Classes

By WW Editorial Staff

Container Gardening Workshop

Growing Gardens teaches the basics of how to grow food almost anywhere. 6-8 pm Tuesday, May 13. Free, or sliding-scale donation. Registration required. Contact Emily at 284-8420 or

emily@growing-gardens.org

for location details. (SS)

SPIN Gardening Workshop

You don't need to be a Sufi to practice this technique, an acronym for "Small Plot IN-tensive" farming. The Portland Office of Sustainable Development brings its creator and author to teach urbanites how to whip their slacker yards into productive micro-farms. 9 am-4 pm Saturday, May 10. $40, includes SPIN guide. Register by May 7. Contact Lindsey Maser at 823-7553 or

lindsey.maser@ci.portland.or.us.

(SS)

Summer Vegetable Care and Selection Workshop

Part of a series of one-hour classes at Livingscape Nursery, a new North Portland retailer focusing on edibles, native plants and "lawn alternatives that let you put away that mower and blower (hello, peace and quiet!)." 926 N Vancouver Ave., 248-0104,

livingscapenursery.com/workshops.htm.

10:30 am Saturday, May 10. Free, or $3 donation. Register via email to

livingscapenursery@gmail.com

. (SS)

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