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Description
Celebrate Earth Day at The Garden. Vendors,
Food, Educational exhibits, Children's activities and live music.
Earth Day 2010 Activity Schedule
A Hundred Acts of GREEN!
GRAND PAVILION:
11-12 and 1-2 Recycleman's Rottin' Road Show - Recycleman
and the Dumpster Divers (outside by Greenhouse)
3:00-3:30 A Native American and a Mexican Legend -
Mythobolus Mask Theatre
Over 30 educational exhibitors with interactive displays!
OAN ROOM:
11-12 EcoSafe Home - Oregon Center for Environmental Health
12:30-1:30 Cooking Demonstration - Chef Eric Nelson,
Wellspring
2-3 Film Showing: "HomeGrown"
OSU ROOM:
Ongoing Making Recycled Crayons and Bookmarks - Fifth-Grade
Education Program/Marion County
Ongoing A Hundred Acts of Green Pledge Board
- The Oregon Garden and Americorps
CHILDREN'S GARDEN:
Ongoing 1,000 Tree Give-away - Oregon Forest Resources
Institute
Ongoing Learn how to build a worm bin for composting kitchen
scraps – Bonnie White
EDUCATION BLDG:
10:30-11:15 and 11:30-12:15 Making Recycled Paper - Marion
County Public Works
12:45-2:45 Forest Wonders - Oregon Museum of Science and
Industry
(educational exhibit for grades K-6)
11/12/1/2 River Rangers -City of Woodburn Wastewater
Treatment Plant
MUSIC / FOOD in the BOSQUE:
Food will be available from several different vendors in the
Bosque and in the Garden Cafe.
10:30-11 Choir – Abiqua School
11:30-12:30 Music from the Andean Mountains – Grupo
Latitudes
1-2 Western Swing – Oregon Valley Boys
2:30-4 Zydeco-Cajun-Folk fusion – Bon Ton
Roulet
WORKSHOPS:
Times TBA Tour of the Market Garden - Richard Johnson
(Market Garden)
Times TBA Composting Demo - Master Recyclers (at the
composting demo site near the Garden Green)
11/12:30/2/3:15 Yoga for Gardeners - Silver Falls Yoga
(Founder's Square, near the Market Garden)
*Exact times and locations subject to change
In preparation for the annual tree seedling
give-away at this years' Earth Day event, we are seeking 1
gallon pots. We need approximately 1000 pots, your
contributions would be greatly appreciated. Please contact
Julie Woodward at 503-584-7259 or
Woodward@ofri.com
to discuss details.
Be sure to use our
Green Guide
while you are at The
Garden for Earth Day and learn how we minimize our use of
resources and use renewable, non-toxic resources as often as
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