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8th Annual Holiday Open House, December 11th from 2-5pm
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Please join us for a warm and cozy, wonderful time at TLC Farm's 8th annual Holiday Open House, during which time you can:
* Enjoy homemade goat cheese and wine in the beautiful common house of Cedar Moon, the intentional community at TLC Farm
* Meet some of both the intimate and the broader community of TLC Farm
* Take a guided tour of the land, visit our furry creatures, and hear stories -- filled with fun and laughter even on this typically cold, rainy day!
* Enjoy the warm ambience of cello music by Anna Fritz of the Portland Cello Project
* and much more!
We always have a sweet time at our Holiday Party. Hope to see you there!
Harvest Festival and Skillshare, October 2, noon-midnight
Come celebrate the season by sharing skills, music, food and community for TLC Farm's annual Harvest Festival - so much is happening! Check out the detailed schedule is below.
There will be snacks, treats, and cob oven pizza for purchase, and a silent auction to raise money for the non-profit education work we do, so bring some funds for that!
Transportation (note: no onsite parking, and shuttle stop has changed)
1. Hike or bike to 11640 SW Boones Ferry Road in Portland
2. Take the #12 bus or drive to Barbur Transit Center -- 9750 SW Barbur Blvd -- and be picked up by TLC Farm's biodiesel shuttle running on the half hour and the hour
Cost: Sliding scale $10-20 per adult. Children under 12 are free. Worktrade available if arranged in advance - contact maralena@tryonfarm.org to volunteer.
Schedule of Workshops, Music and More!:
12noon: Traditional Dance Ceremony
12:30: Wool Felting with Samantha Backer of Tinctoria, Making Natural Paint with Joshua Klyber of Living Walls; Omiza River plays at the main stage
1pm: Opening Circle
2pm: Sewing Circle, Food Preservation workshop with Connie Van Dyke, Herbal Medicine with Judy BlueHorse Seklton; Hope Medford drumming workshop at Main Stage
3pm: Water Ceremony with Robert Van Pelt, Tracking with Tony Deis from Trackers NW, Music Jam; Hope Medford and Tre Arrow play at main stage
4pm: Non-visual Plant Identification with Becky Lerner, Winterizing your Beehive with Jackie Friedman;O Horizon plays at main stage
7pm: Meddle plays at the Main Stage
8pm:The Dapper Cadavers play at the Main Stage
9pm:Lynnae Griffin performance at Main Stage
10pm - Midnight:TLC Farm All Stars Music Jam
Any questions? Give us a call (503)245-3847 or email farm@tryonfarm.org!
BLOOM 2008 - THANK YOU!
You are invited to BLOOM at TLC Farm!
BLOOM 2008:Tryon Life Community Farm's 4th Annual Spring BenefitSATURDAY 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.
BLOOM 2009 - THANK YOU!!!
You are invited to BLOOM at TLC Farm!
Bloom 2009: Tryon Life Community Farm's 5th Annual Spring Benefit - - - - - - - THIS SATURDAY, May 9th, 1:00pm-MIDNIGHT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Music - Workshops - Food - Community - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.tryonfarm.org/share/bloom-2009 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -THIS IS A BENEFIT FOR TRYON LIFE COMMUNITY FARM - - - - - - Join us on THIS Saturday May 9th 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. This is a No Alcohol Event Sliding Scale: $10-$30 (worktrade available-chad@tryonfarm.org) Biking & Carpooling strongly encouraged. Shuttle Provided: Please Park @ Riverdale High School - 9727 SW Terwilliger-PDX-97219.
**MUSIC Schedule**
- 1:00- Doors 2:00 - Childrens-Sing-A-Long with Omiza River - www.omizariver.com/
- 3:45 - 4 On The Floor - http://www.myspace.com/4onthefloorsb
- 5:15 - Myshkin - www.myshkinsrubywarblers.com/
- 6:30 - * Break *
- 7:00 - SaraTone - www.ssearthcollective.org/saratone
- 8:30 - Medicine for the People - www.myspace.com/nahko
- 10:30 - Off The Grid - www.myspace.com/offthegridportland
**Workshops**
- 2:30-3:30pm Backyard Chicken Workshop with Sue Romas: Been thinking about getting chickens? Now is the perfect time! Find out the basics about backyard chicken keeping and get your questions answered. We'll visit all of TLC Farm's awesome DIY chicken set up, from homemade incubator to chicken tractor to layer-house-on-wheels.
- 3:45-4:45pm Medicinal Herb Walk around TLC Farm and Tryon Creek State Park, with Judy BlueHorse Skelton: An acclaimed native educator and herbalist, Judy will introduce many native and cultivated herbs and discuss their healing qualities.
- 5:00-6:00pm Educational Tour of TLC Farm with Jenny Leis: Our most enthusiastic and informative tour guide, Jenny will teach about TLC Farm's history, education programs and innovative approaches to sustainable building and community.
