Poppy & Finch Studio (in the back corridor of Plural Collective)
8012 SE 13th Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
15% goes to The Friends of Mt. Tabor Park.
It’s nesting season! Walk away with a unique nesting ball with information about native plants and resources. Hang it from a tree in your garden or from a hook in your apartment patio.
You’ll learn how to repurpose ivy vines by weaving them to a ball to hold nesting material, taught by Lise Gervais, a volunteer from The Friends of Mt. Tabor Park! So many different ways to become a steward for our habitat in the urban landscape especially if you don’t have a garden!
I will talk about the importance of ivy, native plants and how to provide nesting material birds! Lise will teach how to weave English Ivy into a ball to hold nesting materials! You can decorate it with twigs, mosses, and other natural materials.
What’s included:
• Curated materials/supplies including local sheep wool
• Educational talk about native plants + their role to our habitat (important + fun facts)
• A hand-out of tips + resources including information about native plants, local organizations and native nurseries
• You take home your own 2-3 unique nesting ball
• Herbal tea & snacks
Lise Gervais (she/her): Volunteer Program Coordinator, Friends of Mt. Tabor Weed Warriors.
As a restoration volunteer for the last decade, I found myself loathing the displacement of native ecosystems caused by the introduction of species like English ivy. But I’ve come to admire its tenacity, strength, & flexibility. Finding ways to bend it into unique & useful things has turned my loathing into respect but I still want to remove it wherever I have the chance.