NEWS RELEASE – For Community Calendars
May 31, 2018 — NOTE: This schedule was released in mid-May when the first workshop in the series was announced. Details have been added.
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, 10 to Noon on the following schedule:
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 and the subjects of each:
June 9 – Workshop, 10 to Noon – Drip irrigation: Susan Costa will describe the benefits and methods of applying drip irrigation in your garden. We will also be checking on how past compost builds are doing. For example, the mid-May compost pile reached 130 degrees Fahrenheit (a hot pile) in about a week, and is holding that temperature at the end of the month.
July 21 – Mobile Plant Clinic – 10 to Noon – OSU Master Gardeners bring the plant clinic to the garden and answer questions about plants, problems, and gardening – 10 to Noon – Subject: How to build a fresh compost pile.
September 29 – 10 am to Noon – Harvesting and preserving, plus checking on compost builds, and building a new hot compost.
November 3 – Compost Workshop, 10 to Noon – Subject: Lasagna compost, Tim Foelker will describe how to improve the soil in your garden by building a layered compost. Recommended reading and resources include:
From Gaia’s Garden, by Toby Hemenway
https://www.chelseagreen.com/2018/04/23/ultimate-guide-sheet-mulching
Also, this Mother Earth News article
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/lasagna-gardening-zmaz99amztak
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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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