrana, The Dundee Bistro and Nick's Italian Café to cook (and taste) a harvest of local organic foods you can grow yourself at home.
Free
Advance registration required: 503.234.3000
Outer Southeast Portland residential location; address provided with registration.
Call for meeting location and directions.