We finally made it! The Sauvie Island Center is in Give Guide (GG!) for the first time this year. We couldn’t be more excited. Not familiar with GG!? In a nutshell Willamette Week’s Give!Guide is Portland’s easiest path to year-end giving. This grassroots fundraising campaign has raised more than $48 million since its inception in […]
Seeds contain all the biological information to grow the next generation of plants. Seeds carry not just DNA, but cultural history. Hold all the possibilities in your hand and see how each story begins. Can you find the seed coat, cotyledon, embryo, and new leaves like this Farm Camper did? Guess you’ll have to come […]
“Ewwww!! AWESOME!!!” is something you might hear children scream during a typical Soil and Compost lesson. It all starts with soil. Gardens. Seeds. Roots. Fungi. Bacteria. Compost. Every plant you eat has needed to stretch their roots in that nutrient-dense topsoil. At our upcoming Family Farm Day, we invite you to dig into our Worm […]
Family Farm Days Return. School is out on Friday, November 11th. Play outside with us! At 10 AM, we will have activity stations set up and knowledgeable educators to facilitate* your morning in the garden. Step One: Pickup your Passport from the Grow Lunch Garden Step Two: Explore the Farm** Step Three: Collect a Stamp […]
During Spring 2022, we served 19 classes from 6 schools: James John Elementary, Sauvie Island School, Holy Cross, Harrison Park, and a homeschool group from Portland. We were also very excited to host Grant Watts Elementary from Scappoose for the very first time. For 17 years, we have served the Portland Public Schools network […]
Summers are a whirlwind at every environmental education center and we are no exception. We held four weeks of camp: two partnered with Catlin Gabel and two organized in-house. We had four camp counselors, two managers, one volunteer, and 90 kids. It was our third summer on Topaz Farm and running programs with Covid-19 safety […]
Hello Friends and Farmers, As summer camp has concluded, our thoughts turn to autumn. We will be running Field Trips at full capacity for the first season since Covid-19 began and Family Farm Days will make their return. We ask for your help in educating children about food, farming, and the land. The […]
We are happy to be offering another Biochar workshop with Cuauhtemoc at our beautiful home on Topaz Farm! If you aren’t sure what Biochar is, you want to learn more, or you simply want to find biochar community join us on the farm. What is Biochar? Biochar is a specialized form of charcoal produced using […]
Sauvie Island Center’s Farm Camp is outdoor experience where children are outside all day, every day soaking up the fresh air and sunshine. Each day at camp is a new adventure as we explore beautiful Topaz Farm and all it has to offer. For more information, or to registered, check out Farm Camp.