Coming to the Junior Gardener's Club this fall:
November 8, 2011
Art in the Garden in the Education Center
November 26, 2011
Junk Jam (rescheduled from August) in the Education Center
December 10, 2011
The Reptile Man in the Pavilion
All programs begin at 10 a.m. Please bring your membership card with you to the program.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Chef Kids Make Salsa on September 10th!
After the program, club members will take a short tour of the Silverton Market Garden and may get to harvest some fresh produce to take home!
The program begins at 10 a.m. and will run for approximately 1 hour. All cooking and produce materials will be provided.
About the Merry Kitchen:
The Merry Kitchen is the brainchild of Julie Merry. Julie got her bachelor's degree in Nutrition at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia and soon became a Registered Dietitian. While attending GSU, she switched her focus to the culinary aspects of nutrition. During college, she worked as a nanny for four children and discovered they had never been taught to cook. Julie took the opportunity to explore cooking with them. After seeing the excitement on the children's faces, she recognized her dream - teaching children to cook.
She moved to Portland, Oregon in the fall of 1999 and attended Western Culinary Institute. After graduating with honors, she cooked at a local restaurant and led the catering team for Elephants Deli. After gaining experience in a restaurant kitchen, she pursued teaching with the Western Culinary weekend program. She also volunteered at Sur la Table in the teaching classroom. After helping out for a few months, she was hired to teach the children’s cooking classes at Sur la Table. Her first class was such a success, she was asked to teach the Kid’s Cooking Camps that summer.
After two successful years with Sur la Table, Julie was then hired by Portland Public Schools to lead the after school cooking program at Fernwood Middle School. While teaching at Fernwood, she realized her ultimate dream. It was to have a cooking school out of her home, teaching teenagers and children of all ages to cook.
Ever since that realization, Julie has been remodeling an adorable house she found in NE Portland. While planning out the school, she decided that children should be learning how to grow the food they were going to be cooking. In 2008, she completed the Master Gardener program taught by OSU Extension Services. She has been cultivating a 500 square foot garden in her backyard and during summer camps, teaches children how to grow, maintain and reap the benefits of an all organic garden. Compost is made and utilized from the scraps of each cooking class.
The Merry Kitchen also does private parties, birthday parties or special themes not listed on their website. These need to be scheduled at least a week out. Please direct inquires to Julie Merry by phone: 503.946.8357 or email at julie@themerrykitchen.com. The Merry Kitchen is located at 5202 NE 72nd Avenue, Portland OR 97128. Please call for an appointment. No drop ins.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Updates on Summer Programs from the Junior Gardener's Club
We hope you have been enjoying the summer as much as we have! Tuesday programs continue for the Junior Gardener's Club - including tomorrow's Zumba program at 10 a.m. (Tuesday August 9th) and the last Tuesday program for the summer, Teddy Bear Picnic on August 16th.
Silverton Fitness instructor Lydia will be in the Children's Garden at 10 a.m. tomorrow to teach club members (and their parents!) how to move and dance to the zumba beat. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to wiggle and dance in the gorgeous summer air!
On Tuesday August 16th, the Junior Gardener's Club will celebrate the summer season with a Teddy Bear Picnic! Children of all ages are invited to bring their best Teddy Bear friend and enjoy a fun morning of teddy snacks and a wonderful puppet show by Penny Puppet Productions! This program will happen in the Children's Garden and may last about 80 minutes.
Note: if your teddy bear friend can't make it to this party, the Gift Shop will have some great teddy bears on sale - with special pricing for Junior Gardener's Club participants!
An update about Saturday programs:
Due to unexpected circumstances, the August 13th Junk Jam program is being postponed until this fall. A new date will be posted on this blog and sent to Junior Gardener's Club members as soon as it has been finalized. We apologize for any inconvenience!
Join us on Saturday September 10th at 10 a.m. for a cooking adventure! The Merry Kitchen will be at The Oregon Garden to teach us how to make fresh salsa and lettuce wraps with produce straight out of the Silverton Market Garden! Tasting these delicious creations will of course be necessary and kids can show off their culinary skills! Don't miss out
Friday, July 22, 2011
Fairy Garden Party on July 26
Use your wings and fly over to The Oregon Garden on Tuesday July 26th for a party!The Junior Gardener's Club presents "Fairy Garden Party" at 10 a.m. on July 26th - location will be the Children's Garden.
