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Sabin Community Orchard Celebration - Wednesday, Dec 12 6:30 pm

11/24/2012

Join Portland Fruit Tree Project and Sabin Community Association for a party to celebrate a wonderful year for the Sabin Community Orchard and plan our next season!

No tools, sunscreen or rainboots needed for this Orchard event - just bring your stories and thoughts about the Orchard so far and your ideas for the future. We will look back at the successes from last year, highlight areas for improvement, think about new plantings for 2013, and determine the topics and dates for our 2013 Work & Learn sessions.

Where: Portland Fruit Tree Project, 1912 NE Killingsworth
When: Wednesday, December 12, 6:30-8:30 pm
RSVP: [email protected]

Potluck dishes are encouraged, but not expected - please come to the party even if all you bring is your enthusiasm for the Orchard!

Support this year's unconventional nativity project!

11/14/2012

by Matt Henderson

In 2010, we staged a quaint and traditional Christmas Nativity which drew friends and a few neighbors to the Xhurch at NE 20th and Going. Last year, our Alien Nativity attracted hundreds of visitors and garnered international media attention with its kitsch extra-terrestrial motif. This year's installation will abstract even further away from the original, presenting a visual feast while riffing on topics like infinity, the coming Technological Singularity, immortality through technology, modern spiritualism and THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT!

Please consider making a donation to support this year's unconventional nativity scene, right here in Sabin!

Sabin Community Orchard Work & Learn - Sunday, Nov 18

11/5/2012

At the October Work and Learn Party, the orchard stewards and community members learned about responsible tree care and pest and disease management. Arborist James Kinder of Green Options Tree Care generously volunteered his time and expertise to advise us on how to keep the orchard’s trees healthy. He taught the orchard volunteers about the importance of proper planting and showed us that trees shouldn’t be deeply mulched right around the tree trunk. We also learned how to make pruning cuts that a tree will be able to safely heal.

November’s Work and Learn Party will focus on putting the orchard to bed for the winter. Please join us - it's a great opportunity to meet the neighbors and learn about fruit tree care.

When: Sunday, November 18, 2:00-4:00
Where: Sabin Community Orchard, NE Mason between 18th and 19th Avenues

Contact: [email protected]

Portland Playhouse comes to the Sabin Community Meeting - Oct 15

10/11/2012

Portland Playhouse's fifth season is fast approaching and they have agreed to give us a sneak peak at the good things in store for us this year at our neighborhood theater. They'll perform 3 songs from Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, a scene from King Hedley II and 3 scenes from their high school Shakespeare program.

To see their line-up for this season, check out their website at http://portlandplayhouse.org.

6:30 Plant Exchange and Social Gathering (outside)
7:00 Sabin Community Association Meeting (upstairs in the auditorium)
7:30 Portland Playhouse Performance

Monday, October 15th
Sabin School Auditorium - 4013 NE 18th Ave
Free childcare provided onsite

NE Portland Homesteaders

9/15/2012

We are NE Portland neighbors educating ourselves, experimenting and taking steps toward a more self-sufficient lifestyle. We're interested in growing heirloom vegetables, raising bees and poultry, trying out different kinds of food preservation methods, conserving water, minimizing waste, composting and much more. This is a group for people who want to explore possibilities.

Check out our Meetup site, which lists our upcoming activities. And, feel free to organize your own urban homesteading activities and post them on our Meetup site.

Sabin Community Orchard work and learn party - Sunday Sept 16

9/9/2012

At the August Work and Learn Party, the orchard stewards learned summer pruning techniques from Jessica Antoine, Outreach and Education Coordinator for the City of Vancouver's Urban Forestry department.

September's Work and Learn Party will focus on harvesting techniques, and harvesting fruit.

When: Sunday, September 16 2:00 to 4:00
Where: Sabin Community Orchard, NE Mason between 18th and 19th
Contact: [email protected]

Harvest Time at Ariadne Garden

7/29/2012

At our neighborhood co-op garden, we have beans, squash, kale, lettuce, collards, tomatoes, basil and flowers that you can purchase. We also have organic fertilizer for sale, adapted from a recipe by NW garden expert Steve Solomon.

The garden, which is part of the Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (www.osalt.org), is half a block north of Fremont on 11th.

Hours are 10am-1pm, Tuesdays and Saturdays

Sabin Bee-Friendly Garden Tour in the news!

7/26/2012

Check out this wonderful article by Kym Pokorny, garden writer for the Oregonian, featuring four of the gardens on the Sabin Bee-Friendly Garden Tour.

Here's another article, also by Kym, with more details about the project.

Oregonian photographer Beth Nakamura created this great video about bee-friendly gardening that features Sabin bee-keeper Tim Wessels.

Kym also wrote a piece that mentions a variety of bee-related activities going on this summer, as well as places to get more information about colony collapse disorder and gardening for pollinators.

Dena Lieberman in front of her garden. Photo by Beth Nakamura of the Oregonian.

Sabin Bee-Friendly Front Garden Tour

6/23/2012

Print a MAP and take the tour any time. For more information, see the Garden Tour tab on this website.

Sabin Triangle Work Party - Sunday, June 10 at 10:00 am

5/31/2012

Join us on Sunday, June 10th to help clean up the Sabin Triangle and begin planting flowers. Bring gloves, gardening tools and a large plastic garbage bag. The Triangle, located at NE 15th and Prescott, will be the site of several fun events over the summer, including the Sabin Community Potluck on August 7.

For more info, please contact Hector Roche at [email protected] or call 503-516-6614.