The Garden of Cascadia...

The Valley of the Willamette travels to the Columbia. Apple trees break the concrete, mushrooms come and dissolve from forest park and nettles bite between the houses. Along its shores and beyond we tend to a vast food forest to feeds ourselves. The Cascadia Plant Guild knows that life is more than what we yield for this season, it is sustaining a harvest for 200 years and beyond.

Where there is abundance we forage, while leaving behind enough for the robin, the fox, the salmon, or the beaver. Where there is a lack, we tend to it first. Planting, propagating and knowing this care for land may not immediately feed us or our children, instead our gardener's heart nourishes our grandchildren, their children and beyond.

Harvesting in these secret places is a rite of passage. You need to earn it. We will not take you immediately out to the forest, marshes and shores that feed the people, but we will give you clues and tools on how to one day find your way there.

Upcoming programs (scroll below to register)
Low Tech Mushroom Growing, Sat, July 19, 2008 10am - 3pm
Prepping the Winter Pantry, Aug 10-11, 2008
Urban Ethnobotany Explorations, 10am-3pm, Sept 28, 2008

	Prepping the Winter Pantry This class will cover a wide variety of food preservation techniques, with a particular focus on low-tech and low-energy ways to preserve meats, fruits, vegetables and herbs for the winter. Work with local and organic produce in class and take home your finished products. Optional Monday field trips will include u-picking, fishing for steelhead, and constructing a solar dehydrator. Who 16-ADULT When 6pm-9pm, Sunday and Monday (one session) Sessions Open Sept 7-8, 2008 Sep 21-22, 2008 Oct 12-13, 2008 Nov 9-10, 2008 Optional Field Trips 9am-4pm Mondays, same dates as above Where The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR Tuition $40 per individual session Optional field trips: $20 each Add to cart View Cart Register, next session September 7-8, $40 Add to cart View Cart AND the field trip September 8, $20
Urban Ethnobotany Explorations Explore a new part of Portland each month, by foot, by bike, or by boat and learn the stories of the plants that surround you everyday. Native species, weeds, and horticultural plants combine to create amazing plant diversity in the city.  We’ll cover identification as well as how many of these plants can be used for food, medicine, fiber, tools, and more. Who 14-ADULT When 10am-3pm Sessions Open Sept 28, 2008 Oct 26, 2008 Nov 23, 2008 Dec 28, 2008 Where The Scout Pit, 5040 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland OR Tuition $40 per individual session Add to cart View Cart Register, next session Sept 28, 2008, $40

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Arriving National & International Participants Its easy to fly into Portland's airport and get a ride out to your workshop. We pick up and host up to two nights before. Fees $75 for each non-workshop night: meals and safe lodging included. Contact Us to make your travel arrangements.