NOTE: we will still meet if it is raining - we'll just move our party indoors!
Join Nancy and crew from The Party Fairies will be leading activities including face painting, fairy stories under the bower, and creating a fairy garden to take home. Children will also decorate a wand of their own.
Fans of all things fairy may want to consider having a Fairy Party of their own - Nancy has a variety of party options and suggestions. Also, if you are considering creating a fairy garden at your own home, check out this segment from the show "Fusion," a show produced by our friends at Gustin Creative Group (who put out Garden Time TV).
Wings and fairy costumes are encouraged on Tuesday....we look forward to seeing you there.
Tickets:
Junior Gardener's Club members and Oregon Garden members - Free
Non-members: $5 program fee per child, plus any applicable Garden admission needed.
Questions? Contact the Membership Department at 503-874-2533 or by email at membership@oregongarden.org
Friday, July 8, 2011
Summer Programs begin July 12th
Looking for something fun AND educational for your children this summer? Bring them to the Junior Gardener's Club summer programs at The Oregon Garden!
Summer programs will occur on Tuesdays beginning July 12th and run through August 16th. Each program will begin at 10 a.m. and will meet in the Children's Garden.
July 12th - Fiber Arts with Celia Stapleton of Silverton's The Purl District
Finger knitting, dyeing wools naturally and exploring creative fiber arts are on the agenda for this program.
July 19th - Zumba for Kids
Get moving and shaking with a fun session of Zumba, taught by Silverton Fitness instructors. Dance and have fun in the Children's Garden while learning some new dance moves.
July 26th - Fairy Garden Party
Grab your wings and float into the Children's Garden for a Fairy Garden Party! Listen to fairy lore under the bower, decorate your own wand, and create a fairy garden to take home.
August 2nd - Clean Water Explorers
Exploring the water of the A-Mazing Water Garden, you will learn how to test for organisms in the water and take a close up look at what might be swimming in the water. Taught by Ron Crouse of Marion County Soil and Water District.
August 9th - Zumba Returns
Zumba returns to the Children's Garden! Dancing and keeping healthy at the same time - great fun for kids!
August 16th - Teddy Bear Picnic with Puppet Show
Invite your best Teddy Bear friend to this festival of fun, including a Teddy Bear parade, light snacks, and a return of Penny Puppet Productions, presenting "Ted E. Bear's Picnic"
For information about drop-in rates, Junior Gardener's Club membership or programs, contact the Membership Department at 503-874-2533 or membership@oregongarden.org
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Geo-caching: Fun Family Adventure
The Junior Gardener's Club will host "Geo-caching: Searching for Hidden Treasure" on Saturday July 9th at 10 a.m. in the Children's Garden.
Learn about coordinates and gps units in this fun treasure hunt program. Caches will be scattered around the garden for Club members to find. We will begin our program with an introduction to geo-caching and using gps...then we will break into groups to use what we have learned and search for caches!
GPS units will be available but if you have one of your own, feel free to bring it.
Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting game using GPS-enabled devices. Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates and then attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.
For more information about geo-caching, visit http://www.geocaching.com/
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Forest Science Wonders on June 11th
On Saturday, June 11th, the Junior Gardener's Club will partner with the Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI) to present a fun learning program: Forest Science Wonders.
We will be exploring in The Oregon Garden's Rediscovery Forest - What does a tree ring tell us? Do all trees grow the same? Come discover with the Oregon Forest Resources Institute
all the wonders of trees. Learn how to distinguish our common trees of Oregon. Use scientific tools to take a look inside a tree's life cycle and discover how people can influence the diversity and habitat of a forest.
Check out these sites for more forest and tree activities:
For more information about OFRI, visit: http://www.oregonforests.org/
Meet in the Children's Garden at 10 a.m. We will then move to the Rediscovery Forest. Program will take approximately 1 hour.
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