Neighborhood Sites
- Sunnyside Piazza
- Awakening
- Buckman Neighborhood Compost Project
- MACE Center - Village Green Gardens
- Mt. Scott High School
- Creative Science School
- Food Front Cooperative Grocery
- Freda's Tree
- Madison High School
- PSU: Look Up and See Garden
- Rigler School
- Central Street Community Project
- Share It Square
- Beyond Portland
MACE Center – Village Green Gardens
Location NE Alberta and Mallory
Contact Robin Hochman • eatmint@gmail.com • 503.957.9186
Schedule
June 7th & 8th 11:00am – 3:00pm: Ground Breaking
Sod-Busting and Ground Contouring to create water catchement berms. Heres your chance to get behind the Human-Powered Sod-Cutter! A strong back & a vengeance towards lawn grass will be required to remove grass and convert grassy sloped sides of parking lot into beautiful resource garden for the community. We will be preparing the soil for planting a diversity of native plants.
June 12th & 13th 11:00am – 3:00pm: Planting Party
These days will be light(er) work: placing plants and planting, watering with buckets, some stepping stone placement, spreading mulch. Kid-friendly activities; seed starting & sign painting. Come out and play in the dirt!
Description The Village Green Gardens is the first VBC project of The M.A.C.E. (Mallory Ave. Community Enrichment) Center. The MACE Center, which originated as Portland’s first YMCA in the 1900’s and has since been used as a church, homeless center, soup kitchen and community meeting place by various organizations. Its doors have been open to the community for over 100 years!
The project for this first year will be to transform their parking lot into a green space for vegetable production, beautification, and water management and a community space for concerts, events, and gatherings. We have already begun to transform the step slopped edges of the parking space and with your help we can really make a difference! There is plenty of work and fun for anyone of any age. Come out and join us!
