Join us for live music, a special dinner featuring school gardens’ produce and local food, fresh apple cider, and local beverages.
Lower Columbia School Gardens invites you to our annual Fall Gathering on November 11th from 6-9pm to celebrate our accomplishments and sustain this good work into the future. Come and enjoy the best food, beverages, and company this season has to offer.
Where: Cowlitz County Event Center Floral Building 1900 7th Avenue Longview, WA 98632
Some of you may have noticed we recently ran out of materials to assemble trellises for the snap pea porch pots. We’ve still been sharing those container gardens but y’all will need to get creative with your own trellis-building!
Yum! Cascadia Snap Peas freshly-harvested from a school garden
If you have any circular metal tomato cages around, those are just right for trellising snap peas in a bigger pot (they also work well for cucumbers and other vining plants – not just tomatoes!). They often are available in some fun colors, too.
Metal tomato cage
Here’s a great photo from One Hundred Dollars A Month of a tomato cage being used as a snap pea trellis. They’ve gone the route of flipping theirs upside down, but that leaves some pretty pokey bits sticking out and in our experience it works just as well right-side up. (Don’t get confused if you visit their site and see gardening tips – they live in Maine so the climate and seasons are somewhat different than ours in the Pacific NW.)
These peas are growing in pots with tomato cages for trellising
This Pea Tripod Tutorial from Seattle Urban Farm Company is pretty simple and could be done with smaller/shorter sticks fairly easily, to make it fit into a container garden.
Finished pea tripod from Seattle Urban Farm Company tutorial
Visit five school gardens on May 18, from 2:30-5pm; some snacks are provided; helmets are required. RSVP here for the free ride!
We will have cold filtered water to fill up your reusable bottle. If you don’t have a bike, helmet, or water bottle, let us know and we will try to fix you up.
There will likely be plants left over from the May 11 Plant Sale – bring cash, check or card if you want to do some shopping after the ride.
On the mornings of February 8 and 9, we will offer, as we have for many years, our School Garden Volunteer Training. If you are interested in helping out with our local Longview/Kelso school gardens, or are developing a program in your school or community, this class is for you! These identical classes run from 9:00 to noon – choose Friday 2/8 or Saturday 2/9. This class takes place at Northlake Elementary and is free as always.
On those same two days, in the afternoon, we are offering a brand new class: Pruning Workshop – Fruit Trees & Grape Vines. We will do some learning in the classroom and then head out to the orchard to do some hands-on pruning. These identical classes run from 1:00 to 3:00pm – choose Friday 2/8 or Saturday 2/9.
This class takes place at Northlake Elementary and is free of charge.
Register here for the Volunteer Training and/or Pruning Workshop in February 2019
The first Volunteer Training of the new school year is coming up very soon!
School Gardens staff members are looking forward to meeting new friends, as well as welcoming back familiar ones.
Two identical sessions are offered: – Friday, September 7th, 9:00 to noon –
OR – Saturday, September 8th, 9:00 to noon –
The first Volunteer Training of the new school year is coming up very soon!
School Gardens staff members are looking forward to meeting new
friends, as well as welcoming back familiar ones.
Two identical sessions are offered: – Friday, September 8th, 9:00 to noon –
OR – Saturday, September 9th, 9:00 to noon –
Register by sending an email to ian@LCschoolgardens.org and
specifying which day you plan to attend.
Weekly Spring Garden programs begin on Monday, March 6th, 2017 – this means a lot of good things, including weekly volunteer opportunities!
If you haven’t volunteered with us before, please email our Volunteer Coordinator julia@lcschoolgardens.org and
we’ll get you plugged in with the garden or activity that’s right for you and your schedule.
Every hour you’re able to contribute as a volunteer – whether it’s on a weekly, monthly, or even an
annual basis – makes a difference in the lives of kids and families in our community.
Each week produce is harvested from 16 gardens for Wednesday sales at Northlake.
Student farmers are eager to sell you their berries, tomatoes, peas, greens, herbs, and cut flowers; as the summer progresses we’ll have peppers, figs, grapes, squash, cucumbers, plums, and more.
Low prices –
Beautiful produce –
Top-notch customer service
Starts June 22!
Click the image for details. Contact Ian if you still have a question.
You Are Cordially Invited to the School Garden Volunteer Tea!
This lovely event takes place at the Northlake School Garden on June 17th, from 1 – 4 pm.
2210 Olympia Way in Longview
Please RSVP to ian@LCschoolgardens.org or 431-6725
We hope you’ll join us to celebrate and be appreciated for all that you give to your community.