Join a Garden Club in Portland or Siletz
Want to grow your own fresh food?
Portland Garden Club:
We host monthly potluck Garden Club meetings January thru June.
Provide seasonal garden information and lead a hands on
garden activity.
Support three community gardens in the Portland area and
schedule regular garden work days.
PAO’s Heirloom Seed Saver Exchange, tribal members can
donate and obtain free seeds for their gardens.
Host cooking classes
During the growing season, provide free fruits and vegetables
on “Garden Fridays”.
The last Garden Club meeting of the year (June) is a potluck
barbeque for families who have participated. We hope you
will be there with us!
Ever thought about growing your
own veggies?
Open to all Tribal members and their
families.
(Siletz) Youth plots (12 yrs. up)
available.
Our garden club meetings are an
opportunity to learn and share!
Join us if you want to learn more
about gardening and how to
add more traditional foods into
your diet.
For more information or to be added to our e-mail reminder
distribution list, please call Sherry or Verdene at the Portland Area Office.
Siletz Garden Club:
We host monthly potluck Garden Club meetings February thru July.
Provide seasonal garden information and lead a hands on
garden activity.
Support the Community Garden participants with some
assistance, instruction and supplies.
Support Siletz Valley School gardening, instruct students,
hands on garden activities, traditional foods demos.
Host cooking / canning classes.
Host gathering and preparing traditional foods events.
The last Garden Club meeting of the year (August) is a garden
BBQ, and garden tour by the families who have participated.
We welcome the community. We hope you will join us!
Siletz Garden Club
Friday, February 26th, 5-7pm
at the Fitness Center
For more information, please contact
Kathy at 541.444.9627
Sponsored by CTSI Healthy Traditions
Healthy Traditions provided Hands on Foods activities .
Non Dairy Smoothies & Trail Mix!
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For more information or to be added to our e-mail reminder
distribution list, please call the Healthy Traditions Office. 541.444.9627
Learn Basic
Cooking Skills
March 7th
April 4th
May 2nd
Call to Sign up , and for more information,
please contact
Kathy at 541.444.9627
Sponsored by CTSI Healthy Traditions
Join the Healthy Traditions Team!
Join our fun team and help plan activities! We are always looking
for teachers, volunteers and new ideas! For more information,
contact Kathy Kentta-Robinson at 541-444-9627
Our first Garden Club meeting is on:
Friday, February 26th, 5-7pm
at the Siletz Fitness Center
Mission Statement
The CTSI Healthy Traditions project seeks to improve the
health of Siletz Tribal members through educational activities
which promote the use of traditional foods through hunting,
gathering, gardening, cooking, food preservation and protect-
ing our natural resources.
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