Tryon Life Community Farm

Upcoming Events

Artist’s Alchemy; Textile Upcycling
May 13th, 2025
A two part skillshares to upcycle tshirts into sewable patches and a history (more...)

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!

Yucca (Yucca filamentosa) Native

Yucca (Yucca filamentosa)

Parts used: whole plant

Medicinal and other uses: A food and resource plant of Native Americans. The flower stalks are eaten when fully grown but before buds open. The flower buds and petals are cooked, and the fruit is eaten raw. The leaves are woven into baskets and leaf gibers are used for rope. A root poultice or salve treats skin sores and sprains. A decoction may be used to ease arthritic pain. The root can also be used to make soap.

Cautions: None stated (Bremness 135).

Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plant Guide (Check out all plants growing in Tryon Farm's medicinal garden!)

Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus) Non-Native

Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus)

Parts used: leaves, root

Medicinal uses: A cleansing herb that is used as a laxative to treat constipation, liver problems, and arthritis. Also used to clear chronic skin problems. In traditional medicine, the root was used as a remedy against internal parasites (tapeworm and roundworm). The whole plant is used for vascular disorders and internal bleeding. Applied externally to ulcers, boils, and tumors.

Cautions: Avoid use during pregnancy and while nursing (Chevallier 264). The fresh leaves should not be eaten due to their oxalic acid content. They can be simmered in water that has been drained twice in order to leach away most of this constituent (Kowalchik 162).

Pacific Northwest Medicinal Plant Guide (View all plants growing in Tryon Farm's medicinal garden!)

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Non-Native

Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Parts used: aerial portions, leaves

Medicinal uses: Used to treat arthritis, fever, the common cold and hypertension. Recommended for lack of appetite and minor dyspeptic complaints. Used externally as an additive to bath water to treat pelvic autonomic dysfunction.

Cautions: May cause allergic reactions in rare cases. Do not take during pregnancy (Chevallier 56).