Learn from OSU Master Gardeners™ about preventing problems in your vegetable gardens including watering issues, protection against cold weather, wind and sun, reducing weeds, and preventing pest problems. More info: Page 32 in Winter-Spring catalogue: www.bendparksandrec.org, or enroll here.

Join the Deschutes Land Trust and Katie Eberhart to explore Whychus Canyon Preserve with the pen of a writer. Walking the land can be a great way to heighten your senses and feed your writing. Walk with us to practice seeing and hearing more acutely. We’ll take the time to notice sounds, smells, colors and…

Sustainable Oregon is a three-day interactive learning experience featuring cutting-edge educational sessions and workshops, local and national experts and speakers, facility tours, valuable networking opportunities, and an awards program celebrating the achievements of Oregon’s recycling, reuse, and waste reduction businesses and leaders. Sustainable Oregon provides stakeholders in Oregon’s recycling and waste prevention community with the…

Bend Farmers Market is blossoming into one of Oregon’s leading farm–direct marketplaces, bringing together growers and producers with people who hunger for fresh, local, healthful foods and agricultural goods. The Market occurs once a week downtown in the Brooks Street Alley-way behind the Tower Theater and now we’ve added a Friday Market at Mountain View High…

Join us Thursday, June 4th at the Sunriver Nature Center Pozzi Center for our latest lecture, Mt. Saint Helens: 35 years Later by Dr. Charles Rosenfeld. $12 for non-members, $10 for SNCO members All proceeds benefiting the Sunriver Nature Center. Space is limited, so reserve your seats now!

OSU Extension Service Demo Garden, on the fairgrounds.  List of plants being offered: http://www.gocomga.com/Plants_for_Sale.pdf. Want to learn more about gardening? Please join OSU Master Gardeners and OSU Staff at many of our offerings. All speakers share research based gardening information specific to Central Oregon. For a full schedule of “Gardening, Get Good At It!” please visit…

When you think of living more sustainably, do clucking chickens, pucker-inducing pickles, or muddy feet sloshing in a pit of building clay come to mind? They’re just a few of the things attendees can experience at the Mother Earth News Fair June 6-7 at the Linn County Expo Center, 3700 Knox Butte Road E. The…

SAVE THE DATE!!! The Bloom Project is excited to announce Shred it Live, an event hosted by Martha Hendrick, Principal Broker, Strategic Realty. Community members can have their documents disposed by SecureShred, a division of Bend Garbage & Recycling. All proceeds will benefit The Bloom Project. Volunteers will be on hand to help direct attendees to…

Join the Nature Center for two full days of playing with clay! Clay is a wonderful, expressive, and tactile art medium. In this class, nature sculptor Rick Braithwaite will teach you the basics of representing animal life with clay. Learn the fundamentals of nature sculpture, from basic forming, anatomy and proportions to finishing textures and…