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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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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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What did we do during our spring break?  We built a fence!  More than a fence, actually, a new border consisting of a split-rail fence, rocks and logs that will help protect the Native Garden.  A grant from the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District paid for the materials, then parents and neighbors got together on  Saturday, March 21 and other times throughout the week to do the installation.  The Edible Garden got a fence, too, thanks to funds from the Sabin PTA.  Special thanks go to Gilbert Shibley for bringing in nearly two tons of logs and boulders.  Old Town Pizza and Starbucks on Fremont donated food and refreshments for the work party.  Kids painted pots and filled them with donated strawberry starts for sale at the upcoming PTA Auction.  In the coming weeks the Native Garden fence will get the final four segments installed.  In the meantime, have a look at the photos on our Gallery page and don’t hesitate to ask questions at webmaster@sabingardens.org.

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