AUGUST 18, 2016 // 3
Get a taste of gardening at an open house
Alder Creek Farm
hosts gardening
day Aug. 20
NEHALEM — If you’ve
ever thought about joining
a community garden or
turning a garden in your own
backyard, here is the chance
to get started: Alder Creek
Farm & Wildlife Sanctu-
ary will host a community
garden open house and work
party at its organic com-
munity garden at 10 a.m.
Saturday, Aug. 20.
Visitors will see a
small-scale working farm in
action and learn more about
composting and irrigation.
Be prepared to work along-
side volunteers and master
coast
gardeners weeding, pruning
and harvesting.
All experience levels are
welcome, and it’s recom-
mended children come with
an adult and be old enough
to work independently. Mas-
ter gardener lesson begins
at 10 a.m. Bring water and
your own gardening gloves
if you have them.
Alder Creek Farm is
located at 35955 Underhill
Lane. This is a free event,
and registration is not
required.
Lower Nehalem Com-
munity Trust is a commu-
nity land trust dedicated to
preserving land and nurtur-
ing conservation values in
partnership with an engaged
community in the Nehalem
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weekend
region of the Oregon Coast.
Its community garden at
Alder Creek Farm is that
rare place of colorful beauty
and magic where volunteers
come together to grow food
to share among themselves
and with families and
neighbors served by the
North County Food Pantry
in Wheeler. Last year the
community garden donated
nearly a ton of fresh organic
fruits and veggies to the
food pantry.
Alder Creek Farm is a
59-acre natural area and
wildlife sanctuary, and the
community garden honors
conservation with organ-
ic and sustainable food
systems. The farm is also a
beloved birding site and a
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stop on the Oregon Coast
Birding Trail. In addition to
the garden, the farm hosts a
native plant nursery, green-
house, fruit orchard and
ethnobotanical trail.
For more information,
visit nehalemtrust.org or
call Lower Nehalem Trust at
503-368-3203.
This programming is part
of the Explore Nature series
of hikes, walks, paddles and
outdoor adventures through-
out Tillamook County.
Created by Tillamook Es-
tuaries Partnership, Lower
Nehalem Community Trust,
Lower Nehalem Watershed
Council, Friends of Netarts
Bay WEBS, Tillamook Bay
Watershed Council and
Friends of Cape Falcon
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The community garden at Alder Creek Farm in full bloom.
Marine Reserve, these
nature-based experiences
highlight the beauty of
Tillamook County and the
work being done to preserve
and conserve the area’s nat-
ural resources and natural
resource-based economy.
This effort is partially
funded by the Economic
Development Council of
Tillamook County and Visit
Tillamook Coast. Learn
more about the Explore
Nature series at www.tbnep.
org/ExploreNature