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Winter Schedule:

Sunday: (Self-organized) Family Picnics.  Open to the public from 11-4:30 to drop in, enjoy the land, bring games, picnics, etc.
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Scheduled class visits and events 
Wednesday: Scheduled class visits and events 
Thursday: Scheduled class visits and events 
Friday: Open to the public from 11-4:30 to drop in and take a self-guided tour.  Sometimes Garden Workparties (call first).
Saturday: Often Scheduled Work Parties.  Open to the public from 11-3:00 to drop in, join the work party or take a self-guided tour.  Call ahead for workparty schedule: 503.245.3847

Wed, 05/16/2007 - 23:08 — mattg

Hands-On Sustainability
a youth education program

NOTE: TLC Farm is scaling back its current youth education program in order to prioritize infrastructural improvement on the land. We are continuing to work with select youth groups and may not be able to accomodate your visit. We plan to increase the site's capacity with improved parking and classroom infrastructure among other changes.

Tryon Life Community Farm provides youth of all ages with opportunities to connect with the natural world and each other to create a true sense of place and community. Our goal is to encourage young people to develop a lifelong appreciation of the processes that support life, and to offer wisdom on how to steward them sustainably. To do this we offer this space for collaborative learning about social and ecologicalresponsibility.

The Hands-On Sustainability Program offers one-time and multiple visit field trip experiences for youth and students in preschool through college. Our activities include an interactive farm tour and seasonally appropriate hands-on activities and lessons on specific sustainability and ecology themes in these areas: ecological gardening, natural building, restoration and watershed ecology, ecological living skills, and the arts. We also offer service-learning projects.

Facilities:

"Village Green" open gathering area
Outdoor kitchen (with earthen ovens)
Ecological Living Demonstration Projects (gardens, animals, naturally built structures, etc.)
Trail leading into Tryon Creek State Park (650-acre forest)
Wood-heated yurt for indoor activities

For further information or to arrange a visit, please contact Matt Gordon @ 503.245.3847 or edu [at] tryonfarm.org

Groups served include Portland area schools, Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon, Girl Scouts, Portland Impact, Head Start, YMCA, Pacific Crest Community School, Waldorf schools, International School, charter schools, Lewis and Clark College PSU, PCC, and homeschool groups. Click here www.tryonfarm.org/share/calendar for our calendar to see who's visiting us!

"The education programs [at Tryon Life Community Farm] provide invaluable opportunities for a broad array of youth and adults to get hands-on learning...these are experiences that can help our youth create positive futures."

- Portland Mayor Tom Potter

Interested in volunteering to help lead field trip activities at TLC Farm? click here.

Resource Links:

Interested in starting a school garden? Check out this great school garden resource web page from local group Growing Gardens.

Other local educational farms:

Zenger Farm - located in SE Portland in the Lents neighborhood
Sauvie Island Center - located north of Portland on Sauvie Island
Organic Education Center at Luscher Farm - located outside Portland in West Linn