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Family-Friendly Ecstatic Dance August 19

When: 
Aug 19 2025 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
Image Credit: Good Free Photos, CC0
Family Friendly Ecstatic Dance 10 am - noon: dancing! noon - 1 (or beyond): brown bag picnic lunch Free Please carpool or bike if possible! No registration required

Artist Alchemy - Create a Zine! August 12

When: 
Aug 12 2025 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Image Credit: Shelagh Murphy
Learn how to create a zine at this fun artistic event appropriate for all ages. An excellent way to get creative while building social activist skills. For more info and exact meeting location at the farm, email engagement@tryonfarm.org.

Join a TLC Farm Volunteer Team!

Kids in Greenhouse with Education Intern Alycia Bouyanan
We have multiple ongoing Volunteer Teams that need more volunteers! 

 
TLC Farm Land Tending Team: responsible for the care of the grounds and physical structures on the land. This year, we'll be hosting work parties to remove invasive species, build a new structure in the Village Green, and maintain the gravel path that crosses the land. We have a few new projects we'd love to launch if we find volunteers! These include an Adopt a Plot program, starting a TLC garden plot, invasive/aggressive species inventory, and reaching out to local colleges to be included as a potential site for capstone/research projects.
If you want to join in the fun, drop by our regular monthly Land Tending work party from 10 am-12 pm on the last Saturday of each month, then stay for our Land Tending Volunteer Team meeting from 12-1pm.
 
 
TLC Farm Outdoor Education Team:
 
Do you like working outdoors with kids? Are you passionate about teaching youth a range of sustainability topics including gardening, natural building, or restoration?
 
Join our Outdoor Education Volunteer Team! This team helps lead youth outdoor education tours and events at TLC Farm. Our program engages youth from preschool through college in an interactive farm tour and hands-on activities and lessons on specific sustainability themes such as gardening, permaculture, natural building, restoration, medicinal plants, forest ecology, and more.
 
Volunteer Educators help lead youth field trip activities at Tryon Life Community Farm using activities from TLC Farm's curriculum. Training will be provided. No experience is necessary, although previous experience working with youth is a huge bonus. 
 
TLC Farm Events Team: helps plan and organize workshops, performances, and other events at TLC Farm. Tasks include outreach and communication with community partners, organizing, and planning the logistics of the workshop, publicity, and hosting the event. 
 
TLC Farm Engagement Team: This new and expanding team helps build and nurture new and existing relationships with community members through outreach, record keeping, and more. 
 
Tasks can be divided up among team members depending on your capacity, interests, and schedule.
 
 
Volunteer Orientations are held on many last Saturdays from 4:30-5:30 pm (right before the Community Potluck, which you are welcome to stay for!). See our Google calendar for exact dates. Feel free to drop by, no registration required.
 
You are also welcome to contact our Engagement Coordinator at engagement@tryonfarm.org, 
 
503-245-3847. 
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Become a Friend of the Farm!

Mon, 04/15/2019 - 11:43am — brenna
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We're in the midst of a campaign to grow our Friends of the Farm  - the committed, generous, creative people who sustain TLC Farm through monthly donations - with a goal of rasing $100 more per month. This could look like 10 people giving $10 per month, or 4 people giving $25, or all the other possible combinations!

TLC Farm is committed to keeping our land and programs econimically accessible, which means our programs are offered on a sliding scale and we work to make use of the land available to all groups, regardless of ability to pay. Our generous donors help make this approach possible. Become a Friend of the Farm today!

It makes a difference to become a Friend of the Farm!

Stability: Our program income and other fundraising is cyclical, ebbing and flowing throughout the year; regular contributions from Friends provide a reliable source of income each month to meet our financial obligations.

Joy: It feels great to give, and it feels great to receive – generosity makes everyone involved happier.

Leverage: Honestly, it looks good to foundations and major donors to have a solid base of regular financial supporters. Providing stability helps us obtain larger donations.

Demonstration of the Grassroots: As witnessed with the “Save the Farm” campaign, thousands of people each giving what they can really does add up to significant numbers. TLC Farm is an inspiring demonstration of the spirit of community, part of which is regular giving.

Help us meet our goal: become a Friend of the Farm and THANKS!

Potluck - Last Saturday of the Month at 6 pm

When: 
Aug 31 2025 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cornucopia 2007: eating, drinking, making merry!
Bring a dish or just yourself and share good food and good company. We'll meet at the farm's Outdoor Kitchen, down the path from the parking area, 11640 SW Boones Ferry Rd, Portland, OR 97219. Please drive down the farm's driveway at the south end of the Tryon Creek State Park parking lot and park in the parking spaces to the left.

Le Guin Celebration Planning Meeting August 2

When: 
Aug 2 2025 - 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Ursula K. Le Guin
On October 18, Tryon Farm will celebrate the birthday of acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author, Ursula K. Le Guin. Help us plan this amazing event to celebrate the life and legacy of one of Portland's most beloved authors. We're in the early planning stages, and all ideas are welcome! For more information and exact meeting location at the farm, contact Arwen at engagement@tryonfarm.org. Photo by Marian Wood Kolisch, CC BY-SA 2.0

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