The Sustainability House

Next weekend (Oct. 24-25), from 10 am-4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, Terra Commons will be installing an edible forest garden in the home of Jim and Cindy Goldsmith.  

 Directions:

Total Travel Estimates : 7 minutes / 4.96 miles

A: Start at Old Highway 101 NW & Steamboat Island Rd NW, Olympia, WA 98502
1: Start out going NORTH on STEAMBOAT ISLAND RD NW.4.3 mi

2: Turn LEFT onto GALLAGHER COVE RD NW.  0.6 mi
3: 7405 GALLAGHER COVE RD NW is on the LEFT.

Turn left onto the gravel road at the top of the hill (the telephone
pole has several 7400 series addresses on it).  The Edible Forest
project is at the property with a paved driveway, on the left, near
the end of the gravel road.

There will be a potluck lunch served for all volunteers.  

If anyone is interested and going and wants a ride I'm going to try and make it in the afternoon both days and would be happy to carpool.  Email me at amazing.abi@gmail.com or RADSustainability@evergreen.edu

Friday, September 25th from 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The C2C service project is an opportunity to get oriented to the world beyond Evergreen's campus. Come join us as we contribute to local Olympia organizations -- become a part of our extended community!

There are many different projects and interest areas to choose from! You can spend the morning at the local Food Bank, out on a farm harvesting vegetables or even sending books to prisoners!

Space is limited so please pre-register! Visit The Center for Community-Based Learning and Action in Seminar II E2125, call 360-867-6137 or email for more information! 

Sponsored by the CCBLA

Olympia Action Network: Building Community!

Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009

Time: 9 - 3 p.m., lunch provided

Place: Westside Olympia (Address provided soon)

What: We will be working with Habitat for Humanity to build a home in West Olympia. Please dress to work, bring work gloves if you have them. Tools will be provided

RSVP for the shift you would like to work. Space is limited. olyactionnetwork@hotmail.com

Thurston Conservation District is hosting an upcoming Plant Sale.

We really could use your
help on these dates!

• Wednesday Feb. 18th-Filling
  pre-orders! (Most important Day!!)

• Thursday Feb. 19th- Filling
  pre-orders!

• Saturday Feb. 21st during the
  Event from 9 am to 2pm!

Contact Adam Sant, Habitat Technician, at (360) 754-3588 ex.
138 or email asant (at) thurstoncd (dot) com

This Saturday and Sunday at 10 am - 4 pm come plant some trees and bushes, native mushrooms, and help with some multching. Below is all the information you need to know.

Edible Forest Garden to be Planted in Eastside Neighborhood Saturday and Sunday February 7& 8
Slide Show on Edible Forest Gardening - Friday night February 6

The Eastside Neighborhood Association joins with Terra Commons www.terracommons.us to establish an Edible Forest Garden in Kirk Hanson's yard at 1410 5th Ave SE February 7 and 8. A slide show on Urban Edible Forest Gardens will take place February 6, 6-8 pm at Kirk's with a presentation and discussion of the plan we will implement on the week-end.
You are invited to help plant fruit and nut trees and berry bushes then sheet mulch the lawn by putting down cardboard and wood chips to remove the grass. Edible Forest Gardens consist of three main layers, with fruit and nut trees as the upper canopy, berries and other edible bushes as the middle layer and perennial vegetables and fruits as the ground cover.
The FREE workshop includes:
~ Design and layout of trees and shrubs in an edible forest garden
~ Planting trees and shrubs and inoculation of mushrooms
~ Sheet Mulching lawn

FRIDAY 6 to 8 pm: Slide show

SATURDAY 10 am to 4 pm:

10 am Planting Edible Trees and Shrubs - taking tape off cardboard
12:30 pm Discussion of Edible Forest Forest Gardens
1 pm Lunch
2 pm Intro to sheet mulching

SUNDAY 10 am to 4 pm:
10 am Finish up sheet mulching (all day)
12 pm Circle and discussion about whats been learned and forest garden basics
1 pm Lunch
2 pm Mushroom teach-in, some discussion and some hands on with shittake plugs.
4 pm Closing circle

We will be there from 10 AM until 4 PM each day with potluck lunches. Feel free to come for both full days, half days or just stop by when you can. This hands on workshop will show what you too could do in your own yard. We hope that neighborhood planning could lead to a number of forest gardens throughout the neighborhod - this is just the beginning. Let Michael Kelly terracommons@gmail.com know of your interest.

DONATIONS NEEDED and WELCOME:

WOODCHIPS: Maple, alder, willow, etc. NO CEDAR. Call Michael at 360-339-3329 about delivery.
MONEY to help Terra Commons put on the workshop. Mail donations to Terra Commons, PO Box 13273, Olympia, WA 98508.
For more information contact:
Michael Kelly terracommons@gmail.com 339-3329
Terra Commons
www.terracommons.us

CENSE is hosting a workshop to basket weave/make dreamcatchers with fresh ivy we are going to pull from Garfield Nature Trail!!

This Saturday, we are meeting at the Westside Co-op (off of the 41 bus line) at 11:00 am!
Come check it out, this should be

There is a potluck afterwards if you done.

Native Plant Salvage Project is a local non profit that offers workshops on water-wise gardening, and salvages native plants from areas slated to be developed. They will be donating some plants for our edible forest garden, and in return they ask that we spend a day volunteering with them at a salvage.

Contact info:
nativeplantsalvage@gmail.com
360-754-3588 ext. 109
www.nativeplantsalvage.org

With winter upon us and the plants in their dormant phase, Native Plant Salvage Project is gearing up to rescue native plants from future development sites. Please join us for four upcoming plant salvage events: Saturday, February 7; Sunday, February 22; Saturday, March 7; and Sunday, March 22. Our new site is in Tumwater, easily accessible and near the bus line!

Salvages begin at 9:30 a.m. at the site. Around noon, we serve a hot vegetarian
lunch, and then move to our nursery/holding beds to pot plants up from
about 1 until about 3:30 p.m. We're always excited to see volunteers
who join us for the afternoon shift at the holding beds!

Sign up for the dates that work for you and we'll email details and directions for the salvage site and holding beds.