Tryon Life Community Farm | Together, we can become a better world!

Upcoming Events

Bloom
May 31st, 2025
Celebrate spring on the farm with an afternoon and evening full of workshops, (more...)

Schedule:

- - Check the calendar for specific events!
  - ANY DAY: Host your own event! See here for details.
  Saturday: Open to the public daytime to drop in, bring a picnic, take a self-guided tour, etc.
  Landwork workparties 4th Saturdays. Call ahead with questions: 503.245.3847
Sunday: Open to the public daytime to drop in, bring a picnic, take a self-guided tour, etc.
Skillshares and workparties some Sundays. Call ahead with questions: 503.245.3847
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Scheduled class visits and events. Open to the public after 3pm until dark to enjoy the land.
Wednesday: Scheduled class visits and events. Open to the public after 3pm until dark to enjoy the land.
Thursday: Scheduled class visits and events. Open to the public after 3pm until dark to enjoy the land.
Friday: Open to the public daytime to drop in, bring a picnic, take a self-guided tour, etc.
SOME DAYS will be closed for private events. Check the calendar!

House Party April 13th: Benefits TLC Farm/Zimbabwe Exchange

When:

Apr 13 2008 - 6:00pm - 10:00pm

Zimbabwe House Party!!

** PLEASE NOTE: This event is NOT at TLC Farm.**

A benefit to bring Tryon Life Community Farm to Kufunda Learning Village and the Berkana Exchange.

Join us on Sunday, April 13th from 6-10 pm at 1905 NE Going St to support cross-continental and cross-cultural learning, while eating Zimbabwean food, listening to great traditional Zimbabwean music, and learning more about the sustainability movement in Zimbabwe.

This benefit will support TLC Farm's involvement with the Berkana Exchange (see below) and Zimbabwean activists. TLC Farm needs to raise at least $1,500 to fund travel expenses for representatives of TLC Farm to travel to Kufunda Learning Village in May, and any funds raised in excess of travel needs will help allied activists in Zimbabwe visit TLC Farm in the future.

The benefit will include:

* a traditional Zimbabwean food for dinner, including groundnut stew, sadza, and Zimbabwean-style cooked greens;

* a slide show about Kufunda Learning Village, where TLC Farm volunteer Jenny Leis lived during her travels last year;

* great Zimbabwean music by Pachi Pamwe (http://www.myspace.com/pachipamwe) and Njuzu Mbira (www.cdbaby.com/cd/njuzumbira)

* silent auction items and a raffle!

* beer & wine for donation.

** PLEASE NOTE: This event is NOT at TLC Farm.**

** This will be a house party at 1905 NE Going St., in Portland. For a map click here.**

COST: $10-20 sliding scale donation (includes dinner). Volunteer opportunities available. Come ready to be merry!

For more info please contact: mattg[at]tryonfarm.org or call 503.245.3847.

[Note: if you can't come to the benefit, but want to make a donation to support cross-cultural sharing, please send a check (to TLC Farm, 11640 SW Boones Ferry Road, Portland, OR 97219) or make a donation online (at www.tryonfarm.org) and indicate that it is for the Berkana Learning Journey.]

Global learning opportunity: Berkana Exchange

TLC Farm is honored to be invited to the Berkana Exchange Art of Learning Conference happening this May in Zimbabwe! The Berkana Exchange facilitates connections between 13 "learning centers" located in various countries around the world: Senegal, Zimbabwe, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Greece, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. The centers all share a commitment to grassroots organizing, ecological sustainability, and healthy living and are doing inspiring work in their local communities.

Each year Berkana facilitates an Art of Learning Centering Gathering, which is an opportunity for representatives from each learning center to come together and share ideas and skills, create relationships, and weave together pieces of the global puzzle. The purpose of the gathering is: "To consciously, deliberately and collectively create a field of shared learning around the art of learning centering, which is the practice of hosting local spaces where people gather to explore and invent ways for communities to become healthy and resilient."

The gathering this year is being held from May 4-14 at Kufunda Learning Village, in Harare, Zimbabwea. TLC Farm connected with Kufunda when volunteer Jenny Leis lived there last year. To learn more about Kufunda visit www.kufunda.org or read Jenny's blog at www.journeydejenny.blogspot.com.

We are excited to participate and to explore the possibility of TLC Farm becoming the Berkana Exchange's newest Learning Center, and the only center in the United States. After thoughtful consideration we have selected farm residents Hope Medford and Matt Gordon to make the journey and represent us at the conference and are preparing them to share what we are learning in Portland. Do you have things you'd like Matt and Hope to share about TLC Farm or the wider community in Portland with other Berkana centers? Questions you'd like them to ask? Ideas for them to share? Don't hesitate to email berkana@tryonfarm.org, and stay tuned for stories of their travels and learnings.

Morning circle at Kufunda Learning Village in Zimbabwe

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City Repair retreat

When:

Mar 22 2008 - 9:00am - 6:00pm

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BLOOM 2008 - THANK YOU!

When:

Apr 26 2008 - 2:00pm - 11:55pm

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING BLOOM 2008 A SUCCESS!

You are invited to BLOOM at TLC Farm!

