Want to make a suggestion on what to grow in our gardens? Post a comment here. Be sure to include your name, your plant suggestion, some guidelines for growing it, and why you think this would be a good fit for our program.

We would like to take this time to thank Naomi's Organic Farm Supply and Wilco for there generosity and assistance with this project. We would also like to thank the Portland Nursery, Sustainable Shift, Al's Garden center and the Oregon Garden for their patronage. Thanks to all the schools and garden programs as well that are too long to list here. We appreciate your help!

Garden Project Updates

Hello

Glad you came to our blog. This serves as a place to connect, share stories, view pictures, ask questions and catch up on what is happening with the garden project.

Please feel free to make comments and posts. On the left margin there is an event listing calendar. It should help you to see whats is going on where and when and even allows you to confirm some time for volunteering.

OCDC is building sustainable raised bed vegetable gardens for the centers. The project is all about nutrition and education. It follows a similar methodology to other Farm to School programs in the area.

The centers just received their first set of materials for the garden building. Silverton and Linden are the first to get some work in them. On Monday we will start removing sod from the garden and lining the ground for the raised bed boards. Come join us for some dirty work!

OCDC Garden Blog Start Up

Welcome to the Oregon Child Development Coalition Garden Blog.

We are the Oregon Child Development Coalition!
As one of the largest early childhood care and education networks in Oregon, we are dedicated to improving the lives of children and families through dynamic leadership, advocacy, and unique and essential services that embrace education as the catalyst in this process.
We carry out our mission by:
PREPARING children for school
PRPROMOTING economic opportunities
PARTNERING and collaborating
PRACTICING inclusiveness
Cultivating our children’s future is a collective responsibility. As such, we take seriously our role as a leader in this process and envision our agency as a model of excellence in early childhood care and education.

visit our site at www.ocdc.net to find out more