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Get Outside in Natural Areas and Trails

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Get Active with Recreation Opportunities

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Plant and Care for Trees

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Portland Parks & Recreation Friends Groups

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Events

Marquam Nature Park - Stewardship Event

Join PP&R and Forest Park Conservancy to remove invasively growing ivy in Marquam Nature Park!

9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event

Leach Botanical Garden Stewardship Event

Join Johnson Creek Watershed Council in the Back 5 at Leach Botanical Garden for a morning of land tending and appreciation.

9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
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Hancock Nature Patch Planting Event

HELP COMPLETE PORTLAND'S NEWEST NATURE PATCH!

10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteer Event
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Columbia Nature Patch Stewardship Event

JOIN A SECOND-FRIDAY MONTHLY WORK PARTY TO KEEP THIS GARDEN LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.

8:00 am – 11:00 am
Volunteer Event
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