Gathering (public)
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!
6th Annual Holiday Open House: December 13, 2-5pm
Thanks to all who came for a wonderful afternoon!
Please join us for TLC Farm's 6th Annual Holiday Open House!
Share wine, cheese & other goodies with the TLC Farm community, listen to good music, meet lively folk, and take a tour of TLC Farm including our new greenhouse and beautiful barn loft office.
This is one of our favorite gatherings of the year, and our longest running public event. Even last year, in a downpour of snow, hardy neighbors trekked to the farm and kept up the open house tradition!
The open house is free, and we encourage you to bring your holiday donation, or donate online through the Give!Guide at the party. We hope to see you there!
A discussion for parents: how to cultivate reverence with children around the holidays - Saturday Decmeber 8th - 2:30-4:00pm
A discussion for parents:
how to cultivate reverence with children around the holidays.
with Kelly Hogan
Saturday Decmeber 8th
2:30 -> 4:00
How do we cultivate spirituality in our holiday traditions?
Now that consumer culture has a firm hold on holiday festivities, we are called to create traditions for ourselves and our children that
reconnect us to the wisdom of the season. Kelly Hogan (Waldorf early childhood teacher and mother of two) will facilitate a conversation on this topic.
There is no fee for this event. Any donations will go directly to benefit TLC Farm.
***PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED***
ON-LINE:
http://tryonfarm.org/share/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=12
on-line registration cutoff is December 7th @5:00pm.
after that, please call: 503-245-3847
OR EMAIL:
workshops@tryonfarm.org
August Workshops: Preserving Summer's Bounty and Making Herbal Medicines
Join us for some fantastic August Workshops, focusing on Food and Herbs
Create Your own Pantry: two classes with Chris Musser from Lost Arts Kitchen
Saturday, August 8
Yes We Can (and Freeze and Dry): Preserve fruit for the winter 10am-1pm
In one class, learn to can, freeze, and dry fruit. We'll make Jam, freeze whole fruit, and make fruit leather, using seasonally available fruit
Lactofermentation: Naturally Preserving Summer's Bounty 2pm-4pm
In this class, we'll make lactofermented pickles, cabbage, kale, and
salsa! Try your hand at this ancient preservation technique that enhances
food's nutritional value and tastes delicious!
All participants will take home food they preserved. Cost is $40 for the morning class, $30 for the afternoon, or $60 for both
For More information about Lost Arts Kitchen: Slow Food Traditions for Modern Life, visit www.lostartskitchen.com.
Making Herbal Medicine with Judy BlueHorse Skelton
Sunday, August 9, 2-5 pm
Learn about traditional herbal medicine making, including teas, salves and tinctures, from extraordinary herbalist Judy BlueHorse.
$25 for the class, includes materials for medicines that you'll take home.
Herb Classes with Erico Schleicher of the Elderberry School
Basics of Botany and Wildcrafting, August 11th, 10am-1pm
Learn the basics of botany, then delve into the local plants and herbs of the Tryon Creek watershed during a plant walk in Tryon Creek State Park. $25 for the class.
Experience-based Herbalism, August 18th, 10 am- 1 pm
Learn about the properties of herbs through direct personal experience with the plants. Also discuss the role of a community herbalist and healer. $25 for the class.
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
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.
Feedback and participation welcome! Please send bug reports to web@tryonfarm.org
