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Join in the celebration of the re-opening of the Sabin Community Native Garden from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22. We’ll have a little food, live music, activities, information about caring for the new plants and  ”tickle bees”!

Poster by Ken Rumbaugh

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Over 240 native pants from Bosky Dell nursery are going into the Sabin Community Native Garden as the final stage of the infrastructure enhancements to the garden. Nine classrooms from Sabin School will are doing the bulk of the planting. Their stewardship will have a lasting effect as the Native Garden takes its place again as an educational resource for the school and an asset to the neighborhood.

Be sure to join us on for live music and more on April 22, 2011 for the grand public re-opening of the Sabin Community Native Garden.  More details to come.

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A big thank you to the dozen volunteers who paved the Native Garden paths with gravel at the work party on March 19!  You can see more photos at our Gallery page.  Please visit this site again soon to find out more about the Native Garden grand re-opening for Earth Day.

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Thank you to the 35 volunteers who helped at the February 12 Native Garden work party.  You dug into it with great spirit, carving out garden paths and planting native salal and ferns.  Thanks also to Whole Foods and parent volunteers for providing snacks and hot drinks.

The next step on the way to the Native Garden comeback, funded by a grant from the EMSWCD, is Saturday, March 19 from 9am until noon.  Work those biceps and enjoy the company of fellow neighbors!  See you there at the Sabin Community Native Garden (NE 17th & Shaver in Portland — map).  Coffee and muffins courtesy of a friend of the gardens.  Helpful items to bring: Shovel, wheel barrel, work gloves, steel rake.

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If you dig your community native garden, then help us dig into it on Saturday, February 12 from 10am to 1pm. We’ll be doing big things with the garden infrastructure to get it ready for planting and re-opening in the spring. The ongoing revitalization of the Native Garden is made possible by a grant from the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District. This is your chance to help the Native Garden make its comeback as a beautiful and important asset to the Sabin School and surrounding community. Bring gloves and be prepared to work up an appetite for the snacks we’ll provide!

See you there.

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We have a new shed, thanks to a $2500 Building Healthy Communities grant from Home Depot! Thanks also to Gabrielle Baker for the grant application and to the 20 volunteers at the last Edible Garden work party for laying the groundwork for the shed installation, and to Whole Foods for donated snacks and beverages.  The new shed will be a wonderful support to the Edible Garden class curriculum.

Here’s your chance to help make a big difference for the Native Garden: Saturday, November 20 form 9am to noon will be a work party in the Native Garden to continue the renewal project funded by a grant from the EMSWCD.  See you there!

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There are many opportunities to enjoy and help with the Sabin Gardens this fall. Sabin SUN classes are available for kids to dig into projects this fall, M-Th 3:30-5:30.  Work parties are on the calendar: Sunday, October 17 from noon to 3pm in the Edible Garden and Saturday, November 20 form 9am to noon in the Native Garden.  Also, Garden Committee meetings are held every fist Thursday, beginning November 4.  Please see our Volunteers page for more information, then join us!

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You may have seen a bright orange construction wrap around the perimeter of the Native Garden recently.  It is the first step visible step in a processes which will include amending the soil, improving walkways, swale redesign and new plantings.  These enhancements are paid for through a grant from the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, spearheaded by Sabin/ACCESS parent Heather Kent. The wrap will come down in the late fall, and the educational component of the grant will begin. Sabin students will then get into studying watersheds and native habitats in a big way, with field trips and right here at home in the enhanced Native Garden.

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Sabin Gardens will be part of a tour of common spaces in the Sabin Community, sponsored by the Sabin Community Association on Saturday, May 8 from 10am-noon.  Here is the information from the SCA Newsletter:

Want to know about the common spaces we share in our neighborhood, so we can take better care of them? Want to know where boundaries are and rules concerning public property such as parks, planting strips and rights of way? Then join us at Sabin Hydropark, NE Skidmore at 19^th Ave., on May 8 from 10am-noon. We’ll get a general orientation and talk about the facilities at the Hydropark, such as the play area and Community Garden, walk down 19^th Ave. to Mason St. and the Sabin Community Orchard, cross the street to Sabin School and Sabin Gardens, head over to 15^th to point out the triangle at Prescott, walk down 15^th to Klickitat, stroll down the Klickitat Mall to Irving Park, and end at the Green Streets project on Fremont. From there, we can check out Ariadne Garden, a non-profit land trust project, just north of Fremont on 11^th, before an optional lunch at Whole Foods. For more information, contact Jeff Strang at 503-752-9494 or jeffstrang@comcast.net.

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Sabin Gardns will be having a work party on February 20, from 9:30am until 2:00pm to get the Edible Garden ready for spring planting and build additional vegetable planting beds. Please join us for as much time as you choose–even an hour of your help makes a big difference.

Sabin School, ACCESS Academy and Sabin SUN Community School all use the edible gardens to learn more about nutrition, garden basics and to gain an appreciation for the origins of food. Learning about growth in the garden helps children recognize and appreciate growth in themselves.

Contact Isabel, Garden Educator at isabel@sabingardens.org.

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