Garden

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Whole Foods Market for their upcoming Community Support Day on Thursday, July 26th! Whole Foods Market Community Support Days take place four times per year to help raise funds for a local non-profit organization. 5% of Whole Foods Market Bend’s net sales on July 26, 2018 will be donated to support the Environmental Center.

Successful school gardens require well-informed educators that can learn from and support each other. That’s why we launched the Central Oregon Garden Educators Network last fall. We will expand and sustain our Network to provide regular training, networking events for peer-to-peer learning, problem-solving, resource sharing; and garden tours. Email denise to get added to the email list…

Bring your saved and extra seed to swap with other gardeners in town!  This is a free event. Please be prepared to bring envelopes and/or bags to take your seed home in. This is a great opportunity to meet and connect with other gardeners/farmers in town to share stories, info, skills, etc.

Join us in our Kansas Ave. Learning Garden to kick off another growing season! This is a volunteer opportunity to lend a hand and dig in the dirt as we prepare our garden for spring. Swing by any time between 9am - 12pm. Family friendly, and tools will be provided.

The Central Oregon Community College (COCC) Sustainability Committee, in partnership with Central Oregon Locavore and the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance, is hosting the 3rd annual Spring Farm & Food Faire on Saturday, April 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Coats Campus Center in Bend. Rain or shine, this event is free and open to the public. The Spring Farm & Food Faire is an…

The Monarch butterfly is vulnerable. There were an estimated one billion North American Monarchs twenty years ago. Today there are about 33 million. But their decline is only part of this compelling story. The Western Monarch—our Monarch butterfly—has seen a much greater population decline; yet dedicated study on their dwindling numbers only began in 2012.…

Choose from a variety of flowers and vegetables, all locally grown in Bend by veterans. Stay and enjoy a tour of the property and a BBQ lunch! Cauliflower Kale Sweet Peppers Jalapenos Tomatoes Corn Strawberries Basil Lettuce Microgreens Cucumbers Zucchini Alyssum Petunias Cosmos Calendula