About this event
This event is provided by SOLVE
Join the Rock Creek Partnership on Saturday, March 12th in Happy Valley for
our fifth annual Watershed Wide Event! We’ll be planting a wide diversity of
native trees and shrubs to create a hedgerow on the property that will
attract native pollinators and contribute to watershed health. No experience
is necessary and all are welcome — families, neighbors, and friends! There
will be live music, a delicious variety of breakfast snacks and coffee/tea
provided to all volunteers, as well as raffle prizes! The staging site will
once again be the Galaxy Barn at Pendarvis Farm – site of the renowned
Pickathon Music Festival. Parking is limited at the Pendarvis farm so we ask
that all volunteers meet us at the nearby Happy Valley City Hall where
shuttles will bring you to the farm. Plan to arrive by 8:30-8:45am at City
Hall to leave enough time after arriving at the farm to get registered and
assigned to a crew, as well as to enjoy hot coffee and breakfast treats. The
event will wrap-up around 1:00pm. Rock Creek is an important tributary of the
Clackamas River, which provides high quality drinking water to more than
300,000 people and provides critical habitat for many sensitive species of
plants, fish and wildlife. The Rock Creek Partnership works with landowners
to revitalize streamside habitats by removing invasive species, such as
blackberry and ivy, and replanting the areas with native vegetation.
Restoring native plant communities grows a canopy over our creeks, which
filters drinking water, provides wildlife habitat, and increases property
value.