We are pleased to announce that twelve community and school projects will receive HPSO financial support this year through the Elaine Joines program fund. These include:
Atkinson Elementary School:
PTA members and partners will buy native perennials, shrubs, and grasses to enhance and diversify the 2001-established Outdoor Learning Garden.
Beverly Cleary – Fernwood School Garden:
Blueberry bushes and other plants will be added to existing gardens for student education.
Bienestar Housing, Juniper Gardens Community Garden:
Cultivation of these gardens by resident low income families provides fresh food and community sharing.
Emanuel Medical Center Behavioral Health Therapeutic Garden:
Large containers will be purchased for the mental health-focused horticulture therapy program.
Friends of Rogerson Clematis Collection:
New trellises will be built to support the collection.
Johnson Creek Watershed Council Streamside Demo:
Trees and native plants will help restore a site for environmental and educational purposes.
Laurelhurst Elementary School Garden:
Students, parents and partners will expand existing garden beds.
Morrison Center Breakthrough Healing Garden:
Teen male clients will benefit from supervised therapy related to tending a new garden.
Opal Charter School Garden:
Adjacent to the Portland Children’s Museum, staff and volunteers will enhance an edible garden and composting system.
PPS Community Transition, Entrepreneurial Garden:
This “Garden Works” project facilitates the sale of student-grown dahlias and squash to provide job and living skills to students.
Vale’s Willowcreek Elementary School Garden:
New techniques and plants will teach students the basics of growing healthy food, sustainability and composting.
Yamhill Head Start Garden, Newberg:
This garden is being developed on grounds by the preschool to provide children and their families with hands-on experience in growing food.