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Home & Garden

Plentiful produce for those willing to get their hands dirty

George Fox University’s community garden encouraging local residents to get involved
or seven years George mature enough to begin

FFox University has
producing.
operated a community Usually, the garden has
garden for students.
about 10 to 15 students

involved and despite the Those who have run the
additional 20 volunteers the garden in the past feel it is
labor force will remain fairly time to branch out and allow

small.
Newberg residents to be
involved.
The GFU garden members

chose this path in order to This summer, the
make gardening more community garden will open to
intentional. To that end, the first 20 adults interested in

volunteers will harvest and garden-
weed side by side, as well as ing
“We want it to be
share a potluck meal together along-
on work days.
side a useful and make it an
small “We want to grow actual community

group of everything together,” Brock garden and not just
people said.
GFU and offer a

for the place for people to The garden is designed
summer get organic produce somewhat different than other
harvest gardens in that volunteers tend
and learn how to
season.
grow produce.”
to and reap from the whole
“We want it to be useful . garden, rather than small
and make it an actual sections.

community garden and not just “We plant all our produce
George Fox University students spent a recent sunny Saturday morning planting and weeding in the community garden adjacent to the Villa
GFU and offer a place for together and harvest all the

people to get organic produce Academic Complex.
produce together,” Brock said.
summer.
renting the garden space,” anything that will take root in
and learn how to grow There is no cost for children
Brock said. “It also gives the soil.
A first informational
produce,” said Cherice Brock, to be involved and according
“Berries, lettuce, kale, everyone little bit more vested meeting was held in early

manager of the garden.
to a press release the price has tomatoes, corn, peppers, interest instead of feeling like March. The next work days are
Residents interested in been kept low partially in the squash, beans, onions, they are just getting a from 1 to 3 p.m. April 5 and

joining are charged $15, for hopes that low-income families cucumbers. We have an herb handout.”
April 19. For more
which they will receive weekly will want to participate as well.
The community garden is section and even grow information, email
produce for five months. The located on the east side of the eggplant,” Brock said.
cbrock@georgefox.edu.
“It is a small fee compared

$15 charge covers the seeds Villa Academic Complex and to the amount . one could The garden has some fruit
and tools purchased during the
the growers will plant almost
spend at a store or the cost of
trees, but they are not quite

Story by Jessica Stanton / Photo by Gary Allen

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Conference, slated March 27 to 28 at Two stages of live music and other
Ambridge Event Center, 1332 N.E. entertainment are planned, along with a

Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Kids’ Village, Procession of the Species
parade, Soapbox Speaker’s Stage and The passive house movement Earth Day festival returning to
other features.
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A new coalition has emerged to
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Portland General Electric is offering a revive Portland’s Earth Day tradition. For more information or to volunteer,

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