Seed to Supper Free Gardening Workshop!
Seed to Supper is a free 5-week beginning gardening course that gives adult gardeners the tools they need to successfully grow a portion of their own food on a limited budget. Participants will be given a free gardening book, seeds, plant starts, trowels, a certificate of completion and more.
Register Here: https://seedtosuppernadaka_staidans.eventbrite.com
When: Thursdays, February 16th through March 16th from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church 17405 NE Glisan St, Portland, 97230. Taught indoors with possible visits to Nadaka Community Garden
Who: Open to adult participants interested in learning how to garden on a budget.
Details: Please plan to attend all 5 classes. Participants get a free gardening book, seeds, and other goodies as available.
Registration is required: Contact Sara Bickford-sbickford@oregonfoodbank.org 503.575.2107, Adam Kohl- adam@outgrowinghunger.org or Monica McAllister- monica@friendsofnadaka.org.
Growing Veggies on a Budget. Learn low-cost ways to build healthy soil, plan your growing space, choose your crops, care for your growing garden, and harvest your bounty!
This class is hosted in partnership by Friends of Nadaka and St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church.
Join the Friends of Nadaka at the Columbia Slough Watershed Council’s Slough Celebration Gala event on February 5, 2016. Its really exciting that the Nadaka Park & Garden Project will be receiving an Achievement Award. 
Click here for more information and to order your tickets now.
Come out to Nadaka on Saturday, April 18th beginning at 9:00am until Noon to participate in the SOLVE cleanup. Go to the SOLVE website to pre-register for this event.
Tools and gloves will be provided as well as refreshments for volunteers. Its a great opportunity to improve Nadaka and make new friends. You will also get a chance to see the new two acre addition to the park which includes a nature based play area, community garden and picnic shelter.
Its happening Saturday, Sept. 27th. The Fourth Annual Nadaka Community Festival & Cleanup. Nadaka is a beautiful 10 acre forest where we will be removing invasives and litter in the morning from 9:00am to Noon. You can pre-register with SOLVE for this event here. If you would like to volunteer to help with the Festival beginning at 11:00am with setup, etc. you can do that at our partner, Columbia Slough Watershed Council’s website.
The Nadaka Community Festival will be held after the cleanup from Noon to 3:00pm where volunteers will be treated to hot dogs, music and activities for the family. The Audubon Society of Portland will have their live birds and you will be entertained by Aztec dancers from Ollin Yolliztli as well as NW PanMan Terry Baber on his steel drum.
For more information or to get involved contact Lee at 503-998-1044.
Title: Nadaka Cleanup With SOLV & Community Festival
Location: Nadaka Nature Park – Meet at North Gate – NE175th Ave. & NE Pacific
Link out: 
Description: SOLV Cleanup at Nadaka Nature Park. Removing invasives and trash in the 10 acre forested portion of the park. Preparing for Community Festival that begins at Noon. Pre-register on line with SOLV for this cleanup. Refreshments provided for volunteers.
Then join friends and neighbors at the 4th Annual Nadaka Community Festival for family fun with music, face painters, Audubon live birds, activities for children and free hot dogs while they last. Festival is from Noon until 3:00pm.
Start Time: 9:00am
Date: 2014-09-27
End Time: 12:00pm
Please join us for the Nadaka Nature Park & Garden Groundbreaking Ceremony
Wed., July 9th – 6:30pm-7:30pm
NE 175th & NE Glisan, Gresham
Don’t miss the big celebration! After the years of dreaming, grant writing, meeting, planning, permitting, and designing, construction will soon be underway. Help us to turn the dirt and celebrate building the park and garden including nature play space, paths, benches, meadow, and picnic shelter. Light refreshments.
For more information: Contact: Jane Van Dyke, Columbia Slough Watershed Council Email: jane.vandyke@columbiaslough.org Phone: 503-281-1132 or Contact: Lee Dayfield, Friends of Nadaka
Email: leedayfield@hotmail.com