Try on the farm5thFebruary
A message from Tony, Founder of TrackersNW:
I'm proud to be spreading the word for our fellows at Tryon Life Community Farm. The experiences they offer are both wonderfully different yet similar to Trackers. In future editions I hope to honor such diversity with other guest bloggers of such value to our readers. I'm especially excited for TLC to offer programs with Judy BlueHorse Skelton and Toby Hemenway. I personally look to Judy and Toby as eloquent leaders for Portland and its future generations. So with no further adieu, may I present guest bloggers Brush and Brenna from Tryon Life Community Farm...
For the world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air . - Treebeard the Ent (in the Lord of the Rings)
Now in our own time, you can also feel the change in the world. Our water, air, earth are poisoned. We can't know what is to come. In the midst of this uncertainty, many of us are called to action and are creating the possibility of another world. A world in which humans are woven with the earth. Tryon Life Community Farm is a part of this transformation. TLC Farm was born in a crisis that led to great opportunity: when this amazing land (in Lake Oswego, near Tryon Creek State Park) was threatened by bulldozers and greed, we answered with a vision of earth-based community and education. Through strong belief, hard work, and community involvement TLC Farm was saved and has blossomed into a community space for us all to come together and learn the skills needed to transform this challenging time into one of renewal.
We invite you to join us. This summer, TLC Farm is offering educational opportunities to teach skills needed to work with the earth in its healing. From simple, earth-inspired craft projects to residential intensive courses: we're sharing the work (and play!) of becoming a land-based culture. In the process, we'll build relationships as villages and tribes while each discovering our unique paths as change-makers.
Summer Opportunities...
Permaculture Series with Toby Hemenway
June 7: Getting Started in Permaculture You'll learn how nature can teach us how to design sustainable gardens, homes, and communities. Topics include permaculture principles, design methods, examples of permaculture sites, and how to use nature's patterns in sustainable design
July 19: Creating Perfect Soil through Permaculture This workshop will show exactly what makes up a perfect garden soil for growing sturdy, healthy plants that lets gardeners avoid pest and disease problems, and discuss how to make great compost, and cover many other techniques for soil building.
August 2: Designing a Food Forest This workshop will cover the basics of designing, planting, and maintaining a many-layered woodland garden of fruit and nut trees, perennial and annual vegetables, and flowers.
Each class runs from 10 am - 5 pm. $75 per class or $200 for the series
Learn more or register here
Permaculture Series with Judy BlueHorse Skelton
June 13: Living with the Gifts of the Seasons The first in a four part seasonal series drawing from the Medicine Wheel and indigenous gathering cycles and calendars, participants will develop a seasonal living plan that resonates with the rhythms of our region. Includes plant walks and identification for medicinal and food use, and much more. 9 am – 1pm, $50
Learn more or register here
Permaculture Design Certification Course: June 23-July 7th This two-week intensive Permaculture Design Course explores sustainable human habitation. We begin with the ethics and principles of permaculture which support a philosophical reverence for life and provide a framework for making healthy choices. The objective of a Permaculture Design Course is to provide a comprehensive overview of sustainable futures, based on permaculture philosophy, techniques, and strategies that one could incorporate into their everyday life, or enhance their career. These courses provide hands-on experience. The intention is to facilitate a systems approach to thinking about different issues, encouraging care for the earth and its inhabitants as a diverse community.
The course can be residential or commuter. The fee for the non-residential option is $850-1000 sliding scale. The fee for the residential option is $1100-1300. For more information about this course go here
For more information about these and other workshops and internship offerings, see our summer offerings. If you are interested in receiving regular monthly email updates from TLC Farm, please join our mailing list.
