Sneek Preview of River Road Green Home Tour

several fotos below

Please join us for the first of ten bike tours in Eugene this summer. The NLC Committee on Sustainability [COS] an eco activist city wide neighborhood committee, is coordinating the tours. See the city wide schedule further below.

For the on line updated schedule of all the neighborhood tours, go to http://eugenesustainability.org/

The tours are free, causal, social and a lot of fun. Bikes are recommended but you can follow in a car. Please keep young kids on best behavior, we will be visiting special and sensitive homes and gardens that are personal and important to the people who live there. Please no pets.

River Road

Saturday, July 17 and Sunday, July 18

Both days meet at 11 AM at Rosetta Park, Benajmin and Evergreen

Here's the River Road Line Up in Chronological Order and what each site has

[Sneek preview of several sites]

Saturday 11AM Rosetta Park

Comments on Herbicide Free Rosetta Park

In transit view Jan's place and John Pitney's place

Heiko - Front Yard Food Forest - WOW! its a fully mulched and planted infant food forest, Heiko designs and installs food forests, then special guest visit with Jean across the street, small front yard garden, chickens in back

In transit view new front yard garden

Kat and Matt - Neighbors collaborate for mutual benefit

Kat - Riparian restoration along the willamette greenway - removing invasive species, planting natives

Jen and Doug - Chickens, brambles emeritus, active solar. Citizen planted trees in neighboring open space, potential collaborations with future next door church

Quentin and Liz - Front yard garden and permaculture site plan

In transit view several front yard gardens

Teresa and Than - Reclaim automobile space, garden front and back and in vacant lot next door, bees, chickens, food preservation demonstration, food trees,,,,,,,

Open Property at Jan's after the Saturday bike tour, 212 Benjamin 3 to 5

Reclaim automobile space, passive solar redesign, 5600 gallon rain water storage, chickens, food hedge, food preservation, collaboration with neighbors, look at next door bill and marie's, fence lines, begin food forest, galvalume roof, passive solar bungalow, water features, roof garden,,,,,,

Sunday - again, meet at Rosetta Park at 11

In transit - Al's beginnings on a front yard forest garden, 5 houses west, Mark, just moved in, permaculture intentions on a one acre suburban site

Dharmalaya - Beautiful straw bale structure, permaculture site plan, active solar, garden, food forest, much more

Jason and Kaverii - recently moved in, allies and next door to Dharmalaya - just beginning their permaculture adventure, a look at site plan, intentions and possibilities. [note, Heiko lives over the back yard fence]

River Road Elementary School - School Garden, raised beds, fruit trees, education, neighborhood involvement,,,,

Michael - Native plants front yard, garden, chickens, micro bike shop

Sandra - Great back yard - fruit/nut trees, chickens, raised beds, green house, reclaim automobile space

Jen, Neighbors, Ellen and Gary - Four houses in a row with front yard gardens

In transit, view small rainwater catchment, chickens, edible landscaping

Lawrence - Cob green house - very nice, garden, edible landscaping, depaving

finished

Here's the current Schedule for other neighborhoods in Eugene.

Meeting locations and times yet to come for several tours,
see the COS website http://eugenesustainability.org/ for updates

Summer 2010 Green Home Tours
Brought to You by the NLC Committee on Sustainability [COS]
Grass to garden, rain water collection, solar, creative collaborations, food pres, restoration, reclaim auto space, greenhouses, green building/design and much more
July
17 - River Road, 11 AM - Meet Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen
17 - After the home tour, 3 to 5 Open Permaculture Property – 212 Benjamin
18 - River Road, 11 AM - Meet Rosetta Park, Benjamin and Evergreen
August
7 - Friendly, 11 AM - Meet Friendly Market, 2757 Friendly
8 - Friendly (excursion into Crest Dr 8/7) TBA
14 - Jefferson Westside, 10 AM - Meet Monroe Park
21 - Amazon Neighborhood TBA
September
4 - Whiteaker Neighborhood TBA
11 – Bethel Neighborhood TBA [first tour ever in Bethel]
19 - Laurel Hill Valley, 1 PM - Meet NW Youth Corps, 2621 Augusta [first tour ever in Laurel Hill]
25 - Southeast Neighbors, 10 AM - Meet 450 E. 30
full schedule at www.eugenesustainability.org

emerging food forest

neighborhoods of eugene

front yard garden

water cahtchment

early for roof top garden, note neighbor's driveway into garden

front yard gardens

cob green house

special agent al and infant food forest

Picture the driveway gone and become food forest, thats the plan

Open property site, saturday July 17