tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34651249184934575222024-02-19T02:09:02.075-08:00IRCO's Intergenerational Community GardenUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199443430504886120noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-27696523004217764092012-10-22T13:56:00.000-07:002012-10-22T13:56:07.714-07:00Africa House Garden Work PartyThe Intergenerational garden at EPCC isn't the only one IRCO manages. The Africa House is having a work party to restore and rejuvinate the vegetable garden for next spring. We'll have African music, food, and a chance to meet people from this wonderful community.<br />
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<b>When: </b>Friday, November 9th from 10AM until 1PM<br />
<b>Where: </b>631 NE 102nd Ave<br />
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We will provide some food potluck style, any that is brought by volunteers is greatly appreciated.<br />
Any work gloves or gardening tools that you may own.<br />
Wear clothes that can get a little dirty, and make sure you plan for cold and wet weather!<br />
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We will primarily be cleaning out and tilling up the raised beds and placing cover crops in the existing soil. Additionally, we have some raspberries to plant in the ground, general garbage to pick up, and we're hoping to put mulch down in between the raised beds to help prevent weeds and make the garden look uniform and beautiful.<br />
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If you'd like to take part in the event, let Lori Rooney (lorir@mail.irco.org) or Abby Noon (noon.abby@gmail.com) know via email. The more the merrier, and anyone is welcome to come out.<br />
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See you there!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09486964826314735068noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-15850825411008652362012-10-18T16:11:00.002-07:002012-10-18T16:11:31.426-07:00Photos From the Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There are still some flowers adding color to the native garden!<br />
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Collard greens and a cabbage that are almost ready for harvesting. Last week the kale, arugula, and swiss chard were harvested with cover crops popping up in the empty beds this week.<br />
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The garden basking in sunlight and a fresh watering.<br />
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<br />Nicole Baker-Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521042206062235254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-15700966217360417602012-10-17T17:45:00.003-07:002012-10-17T17:45:25.080-07:00Autumn UpdateHello! I'm Abby Noon, your new Volunteer Coordinator for the Intergenerational Garden at East Portland Community Center. I became involved with IRCO through Student Leaders for Service, a student department at Portland State University. I'm a double major in Economics and International Development there, with a long history of working in gardens up in Alaska, where I was born and raised.<br />
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I'm excited to be part of this project and see it blossom over the winter. The last few weeks I have worked on general maintenance in the garden: watering, weeding, and beginning the process of extracting fallen leaves from the plants in the native garden. My hope is to gather more volunteers and work on beautifying the garden space over the winter. Murals on the raised beds and multilingual sign posts for each different plant are just two ideas. The possibilities are endless as we take this garden through its first year.<br />
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I will be working in the garden every Wednesday from 1-3pm. Everyone is welcome to come by and help, munch on some arugula, or simply chat while enjoying the plants.<br />
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Starting to lay gravel...with raised bed materials staged and ready to go.</div>
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Raised beds installed, and gravel dumped and ready to spread.</div>
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Ta daa! A Path!</div>
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Beds filled with soil; native plants installed.</div>
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Construction and native plant-planting complete. Let the maintenance begin!</div>
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<br />Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199443430504886120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-1421236999921318192012-04-04T13:21:00.003-07:002012-04-04T13:23:00.787-07:00Community Watershed Stewardship Program infoOver the past year, I've had the pleasure of working with IRCO on the intergenerational garden through the organization I work for, the Community Watershed Stewardship Grants Program, which aims to improve Portland’s watershed health.<br />
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Improving the quality of water in Portland’s rivers requires us to improve the health of the whole landscape, from the river’s edge to our neighborhoods, community spaces, and backyards; and it requires us all to be involved. That’s why IRCO and IRCO’s participants are such important partners, bringing together people from all generations and all backgrounds and bringing some amazing energy and creativity for the work they do.<br />
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Our grants can be used for many different types of projects to achieve many different community goals. Here are a few ideas:<br />
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<li>Remove asphalt and concrete from your community place, and plant native plants, trees, or bark chips for children to play on.</li>
<li>Create a native plant learning area at your school or community garden, with plants, trails, and information about the plants and which animals use them for food. </li>
