Tuesday, September 13, 2016
First work party of the school year!
Hello fellow gardeners and volunteers! We will be having a work party this Saturday, September 17th at Nellie Muir School Garden. We will be weeding and bringing the garden back up to shape from 10 - 12. Please bring gloves, water and a tool for weeding (shovel, trowel, rake, etc...). See you there!
Monday, June 13, 2016
Friday, April 29, 2016
We thank you MacLaren!
This year we asked Maclaren Youth Correctional Facility if they would grow some starts for us. We saw this as an opportunity for community building and restorative justice. Our gardens are looking great already thanks to all of your hard work.
Thank you MacLaren for the amazing plant starts and collaboration!
Thank you MacLaren for the amazing plant starts and collaboration!
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| Just a portion of what was donated. |
Saturday, March 12, 2016
The idea behind the name...
The idea for Planting Communities comes from the idea of plant communities in nature. According to Cal Poly Land, “A plant community is a recognizable and complex assemblage of plant species which interact with each other as well as with the elements of their environment and is distinct from adjacent assemblages. A plant community is not a static entity: rather it may vary in appearance and species composition from location to location and also over time.” I see our organization as creating and reacting to the local community in which we all inhabit.
We got the ODE Farm to School Grant!!!
Holy mole! We received the Oregon Department of Education Farm to School grant! This has been our biggest and largest grant yet. With this we will be able to take our non-profit to the next level and extend our reach to a larger range of people.
We have Chuck Ransom, the Woodburn School District Superintendent to thank for his letter of support. We also owe a HUGE thank you to Laura for consolidating our notes, wish list and thoughts. Without her amazing work we think this grant would have been much more difficult. So, THANK YOU Laura for you hard work.
Finally, our amazing team did an incredible job pulling the information together to get this project done. Now the real work begins. Stay tuned for work parties and other information regarding our projects and work.
We have Chuck Ransom, the Woodburn School District Superintendent to thank for his letter of support. We also owe a HUGE thank you to Laura for consolidating our notes, wish list and thoughts. Without her amazing work we think this grant would have been much more difficult. So, THANK YOU Laura for you hard work.
Finally, our amazing team did an incredible job pulling the information together to get this project done. Now the real work begins. Stay tuned for work parties and other information regarding our projects and work.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
NAO Members!
We are glad to announce that we have taken the next step to become official Nonprofit Associations of Oregon members!
We took a lot of training from them through a Rural Development program. With their help and inspiration Planting Communities became a reality. Now after a few successful years we are glad to become official members with them. We look forward to keep learning from them!
If you run a nonprofit in Oregon and/or are looking to start one check them out at:
https://www.nonprofitoregon.org/
Stay tuned for more exciting news prior to the growing season.
We took a lot of training from them through a Rural Development program. With their help and inspiration Planting Communities became a reality. Now after a few successful years we are glad to become official members with them. We look forward to keep learning from them!
If you run a nonprofit in Oregon and/or are looking to start one check them out at:
https://www.nonprofitoregon.org/
Stay tuned for more exciting news prior to the growing season.
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