NEWS RELEASE – For Community Calendars
May 15, 2018
Contact: Peter Thurston, 541-321-0798
Subject: 2018 Santa Clara Garden/Compost Workshop Schedule
Santa Clara Community Garden and OSU Compost Specialists are sponsoring a series of free composting workshops, the first of which is this Saturday, May 19 from 10 to noon.
The garden is located at 4110 River Road, behind St. Matthews Church, about 2 miles north of Beltline. People can just show up and find out about composting. Here are the workshop dates:
May 19 – Mobile Plant Clinic, 10 to Noon – Subject: Various composting techniques
June 9 – Workshop, 10 to Noon – Drip irrigation, Susan Costa, and checking in on compost builds
July 21 – Mobile Plant Clinic, 10 to Noon – Subject: Using finished compost and starting a new hot compost pile
September 29 – 10 am to Noon – Harvesting and preserving, plus checking on compost builds
November 3 – Compost Workshop, 10 to Noon – Subject Lasagna compost, Tim Foelker
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Eugene School District 4J’s Safe Routes to School program and Awbrey Park Elementary School are working with partners at the City of Eugene and Lane County to make it safer for students to walk and bike to school. We would like to know which streets the community sees as the top priority for improvements. We would also like to gather input on possible safety improvements to Spring Creek Drive. No plans have been made and no changes are underway. We are in the information gathering stage and want to know your thoughts.
We invite you to a public meeting on Monday, May 21st from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Awbrey Park Elementary School’s Cafeteria (
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