<li>Organize a bike tour for your community group to learn how to get to their local natural areas.</li>
<li>Take groups on field trips to parks, natural areas, and rivers to learn about wildlife, fish, plants and nature. </li>
<li>Take youth to city natural areas to plant trees and plants with city workers and learn about natural history. </li>
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For more information on Community Watershed Stewardship grants, and project planning services we provide, please visit <a href="http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/stewardship">www.portlandonline.com/bes/stewardship</a> or call Rebecca Hamilton at 503.823.7917.<br />
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- Garrett Phillips, CWSP ProgramUnknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10199443430504886120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-81710806224123034192012-03-28T13:55:00.002-07:002012-03-28T13:55:30.340-07:00How the project beganI began planning a garden on my first day as Manager of Cherry Blossom Loaves & Fishes in the East Portland Community Center. It simply seemed to be an obvious first task. <br />
<br />After all, every community center needs a garden. It is a natural extension of the mission of Portland Parks & Recreation to enhance the neighborhood by providing opportunities to grow the joy and benefits of a healthy and communal lifestyle. Likewise, it is a natural progression of the Loaves & Fishes vision: no senior goes hungry or experiences social isolation. These complimentary goals are firmly rooted in the soil of a garden. Our lives are made stronger by healthy foods and sharing. <br />
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I turned first to Steve Bergeron, President of Willamette Lodge #24 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union. In the past, the union had sponsored a pancake breakfast – but I needed a deeper commitment…and a bunch of burly men with pickup trucks. Steve was just the choice! Right away he understood the importance of the project and promised that the union would do all they could to help. With this first step, I began building the consortium that became the nucleus of what is certain to be a great venture…<br />
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- Robert Bradley, Cherry Blossom Loaves & FishesNicole Baker-Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521042206062235254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-15842819603861136282012-03-25T10:23:00.001-07:002012-03-25T10:24:04.251-07:00Design team perspectiveShortly after graduating from the Master of Architecture program at the University of Oregon in Portland I was given the opportunity to share some of my knowledge with a small group of students from the Art Institute. While helping to develop the course syllabus with the primary course instructor, William Taylor, we were brainstorming ideas about how to add greater value to the course. Our solution was to investigate the City of Portland's "green" initiatives and attempt to find a way that we could use the class to support their endeavors.<br />
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After sending out some e-mails to various city officials, we were put in touch with a focus group from the Bureau of Environmental Services. This is where we learned about the Water Stewardship Grant program, Independence Gardens, and the East Portland Community Center Intergenerational Garden. When this project was put on the table we jumped at the chance to participate.<br />
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Helping to design and visualize a garden that would allow seniors and refugees to provide for themselves and make connections with the community at large couldn't have been a more perfect fit for the type of project we were looking to do. Not only did it incorporate ideas about a more sustainable way of life; it also addressed rich social aspects. Could there be any greater cause?<br />
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It has fascinated me that even during the worst of times gardens act a centers for growth and regeneration not only for plants but also of mental and physical well-being of the people maintaining them. Food is a universal need that can be used to bring people from any background together. <br />
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Our class focused on these topics helping to develop preliminary design concepts, using advanced computer visualization techniques to generate diagrams and realistic renderings of what the garden could potentially become. Although the physical space is small, there are large implications behind this type of work.<br />
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A more sustainable way of living is not accomplished in one move at one time, but rather takes small steps in the right direction. It has been an honor to be able to participate in such an exciting project.<br />
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- John Hutton, Art Institute project teamNicole Baker-Wagnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01521042206062235254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-62425575689348673182012-01-11T20:42:00.000-08:002012-01-11T20:55:09.858-08:00Garden Timeline<link href="file://localhost/Users/Jon/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Discussions
with Portland Parks and Recreation about signage, garden bed materials, & garden design<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">“Groundbreaking”
or Bed Raising Ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Garden beds
and path construction <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Presentations
about the garden to IRCO senior groups<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Begin
Photovoice project with EPCC participants<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Volunteer
Recruitment begins<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Volunteer
