Date Change! Rain Planter Facelift at the ReBuilding Center

Blossom Earthworks

--UPDATE: Due to a revised 100% forecast for seriously inclement weather on Saturday, November 5th, the event has been postponed until Saturday, November 12th.
On behalf of <A CLASS="gmail-profileLink" HREF="https://www.facebook.com/RebuildingCtr/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ReBuilding Center</A> and <A CLASS="gmail-profileLink" HREF="https://www.facebook.com/BlossomEarthworks/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blossom Earthworks</A>, we wish to apologize for this postponement. Breakfast will be served at 9:00 AM next Saturday, November 12th and the event will happen rain or shine! Thank you for your understanding and please join us next week!--
 
Come support the ReBuilding Center and learn about stormwater management! Blossom Earthworks and the ReBuilding Center will be hosting a volunteer work-party to restore the ReBuilding Center's stormwater planters. The ReBuilding Center installed the planters over 10 years ago to reduce runoff from the roofs and filter it using water-loving plants.
A hearty breakfast will be provided by Verde Cocina, a local Mexican restaurant, for everyone attending the work-party. We will then divide into teams and dig in!
Following the work-party Todd Blossom, owner of the ecological landscape design-build firm, Blossom Earthworks, will give a talk on how stormwater can be managed at home using rain gardens. Edward Hill of the ReBuilding Center will then give a talk about using reclaimed materials in the landscape and about some of the materials the ReBuilding Center has to offer.
The work-party will be capped at 18 people and the talk at 20 but for anyone that isn’t able to make it, we will be hosting more events like this in the future so have no fear!  
  
This event is FREE. Please RSVP by registering for a ticket on Eventbrite. 
IF YOU PLAN TO COME TO THE WHOLE EVENT PLEASE REGISTER FOR BOTH TICKET TYPES. 
8:30 - 9:00 AM Sign in
9:00 - 9:30 AM Breakfast and break into teams Outline of what the teams will be doing
9:30-11:00 AM Rainwater planter cleanup and planting
11:00-12:00 PM Talk on Rain gardens and Using Reclaimed Materials in the Landscape
 
Breakfast will be served in the parking lot (to the left of the building if you are looking straight at it) and the talk will be held inside the administrative offices at the ReBuilding Center at: 
3625 N Mississippi Ave Portland, OR.  Look for the red brick building and red door!
 
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The ReBuilding Center’s mission is to inspire people to value and discover existing resources to strengthen the social and environmental vitality of communities. With 6 tons of materials moving through the warehouse each day, the ReBuilding Center carries the region’s largest volume of used building materials. Rather than going to the landfill, these materials are sold back to the community for reuse at 40-90% below market value. Community is at the heart of our mission, materials are the means.