BLOOM 2008:Tryon Life Community Farm's 4th Annual Spring Benefit
SATURDAY APRIL 26TH, 2PM-MIDNIGHT

Sliding scale: $10 - $50; children 12 and under free
(worktrade is available; email workshops@tryonfarm.org for more information)

This is a No Alcohol Event

Please park at Riverdale High School: 9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd, PDX - 97219. A shuttle will be provided. Biking and carpooling encouraged. For more info, directions, schedule and general info, please Visit: www.tryonfarm.org/share/bloom-2008 or tryonfarm.org.

Join us on Saturday April 26th at Tryon Life Community Farm for an all day benefit celebration! At the forefront of turning vision into action, we will educate, celebrate, demonstrate, and co-create in this Permaculture haven and seven-acre preserved green space within the city of Portland. Enjoy live musical performances spanning genres of folk, world, and dance. Participate in educational workshops. Delight your senses with local, organic food, tonics, and desserts. Rejoice with friends and family the creation of an ecologically viable future within our community!

Schedule of Music and Workshops

2:15-3:00 Community Yoga with Lauren Turley - Come and Start off your BLOOM experience reaching for the trees and breathing with the forest and animals! Lauren will lead us for 45 minutes through some easy and simple yoga poses to set the tone for the day's events.
3:00- 4:00 Cassandra Robertson — acoustic conscious folk (www.cassandrarobertson.com)
3:00- 4:00 Ivy Basket Weaving with Kiliii - Join us for a 1 hour workshop on how to harvest English Ivy and make it into a beautiful basket or other creative creation. Kiliii Yu is a local hero when it comes to reintroducing people to their natural environments and will be leading this fun and creative workshop. ( dancinghawk.com).
4:00- 5:00 Zine Making 101 with Ari - Since the invention of the printing press (if not before), dissidents and marginalized citizens have published their own opinions in leaflet and pamphlet form, which in modern times is know as a 'zine'. Come and learn the basics of making a small 'magaZine' in this 1 hour workshop. Ari will be helping us assemble a zine in class and copies will be available shortly afterwards!
4:15- 5:15 Njuzu Mbira — Traditional dance music of Zimbabwe (www.cdbaby.com/cd/njuzumbira)
5:00- 5:30 Mushroom Walk with Jordan Weiss - Ever wanted to know more about mushrooms that grow in the area? Take a half hour walk with TLC Farm's mushroom guru and learn more about your local fungi friends and how to foster their growth.
5:30- 6:15 Calynco — World Fusion born out of Calypso and Flamenco (www.calynco.com)
6:15- 7:00 Dinner, "This is TLC Farm" by Jenny Leis
7:00- 8:00 SaraTone — Acoustic Soul Expression and Mystical Dub (www.sonicbids.com/saratone)
8:00- 9:30 Alpaca! — Dance your pants off! (www.myspace.com/alpacaband)
9:45- 11:45 Off The Grid — Electronic/NuJazz (www.myspace.com/offthegridportland)

Food

Lulu's Raw Chocolate Alchemy is a small Portland chocolate company dedicated to bringing you chocolate as close from the tree to the table as possible. Lulu handcrafts all of her raw chocolate using fair trade, organic ingredients and sweetens it with agave nectar and lots of love. Lulu's Chocolate was born from a desire to eat pure, whole foods combined with a passion for gourmet chocolate. "I aim to please your palate and lift your spirit! " luluschocolate.com
Olympian Falafels are created by Harold Clark and friends as a sustainable business idea for his course work at Evergreen State College in Olypmia, Washington. These creations will be made with as many local ingredients from the Pacific Northwest as possible. (After 4pm)
Heartsong Herbal Brewing Company will be bringing an assortment of chai and pepper brews made in Ashland, Oregon from local and/or organic ingredients. "Raising the vibration of the nation through hydration!" www.heartsongchai.com
TLC Cob Oven Pizzas - If you have been to the Farm before, chances are you have had a piece of tasty pizza from the TLC Cob Oven. These pizzas will be made to order and will offer a variety of fresh spring toppings! YUM!

This is a family friendly / alcohol-free event; food and drink not included in admission price.

Making Soft Cheese: a Workshop - Saturday May 17th - 1:00-4:00pm

When:

May 17 2008 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Soft Cheese making with Sue Romas - #5
Ages 10 and up.
May 17th, 2008
1:00 -> 4:00pm

Cheese making is an ancient and simple way to preserve fresh milk. We'll make two kinds of fresh, soft and delicious Farmer Cheese from scratch, taste a variety of homemade cheeses, and in the end you'll get some cultures to make your own. Why buy expensive imported chevre when you can make it yourself from local milk?

Taught by Sue Romas, farm resident and homemaking expert. Sue's only been making cheese for a little while but she's really, really excited to share the joy of homemade cheese with everyone. Crackers for tasting and tea provided.

Registration for the cheese classes is limited to 6 folks.
Preregistration is required.
Sliding Scale donation for this class: $20.00-30.00

Family friendly: there will be childcare available during the workshop for a small fee, although no small children will be allowed in the kitchen due to space and safety concerns. please let us know in advance if you are needing childcare during classtime.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED:
please email: workshops@tryonfarm.org