At the confluence of rural farmland and native forest in the urban center of Portland, Oregon, TLC Farm demonstrates tangible ways to take sustainability from a nice idea to a lived experience. The farm’s mission is to grow community learning while preserving common green space, restoring native ecosystems, and demonstrating sustainable urban living. TLC is located on the edge of Tryon Creek State Park, a 650-acre ecosystem of towering firs, cedars and diverse Northwest forest. The farm itself sits on seven acres of rolling meadow, gardens, homes, naturally-built structures, and wooded cliffs. It is both a sustainability educational center as well as a community gathering place.
Programs at TLC Farm include:
- Hands-on Sustainability: field trips for youth and students in preschool through college. Activities include interactive farm tours and hands-on activities and lessons on specific sustainability and ecology themes.
- Community Workshops: topics ranging from indigenous ways of living to permaculture design to meditation and eco-building.
- Land Projects: hands-on learning opportunities to design and build structures, gardens and sustainable technologies. Many of the new buildings at the farm have been created through land project community work days.
- Re-Code Portland: a campaign bringing together citizens, planners, builders, activists, and other stakeholders to develop city-wide regulations that support grassroots sustainability.
Find out more about TLC Farm by visiting their website.
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