As the camas begins to crown in the Northern garden bioswale and reminds us that cultural foods still remain, the daylilies stick their fingers as high as a stretched human hand as the mustard greens are as large as a squirrel’s nest while our Oregon grape shows signs of budding, it is the middle of Winter! The last month has been busy with students' dirty hands and parents planting while we prepare for the coming of the vitamin-D-life-giving sun (even though he’s been showin

Did you miss the North Playground "vine-cutting", or do you want to relive it? Here is Deb Pleva and Carol Senna's marvelous speech leading up to the official opening of the North Playground, recognizing all the people the contributed so much time and energy to this project. Photos courtesy of Doug Farr. http://www.farroutphotos.com/ Thank you all so much for coming to celebrate the completion of the first natural playscape in Portland Public Schools, the Sabin Nature Playgr