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Priest Point Park Volunteer Event – September 27

Join Volunteers from all over Olympia Saturday, September 27 from 9-noon. We’ll be removing ivy and holly in our last No Ivy Day of the year! Tools, gloves and refreshments will be provided. Meet at the Rose Garden parking lot and dress for the weather.

All are welcome, but those 17 and under must have signed parental permission, 14 and under must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Questions? Contact Olympia Volunteers in Parks (VIP) Coordinator Todd Smith at 753-8365.

Emergency Preparedness Fair – Saturday, September 27

There will be an Emergency Preparedness Fair, Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at St. Martin’s University. This fair is put on by the Emergency Management Council of Thurston County. There will be expert speakers and vendors at the fair all day. For details call 754-3360 or check the website, www.co.thurston.wa.us/em/fair.

Help Us Plant the First Edible Forest Garden in the Wildwood Neighborhood

All Neighbors from All Neighborhoods Invited to Join Wildwood in this Workshop

The Wildwood Neighborhood Association joins with Terra Commons www.terracommons.us to establish an Edible Forest Garden in Marianne Guerin and Miguel Perez-Gibson’s yard at 2418 Otis on September 19-21.

You are invited to help plant fruit and nut trees and berry bushes then sheet mulch the lawn by putting down cardboard and wood chips to remove the grass. Edible Forest Gardens consist of three main layers, with fruit and nut trees as the upper canopy, berries and other edible bushes as the middle layer and perennial vegetables and fruits as the ground cover.

The FREE workshop includes:

Design and layout of trees and shrubs in an edible forest garden
Planting trees and shrubs and inoculating oyster mushrooms
Sheet Mulching lawn

We will be there from 10 AM until 4 PM each day with potluck lunches. Feel free to come for both full days, half days or just stop by when you can. This hands on workshop will show what you too could do in your own yard. We hope that neighborhood planning could lead to a number of forest gardens on Otis and throughout the neighborhod – this is just the beginning. Let Michael Kelly te**********@***il.com know of your interest.

DONATIONS NEEDED and WELCOME:

WOODCHIPS: Maple, alder, willow, etc. NO CEDAR. Call Marianne at 357-7576 about delivery.
MONEY to help Terra Commons put on the workshop. Mail to Terra Commons, 3725 36th Loop NW, Olympia, WA 98502.

For more information contact:
Marianne Guerin gn*********@*******nk.net 357-7576
Michael Kelly te**********@***il.com 339-3329