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Native Plants Workshop at Symbiop Garden Shop

Image of a sword fern with the text Native Plants overlayed.

Wednesday, 9/27, 3-5pm

Symbiop Garden Shop

3454 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR

Come join us at Symbiop Garden Shop to learn about the many benefits of gardening with native plants! You’ll walk away with loads of information that will help you decide which native plants will work well in your yard.

We will introduce you to common native plant communities in Portland, show examples of species that do well in similar growing conditions , share successful planting tips that will help them thrive and more! A native plant slideshow will highlight characteristics and desired growing conditions of many local favorite native groundcovers, shrubs and trees.

Sign up at Native Plant Workshop – SymbiOp Garden Shop

Important: EMSWCD website will be temporarily offline tonight

Please note that our website will be temporarily go offline while we transfer everything to a new hosting platform. The website will likely go down between 5:00 and 6:00 PM tonight (January 3rd, 2017). Please check back in later tonight or tomorrow morning if you are unable to visit the website. You may also contact Alex at alex@emswcd.org if you have continued difficulty accessing emswcd.org or if you notice anything wrong on the website. Thank you!

Unlocking the secrets to soil health

Attention, farmers! Learn how to get the most out of your soil at an upcoming free workshop in Aurora, “Unlocking the Secrets to Soil Health Success in Organic Systems.” The workshop takes place on January 17th; see the flier for additional details.

RSVP for this free workshop: email Ben at ben@tilth.org or call (503) 580-4767.