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Garden beds
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Volunteer work
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">First planting begins – focus on indigenous plants<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Continue volunteer
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> Continue planing – focus on indigenous edibles, and other edibles<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">BES Watershed
Stewardship Class: Riparian Ecosystem health<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Invite SUN
school programs to tour the garden<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Robert Bradley begins teaching 5 week garden and watershed class<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">A second round of garden and watershed classes
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Summer Garden
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Partner thank
you Event<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Evaluation of
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Coordinate
planning and funding for upcoming season<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Assess the benefits of expansion<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Prepare
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next season<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Present
Photovoice project in EPCC, in IRCO, at Loaves and Fishes location TBD<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Have expansion
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Prepare garden
beds for upcoming season<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Build new
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<br /></div>Eliza Rottermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046902840026401133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3465124918493457522.post-36155046125746635772011-12-06T15:08:00.000-08:002012-03-25T10:24:53.786-07:00PD(x) Lab's Garden Design<span style="font-size: large;">PD(x) Lab has generously donated time and expertise to help us design the garden. Long term sustainability and community involvement are two integral features of the PD(x) Lab plan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Learn more about PD(x) Lab at <a href="http://pdxlab.ning.com/">http://pdxlab.ning.com/</a></span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building the garden at Africa House. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Intergenerational Garden will consist of seventeen elder-friendly beds. Both edible and non-edible plants, native and culturally appropriate varieties, will be cultivated to express and connect the diverse backgrounds and experiences of IRCO's clients. Pesticides will not be used and the garden will replace a lawn that is currently treated with chemicals and fertilizer, thereby improving the health of the Willamette River Watershed.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">As a community garden, seniors will be encouraged to participate in seeding and harvesting, and innovative garden-bed design will enable access for participants who have limited flexibility and/or are wheelchair bound. In addition to feeding seniors at EPCC, food from the garden will be distributed through the Oregon Food Bank Harvest Share program. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Education and community involvement is a core component of the garden, therefore classes ranging from gardening to watershed and riparian health, will be taught at the garden site by the Garden Coordinator, Robert Bradley, and the Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) educator, Lynne Vanderkamp. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">East Portland is an under-served part of the city. The garden hopes to meet the needs of foreign-born, elderly, and/or disabled residents of East Portland. According to ADSD data, low-income and immigrant communities are increasing faster in East Portland than anywhere else in the city. <b> </b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><br />
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nicole Baker-Wagner, IRCO's Senior Services Unit Manager, nicolb@mail.irco.org</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Robert Bradley, Cherry Blossom Loaves and Fishes Program Manager, rbradley@lfcpdx.org </span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jessie Mandle, Aging and Disability Services jessie.mandle@multco.us</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Karen Wolfgang</span></span></li>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">independencegardenspdx@gmail.com</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO) <a href="http://www.irco.org/">www.irco.org/</a></span></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">Independence Gardens </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">PD(x) Lab </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Boeing Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union <a href="http://iam751.wordpress.com/tag/international-association-of-machinists-aerospace-workers/">http://iam751.wordpress.com/tag/international-association-of-machinists-aerospace-workers/ </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"> University of Oregon Landscape Design Graduate Students</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The Oregon Food Bank</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/?c=129676874296827308"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/?c=129676874296827308</span></a> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The America the Beautiful Foundation</span><br />
<a href="http://www.america-the-beautiful.org/"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">www.america-the-beautiful.org/ </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Portland Nursery</span><br />
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