Friends of Portland Community Gardens

10/07/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽!

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀?

Friends of Portland Community Gardens is holding their annual Mason Bee Cocoon Harvesting workshop.

Sunday Oct. 11, 2:30 - 4 pm
Switchback Saloon, 4847 SE Division St.

Mason Bee expert Stephen Anderson will show how to:
• extract cocoons out of the bee house
• inspect and clean cocoons and the nesting trays
• identify pests and parasites
• prepare cocoons for winter storage in the fridge

If this is your first time harvesting cocoons or want a refresher, this is a great hands-on workshop to harvest your cocoons and prepare them for winter storage.

RSVP to [email protected] if you want to attend and get more information.

To learn more about Friends of Portland Community Gardens and/or to join with an annual membership, go to portlandcommunitygardens.org.

10/05/2026

Thank you, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), for inviting Produce for People to OMSI After Dark: Homegrown. We had a fun night meeting fellow garden lovers and sharing information about the Friends of Portland CommunityGardens.

Many of our partners, including Produce for People, Portland Nursery, Portland Fruit Tree Project, and Urban Gleaners, were also at this wonderful event!

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲!
Help us tell more people about PFP and our volunteer efforts to grow vegetables for local food pantries.
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲: https://www.instagram.com/produceforpeoplepdx/



Parks & RecreationCommunityGardens

10/02/2026

Friends of Portland Community Gardens is thrilled to announce that we will be part of the Willamette Week Give!Guide. Friends will be participating as part of the "Hunger" category.

You can support Friends and hundreds of other amazing nonprofits through Give!Guide from November 1 - December 31st with tons of opportunities for fun prizes and donor matches along the way.

The Give!Guide campaign starts November 1st. Help spread the word to your friends and family! Learn more at giveguide.org/

If you want to support Friends with a donation before the Give!Guide campaign starts, please visit: https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_f8fc06da-7055-11eb-ad01-02de437a1f2f&WidgetId=8195072

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09/29/2026

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗻𝘀? 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲!

Friends of Portland Community Gardens is holding their annual Mason Bee Cocoon Harvesting workshop.
Sunday Oct. 11, 2:30 - 4 pm
Switchback Saloon, 4847 SE Division St.

Mason Bee expert Stephen Anderson will show how to:
• extract cocoons out of the bee house
• inspect and clean cocoons and the nesting trays
• identify pests and parasites
• prepare cocoons for winter storage in the fridge

If this is your first time harvesting cocoons or want a refresher, this is a great hands-on workshop to harvest your cocoons and prepare them for winter storage.

RSVP to [email protected] if you want to attend and get more information.

To learn more about Friends of Portland Community Gardens and/or to join with an annual membership, go to portlandcommunitygardens.org.

09/26/2026

Last Tuesday was the Fall Equinox. Almost overnight, temperatures have cooled and rain has arrived. Still, our garden's summer crops are producing, and our fall cops are doing well.

Join us at OMSI After Dark to learn more about gardening in the fall, Produce for People PDX, Portland Parks & Recreation's Community Gardens, and Friends of Portland Community Gardens. https://omsi.edu/events/omsi-after-dark-homegrown/

09/23/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗠𝗦𝗜 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸!
Friends of Portland Community Gardens and Produce for People PDX will have tables at this great event on Wednesday, September 30 from 6-10 PM.

The theme of this OMSI After Dark is Home Grown — a celebration of Oregon’s farming community, farmer’s market abundance, and urban farming practices.

Visit our tables to learn more about Friends of Portland Community Gardens and Produce for People. Learn more about both of these organizations, growing vegetables, food insecurity, and Portland Parks & Recreation's Community Gardens.

In addition, our friends at Portland Nursery will also be at this event!
Learn more about this event here:

Grab a drink and roam the museum at OMSI After Dark. This September: vendors, lectures, and activities will focus on farming.

09/11/2026

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗠𝗦𝗜 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸!

Friends of Portland Community Gardens and Produce for People PDX will have tables at this great event on Wednesday, September 30 from 6-10 PM. Come and learn more about both programs!

The theme of this OMSI After Dark is Home Grown — a celebration of Oregon’s farming community, farmer’s market abundance, and urban farming practices.

Learn more about this event here:
https://omsi.edu/events/omsi-after-dark-homegrown/

Calling all gardeners! Join us at this month's OMSI After Dark if you’re wanting to take your home garden up a notch, want to get into the nitty-gritty of soil science, or if you just love supporting Oregon’s farmers. 🥕 Learn more at omsi.edu!

09/10/2026

Is it okay to donate this gigantic zucchini to Produce for People?

ANSWER:
Yes! Although most people prefer eating smaller zucchinis (6 to 8”), lots of families who visit food pantries LOVE the larger ones. They provide a larger portion of squash and can be used to make stuffed zucchini boats, soups, fritters, and of course, zucchini bread.

Zucchinis have a habit of hiding away and becoming HUGE. We understand, and the food pantry will be happy to take this monster off your hands.

Thank you to whoever donated this beauty and to our lovely model!

09/07/2026

Thank you to all who grow food for your families and for others!

It's Labor Day — a day to honor hard workers! Although our Produce for People volunteer gardeners love growing vegetables for local food pantries, it can be hard work. It takes physical effort to plant, w**d, water and harvest our crops in ALL kinds of weather!

Thank you to all of the hard-working and generous PFP volunteers! Your amazing work growing vegetables helps feed hundreds of Portland families each year!

May your PFP beds be filled with the bounty of the season... beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash and all other wonderful vegetables!