This year’s team of National Community Conservation Corps members from AmeriCorps are bringing their enthusiasm to Wisdom Gardens during May. Our garden soil is being restored and our plots are now all ready for planting. The help of this team is invaluable as we begin to grow heirloom vegetables and traditional First Foods crops...
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Wisdom Gardens has a garden plot at the nearby Earl Broyles Community Garden (SE 110th Ave & Francis). We’re saving this plot for families in the nearby Native American apartment complex that is just opening. We would love to have your help in preparing the plot for this year’s growing season! The work party...
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Wisdom Gardens will be selling heirloom tomato starts this summer at Portland Area Farmers Markets. Volunteers will be needed to staff the booths, assist with transportation, setup and teardown, and create signage and brochures. Email rell.wisdom@gmail.com if you are interested in helping us out this summer. A volunteer meeting and orientation will be held...
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Wisdom Gardens is featured in the latest issue of Edible Portland magazine. Executive Director Rose High Bear discusses the vision for our garden, and why it is important for cultural resiliency and our local Native communities: “Get your hands dirty, reconnect with the earth. Because no matter where you are on Mother Earth,...
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Wisdom Gardens was formed at Kelly Butte House last spring to provide gardening education and plots for our Native American community to grow their own food. Click here to read more.
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The first Harvest Celebration will include an open house, a tour of Wisdom Gardens, a talk with Wisdom’s co-founder Rose High Bear, and a vegetable giveaway on Saturday, 15 September between 10 AM to 2 PM. Beverages and snacks will be served. The second Harvest Celebrations will also include an open house, tour of...
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Our National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) team constructed six raised vegetable garden beds this past week out of juniper. The juniper wood is from Eastern Oregon and was purchased from a sustainable lumber company down on 2nd and SE Division Street.
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Wisdom Community Gardens Advisory Council wants our community to discover the abundance that can be provided by Portland’s rich natural world. Our NCCC team is building six raised vegetable garden beds this week so our Native community can learn and grow healthy heirloom vegetables for their family. Please contact us if you are interested...
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