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| Spring Garden Fair |
The 20th Annual Spring Garden Fair is happening on Saturday, April 30, 2016. It will be held at the St. Helen's High School Commons located at 2375 Gable Road, St. Helen's Oregon, 97051.
Dozens of local vendors will offer annuals, trees, shrubs, perennials, vegetables, ceramics, trellises, garden art, herbs, containers, hanging baskets and more.
Certified Master Gardener's will offer 5,000 tomatoes in over 30 varieties for only $1.50 per plant; tomato and general gardening information, raffle tickets, hourly prizes and displays.
Raffle tickets are on sale now for $1 each from many Master Gardener's.
Free parking - please carpool
Free admission - ATM on site - shop indoors and out 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Brought to you by the Columbia County Master Gardener Association.
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| Incredible Edibles Plant Sale |
The Incredible Edibles Plant Sale is also happening Saturday, April 30, 2016 from 10am til 4pm. It will be held at the Westminster Presbyterian Church on 1624 NE Hancock Street, Portland Oregon, 97212 (between 16th and 17th Avenue).
This FREE event is a great opportunity to buy organic herb and veggie starts for your home garden so you can harvest nutritious, fresh-picked goodness for your table! You’ll find both heirlooms and hybrids among our proven varieties of tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, squash, greens, lettuces, herbs and more.
‘Get the Real Dirt’ from OSU Extension trained Master Gardener Volunteers who will be on site to answer your gardening questions.
Plant. Grow. Eat. workshops (Scheduled throughout the day)....
- 10:30 am - “Kale-palooza!” Learn some great tasty, simple ways to use the nutritional iron horse of the garden…kale! Plus see a chiffonade demo so you too can master the technique at home. Presenter: Greg Sweeting, Chef, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer.
- 11:30 am - “Tips for the Beginning Veggie Gardener” A great workshop for those you know who are beginning gardeners. They will learn tips and tricks on how to “get growing” with their very own vegetable garden. They will learn just how easy it is to have nutritious veggies to harvest. Presenter: Susan Ristau, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteer.
- 12:30 pm - “Eat What You Grow” The joy of simple preparations for your homegrown edibles. When your produce and herbs are this fresh it’s a delight to create simple meals with them at the center of the plate. Presenter: Katherine Deumling of Cook With What You Have.
- 1:30 pm - “Bountiful Berries” Learn all the steps needed to harvest a bounty of berries in your garden from an expert home grower. Strawberries, blues, Marion, and raspberries! Oh my! Presenter: Bob Deultgen, OSU Extension Master Gardener.
- 2:30 pm - “Delectable Ways to Enjoy Your Bounty” Get inspiration on how to utilize your bountiful veggie harvest with quick, delectable preparations. Presenter: Joe Hickey, Chef, Noble Rot.
Kids Grow...
Drop by the Kids Grow station and discover incredible garden science with hands-on activities for the kids.
Feed Your Soul with a Variety of Food Vendors...
Thrive Sauce and Bowls, Salvador Molly's, Nossa Familia Coffee
Garden Inspired Art...
A Little Sun!, Victory Garden of Tomorrow
Great Music...
- 10am Sellwood Marimba Band a festive kick-off!
- 11 am Brian McEvoy, Jesse Robinson, Bret Malmquist, country and folk—with a little bit of honky-tonk!
- 12 pm Rick McNutt Quartet, Latin-jazz to move to!
- 1 pm Possum Six Pack, old time, traditional, toe-tapping tunes!
- 2 pm Arco PDX, classical orchestral and chamber music with a contemporary attitude!
- 3 pm Bill LaCroix and Dan Kimbro, serendipitous old-timey music!
Check out the veggie varieties they have on order!
Also enter their raffle while you are there! There are over 100 donors and tickets are just $5! You pick which prizes to try your luck on.
RSVP to the event e-vite on Facebook and like them on their Facebook page too.
Brought to you by the Multnomah County Master Gardeners.
OTHER PLANT SALES COMING UP IN OREGON BY COUNTY & DATE:
- Lane: April 30th, 9am - 3pm, Lane County Fairgrounds (Eugene)
- Jackson: April 30th, 9am - 5pm and May 1st, 10am - 4pm (many plant vendors), Jackson County Expo (Central Point)
- Clackamas: April 30th, 9am - 5pm and May 1, 9am - 4pm (lots of plant vendors), Clackamas County Event Center (Canby)
- Polk: May 6th and 7th, 9am - 4pm, Polk County Fairgrounds (Rickreall)
- Hood River: May 7th, 9am - 1pm, OSU Extension Service Office at 2990 Experiment Station Drive (Hood River)
- Wasco: May 7th, 9am - 2pm, City Park (The Dalles)
- Douglas: May 7th, 9am - 4pm (many plant vendors), Douglas County Fairgrounds (Roseburg)
- Benton: May 7th, 9am - 2pm, Benton County Fairgrounds (Corvallis)
- Tillamook: May 7th, 9am - 2pm, Tillamook County Fairgrounds (Tillamook)
- Curry: May 14th, 10am-7pm at the High School (Gold Beach)
- Clatsop: May 14th, 8:30am - 2pm (garden vendors and seminar), Clatsop County Fairgrounds (Astoria)
- Lincoln: May 31, 9am-2pm, Newport National Guard Armory (Newport)
OF NOTE: If these are too far from you, try your local Master Gardeners and see if there is a plant sale in your area. Many of them are happening this weekend! Just do a search by county and state or call your local Department of Agriculture Extension Office for more information. You might also find a website or newsletter you can join for your county chapter to get information on other plant sales, events, and classes.
You too can become a Master Gardener, just call your local extension office to find out more information. Also if you live in Oregon, here is the Oregon Master Gardeners Website to look up the chapter in your neck of the woods. The chapter meetings are open to all, not just members, and they usually have an interesting speaker to listen to and learn from.
DISCLOSURE/DISCLAIMER: I received this information and images for this post. My thoughts are mine and my family's own opinion and have not been altered by anyone else. I am a OSU Columbia County Master Gardener and wanted to share this information with my readers.
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