**Plant Sale** The Portland based non-profit, The American Center for Sustainability's Plant Project will be supporting Tryon Life Community Farm this Spring at Bloom! For the past two years, the ACS Plant Project has supported garden sites throughout the Portland community and surrounding areas by providing over 50,000 free plant starts. In 2009, the ACS Plant Project has expanded our region of service to include garden sites throughout Oregon. In neighboring cities and rural communities, from Portland to Medford and out to Pendleton, ACS has the privilege of supporting projects who are committed to achieving sustainability through healthy food production. ACS is excited to grow our partnership with Tryon Life Community Farm at this year's Bloom event. Please come and support the farm and ACS through a bountiful Plant Sale filled with 50 varieties of herbs, flowers, and edible plant starts! **Event Sponsors** KBOO - www.kboo.fm Earth Abstract Project - www.aep.com Tastebud - www.tastebudfarm.com LuLu's Raw Chocolate Alchemy - www.luluschocolate.com The American Center for Sustainability - http://sustainableshift.org This is a family friendly / alcohol-free event; food and drink not included in admission price. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (Special Thanks to Rob Pellicer for design and love. – robpea.com) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
BLOOM 2010 - THANK YOU!!!
Bloom 2010: Tryon Life Community Farm's 6th Annual Spring Benefit
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Music - Workshops - Children's Activities - Food - Community
**BIG** THANKS TO EVERYONE- INCLUDING:
Omiza River - SaraTone & The Earth Gospel Choir - Acoustic Minds - Watertower Bucket Boys - DJ Obe -
Erico Schleicher - Maralena Murphy - Village Free School - The American Center for Sustainability -
The Cedar Moon Community
and YOU!!!
Tryon Life Community Farm
www.tryonfarm.org
Bloom participants
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CEDAR 2011: Direct action for the earth
CEDAR 2011 (Cascadians Exploring Dreams, Action & Regeneration) will be convening on June 10th-12th at TLC Farm in Portland. Our intention is to offer support for those doing work in protecting land and people from exploitation, whatever form it may take. The weekend will include trainings on self-care and forest defense, support in crafting wise change-making strategies, and a chance to engage with your activist family just by having fun (there'll be ultimate frisbee, a game of Capture the Flag, and a no-talent show bonfire).
So, whether you're a grizzled campaign veteran in need of a recharge, or someone who's never organized an action before, take some time to come out to meet with your extended activist family.
June 10th evening programming: Don't miss our screening of "Shut Down: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War" -- an insiders' account of what went beautifully right and sadly wrong in the lead-up and aftermath of peace activists' successful effort to shut down San Francisco the day after the war in Iraq began. Discussion chaired by one of the film-makers will follow the screening.
Here's a link to the trailer: www.youtube.com/embed/znfPrP-uRgQ
LOGISTICS: We are asking for people to make a contribution of between $15-$50 to participate in this weekend. No One Turned Away For Lack of Funds. If you are available to work-trade the day before or the last day (set-up and clean-up), please contact outreach@tryonfarm.org. Please bring your own lunch and a poluck item for dinner on Saturday. We will run shuttles to People's Co-op (3029 SE 21st Ave) and Barbur Transit Center (9750 SW Barbur Blvd) per the schedule below.
Cars! On-site parking is available for cars that bring 3 or more people with them, subject to space availability. Contact us in advance if you're planning on being such a car. Go here to offer or request rides: tryonfarm.org/share/rideshare
Camping on-site is available on Saturday night for $10/space, contact cedar@tryonfarm.org before Friday, June 10th to reserve a camping space, please.
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FULL SCHEDULE:
Friday, June 10, 8 - 11pm - Screening of "Shut Down" followed by discussion chaired by one of the film-makers.
Rides: Our biodiesel shuttle will pick-up people from People's Co-op (3029 SE 21st Ave) at 6:30pm with a pick-up at Barbur Transit Center following, and deliver them back post-discussion
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Saturday, June 11, 10am - Late night - Workshops, skillshares, and conviviality!
9:15 - Shuttle pickup at People's Co-op (3029 SE 21st Ave) with a pick-up at Barbur Transit Center
10am -11am - Opening circle, Consent game
11am - 12noon - Tree Climbing Training / Land Tour / Open Space introduction for afternoon/ potential pickup game of ultimate if desired
12noon - 1pm - Lunch! (Bring your own)
1-5pm - Workshop lineup with open space offerings running in parallel, this means you have a chance to offer your unique workshop to your activist community!
1-2pm - Strategy forum: Support for individual campaigns and general discussion of change-making principles
2-3pm - Physical self-care, offered by the Rosehips Collective ("Herbal Remedies for Common Maladies")
3-4pm - Emotional self-care - personal and interpersonal
4-5pm - Know Your Rights training
5-6:30pm - Capture the Flag
6:30pm - Potluck Dinner! We'll provide the rice and beans, bring something to share...
