Community Events with BAE
Join us in our ecosystem of Black farms!
BOLT regularly hosts volunteer days, youth programs, and spirit-centered community, educational and skill building workshops.
We share opportunities to engage at other Black-led farm sites in our Black Agricultural Ecosystem (BAE)
Feed’em Freedom Foundation
Flowers to the Folks
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition
Black Futures Farm
Black Food Fund
We are a Host Farm! Is your organization interested in holding an event at the farm? Contact us!
View below to learn more or register for an event!
Cultural Ecosystems: Camas Prairies & Food Forests
Native Plants and Food Institute: Cultural Ecosystems: Camas Prairies & Food Forests
May 8, 2026 9:30am-4:00pm
Wolf Haven International 3111 Offut Lake Rd SE Tenino, WA
Learn about ecosystems that Pacific Northwest regional tribes have cultivated since time immemorial with a focus on camas prairies and food forests. Many children grow up thinking that humans are harmful to the land. Through learning about cultural ecosystems, youth see how people can promote biodiversity and well-being through conscientious stewardship. We will explore the concept of cultural ecosystems and how to create micro-ecosystems in school and community gardens and explore a local camas prairie. Participants will receive a curriculum that fits best with grades 6–12 learning levels but can be adapted for younger children to adults.
This training will take place at Wolf Haven International, a wolf sanctuary located on a beautiful camas prairie. We will utilize their indoor classroom and spend most of our time outside; please dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. We will provide coffee, tea, snacks - please bring your own lunch. This training is facilitated by Mariana Harvey (Yakama), Elise Krohn and Elizabeth Campbell (Spokane/Kalispel).
We have a number of scholarships available with a priority on Indigenous educators. Please fill out this form to inquire about scholarships. For any questions about this workshop, accessibility needs or scholarships, connect with Mariana Harvey at mariana@theoldgrowth.co
For those needing lodging, note that we do not have a room block. We recommend Squaxin Island Tribe’s Little Creek Casino Hotel, they offer discounts to tribal members. We also recommend the Hilton Garden Inn in Olympia.
Tend, Gather, and Grow (Tend) is a K-12 curriculum that focuses on native and naturalized plants of the Pacific Northwest region. Through hands-on activities, students explore themes in wild food traditions, herbal medicine, plant technologies, cultural ecosystems, and tree communities. Northwest Native American plant knowledge and stories are woven throughout the curriculum. Learn more about this toolkit and others at https://www.nativeplantsandfoods.org/
Dahlia Workshop Series
Dahlia Workshop Series, Part 3: Spring Tending & Propagation
Part of Flowers to the Folks | Hosted by B.A.E. (Black Agricultural Ecosystem)
When: Monday, April 27th, 2026, 4-6:30 PM
Where: CROPS Farm 1980 W Historic Columbia River HwyTroutdale, OR
JOIN US for the continuation of this Dahlia Planting Series. We’ve learned how to supportively dig up and store for the winter season. Come learn next steps of separating and preparing to plant tubers for spring! SIGN UP SHEET HERE
Overview
Hands-on dahlia workshop: divide, plant & propagate for summer blooms. Guided by Marianna of Corolla. All levels welcome.
(*This workshop is sliding scale and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. If you would like to attend but cost is a barrier, please email info@blackoregonlandtrust.org)
This workshop is the third offering in our Cyclical Nature of Dahlias series, a seasonal journey of learning how to grow, tend, and propagate dahlias in rhythm with the land.
As spring awakens, we gather to explore the essential practices that set the foundation for vibrant summer blooms.
Guided by Marianna of Corolla, participants will learn hands-on techniques for working with dahlias in this season of renewal. Together, we will cover:
Dividing and splitting dahlia tubers
How to assess and work with overwintered tuber clumps
Reflecting on storage techniques and sharing learnings from winter
When to divide versus when to leave tubers mulched in the ground
Planting specifics: timing, spacing, and best practices
Taking dahlia cuttings for propagation
This workshop is both practical and relational—an opportunity to deepen your skills while connecting with community and the living cycles of the land.
Whether you joined us for earlier sessions or are stepping in for the first time, you are welcome.
Come ready to get your hands in the soil, ask questions, and tend toward a season of abundance.
There will be food provided at the end of this workshop.
Black Earth Day
Black Futures Farm 6745 60th St. Portland, OR
Join us for an afternoon of food, music, soil demos, and community connection. We’ll also be building a community collage and sharing Afro Ecology zines.
We’re collaborating with Equitable Giving Circle and Feed’em Freedom Foundation, so come meet folks doing powerful work and land and community care.
Come reconnect with the earth, tap into local knowledge, and learn what these impactful organizations have going on, and how you can get involved as we step into warmer monthsl
Mosaic's Breaking Bread
Mosaic’s Breaking Bread: A Grief Series
This gathering is specifically for BIPOC-identifying individuals.
