Sumner Association of Neighbors (SAN)

In our neighborhood survey last summer, Sumner residents expressed interest in a community garden. This spring a group of PSU students partnered with Central Northeast Neighbors (CNN) to create the gardening portal GardenNet on the CNN website.

Now Sumner residents have a chance to see how community gardening is done in nearby neighborhoods. On Monday, August 30, Sandra Lefrancois and Bill Barber of CNN will be leading a tour of community gardens in the CNN area. According to Bill:

The purpose of the tour is to promote healthy, affordable food for the neighborhoods, to be informative and create awareness.

The tour is scheduled to start at 6pm at the Rigler Community Garden at NE 52nd and Prescott and will include stops at a proposed garden at NE 47th and Sumner, a yard share example at NE 57th and Simpson, and Hacienda’s garden near NE 60th and Tillamook. It will be a 2 hour tour that can be easily done by bicycle (round trip distance is about 3.5 miles). We are also in the process of finding a van or two. If you plan to attend please let me know if you will be bicycling or if you need space in a car or vanpool.

You can contact Bill at 503-823-2883.