7:00pm - Shuttle returns to People's and Barbur Transit Center
8-11:59pm - No-talent show and bonfire
11pm - Shuttle returns to People's and Barbur Transit Center
All those who wish to spend the night please contact cedar@tryonfarm.org before Friday, June 10th to reserve a camping spot!
Rides: Our biodiesel shuttle will pick-up people from People's Co-op at 9:15am, and make a return run after dinner and late-night. We will also make shuttle runs to and from Barbur Transit center between 10am and 11am, with dinner and late-night returns
Cars: If you drive and bring three or more people with you, you can park on-site. Contact outreach@tryonfarm.org to coordinate
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Sunday, June 12
9am - BREAKFAST POTLUCK. We'll provide the oatmeal. :-)
10am - Closing Circle, followed by either, both or none of the following, depending on interest: a field trip to play basketball, a spokescouncil
11:30am - Final shuttles leave for People's Co-op and Barbur Transit Center
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CEDAR 2011...because there's nothing sustainable about being pushed around by big corporations.
Celebrate the Rain Sprinkles! Harvest Festival - today, 2-11 pm
It's raining -- but just a little, now and then (a lot less than East Portland we're told), and it's still warm. And the Fest will go on! Embrace our Cascadian climate, and come play with us - and we'll get a little fire going in the sauna, so it can be used as a warming room, brew up some hot chai, serve up some hot food, and dance and sing the rain back home. . . See you here!
The flow of the event will likely be something like this . . .
2:00 stiltwalkers, games, face painting, nature crafts and cider press
2:45 Puppet Show from the Mother Earth School teachers
3:00 Music from the Cardboard Songsters (fun creative jug band), berry picking, scavenger hunt, etc.
4:30 Music from Stone Crowe (Cascadian activist folk)
5:30 Magic Show, Raffle drawing & brief TLC Farm presentation
6:00 Music from Daniel Sherrill (and EAT awesome wood-fired pizza)
7:00 "Singing Alive" inspired Song circle - bring songs to share!
9-10:30 Dance to live music from The Resolectrics . . .
then go home and sleep real well
The Harvest Fest is a benefit for TLC Farm's education programs, including Mother Earth School, and we ask for an entrance donation of $10-20 sliding scale (kids 12 & under free). Yummy treats, pizza and drinks will be available for purchase at the event. Worktrade is available - if interested please conact brenna(at)tryonfarm.org at least 3 days before the event.
Please park at Riverdale High School (9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland 97219), and catch the continuously running TLC Farm shuttle.
About the music:
The Cardboard Songsters is early and odd American Roots Music and cardboard theater. Also creators of silent films called "cardboard noir" dont forget to check out some of their original music too. www.myspace.com/cardboardsongsters
Stone Crowe is an acoustic band that interweaves threads of Celtic, folk, and bluegrass music. Inspirations include the Pogues, Gillian Welch, the Cascadian Mountain Bioregion, and Joy. Not that there's a band called 'Joy' - we are simply a pro-joy outfit.
Dan Sherrill is a Portland based singer-songwriter drawing on influences from the Cascades to the Appalachians. He listens to all types of heart music, but most notably Neil Young, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, Fela Kuti, and Sacred Spirit music. He plays guitar, banjo, ukulele, and sings. He recently released his self-produced debut album Another Human Birth, which can be found at www.dansherrill.com.
What is a Singing Alive inspired song circle? Singing Alive is part of a growing global 'song culture' which is knitting itself, and the world, together, thru the harmonics of communion with our common spiritual heritage. In this context, we will be sharing songs that the group can sing together. By breaking down the divide between singer and audience, and sharing in the creation of the music, we reclaim our voice as singers, and the role of shared song in creating vibrant culture. Visit http://www.tribesofcreation.com for more information.
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Earth Magic Skillshare: July 24-25
Earth Magic Skillshare at TLC Farm: bring your magic to this co-created event!
Skills to be shared: dance, circle and coalesce around themes of ritual, rewilding, spellwork, plants & medicine, storytelling, divination, political actions, food, directions & elements, rites of passage, trade blankets, altars, songs, and whatever land-based magic you have to share.
We will gather at 1pm on Saturday, July 24th, and disperse at 5pm on Sunday, July 25th.
This is an experiment in gift economy: all kinds of donations welcome (money and other). please bring food to contribute to our community kitchen!
limited camping available. please inquire beforehand.
e-mail to let us know you are coming, and what skills you might care to share: prie...@tryonfarm.org
call 518.567.9044 or 617.406.8299 with questions
www.tryonfarm.org to learn more about us!
transportation:
ride your bike to the Farm! we're at 11640 SW Boones Ferry Rd.
or: take the #12 to the Barbur Park and ride, 9712 SW Barbur Blvd. A shuttle bus will greet you there and bring you to the Farm. (you can carpool there too and park your car.)
the shuttle will leave the Park & Ride at 12:30pm on Saturday, and return at 5:30 pm. on Sunday, it will leave the P&R at 9:30 am, and return at 5:00pm.
Feedback and participation welcome! Please send bug reports to web@tryonfarm.org