April's Breakin' Bread will be catered by Whimsy Catering. RSVP to see location
Breakin' Bread, is an intimate community dinner series from the BIPOC tradition of shared meals as a practice of connection, release, and repair. We invite you to break bread with us — where food is the vessel and language to move through whatever you may be carrying. Our table for this series is simply a space to hold grief in all its forms — loss, transition, heartbreak, burnout, endings, and new becomings. Come for the meal. Stay for the conversation. Leave nourished.
Word in the Woods
Word in the Woods
Saturday, 1:00pm-3:30pm at BOLT HQ; Mother(s) Land 39058 E Knieriem Rd. Corbett, OR
Word in the woods is a gathering for those seeking the Divine. A space for presence, prayer, and praise. We meet in the forest to pray, sing, reflect and reconnect with each other, the earth and God. This is a community driven, ever evolving experience. Free flowing yet intentional, grounded yet expansive.
Strawberry Planting
WeABL STRAWBERRY PLANTING Hosted at CROPS
Join us for another WeABL Land Tending Day. This time we will be planting as many strawberries as possible at CROPS! This is an Easy task but we will need many hands because they make light work! SIGN UP HERE
Wild Springs Greens Teacher Training
Native Plants and Food Institute
Tend, Gather and Grow: Wild Spring Greens Teacher Training
April 2, 2026 at GRuB Olympia, WA 9:30am - 4:00pm
Embrace the gifts of spring! Taste edible greens including nettles, dandelion, chickweed, wild lettuces, salmonberry sprouts, violets, and bigleaf maple blossoms. These nutritional superstars promote vitality and attunement to the land.
After a plant walk around the GRuB farm, we will prepare and sample a feast of wild foods! Participants will explore lessons in the Tend, Gather and Grow Wild Food Traditions Module and the Plant Guide, and practice teaching back activities. Participants will receive a curriculum that is adaptable for young kids through adults with lesson plans, Northwest Native stories, and recipes. We will spend some time outside; please dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. We will provide coffee, tea, snacks - please bring your own lunch. This training takes place at the GRuB farm in Olympia, WA facilitated by Mariana Harvey (Yakama), Kim Gaffi and Shanoa Pinkham (Yakama/Cheyenne).
We have a number of scholarships available with a priority on Indigenous educators. Please fill out this form to inquire about scholarships. For any questions about this workshop or scholarships, connect with Mariana Harvey at mariana@theoldgrowth.co
Tend, Gather, and Grow (Tend) is a K-12 curriculum that focuses on native and naturalized plants of the Pacific Northwest region. Through hands-on activities, students explore themes in wild food traditions, herbal medicine, plant technologies, cultural ecosystems, and tree communities. Northwest Native American plant knowledge and stories are woven throughout the curriculum.
Learn more about this toolkit and others at NativePlantsAndFoods.org
Food Forest Workshop
Food Forest Workshop
Food Forest Workshop with Feed’em Freedom Foundation-— Saturday, 10:00am-1:00pm Location: The event is going to start at the food forest site : 2022 NW Division Street, Gresham OR and will move to Multnomah County Library in Rockwood at 17917 SE Stark St. Portland OR 97233 to discuss as a group in a warm/indoor space.
Food Forest Workshop: Community-Led Mapping & Design
A hands-on, collaborative workshop where we’ll map the land, learn core food forest principles, and co-design a regenerative planting plan rooted in community vision and ecological care. All experience levels welcome.
Word in the Woods
Word in the Woods
Saturday, 1:00pm-3:30pm at BOLT HQ; Mother(s) Land 39058 E Knieriem Rd. Corbett, OR
Word in the woods is a gathering for those seeking the Divine. A space for presence, prayer, and praise. We meet in the forest to pray, sing, reflect and reconnect with each other, the earth and God. This is a community driven, ever evolving experience. Free flowing yet intentional, grounded yet expansive.
WeABL Play, Grow, Learn
WeABL Community Land Day
Hosted by: BAE - Black Agricultural Ecosystem
Location: Play, Grow, Learn 4530 SE 63rd Ave, Portland, OR
Date: Saturday, February 28th
Time: 10:00-1:00PM
Registration: All Community Land Days are open to the public. Registration is required, and details for each Saturday—including location, activities, and accessibility notes—will be shared in advance. Register through this link.
Description:
Each gathering offers opportunities to:
Engage in land-based stewardship and restoration
Support Black-led farms and land projects
Learn from and alongside Black farmers, land stewards, and organizers
Build relationships rooted in reciprocity, accountability, and care
WeABL is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, cultural continuity, and collective well-being.
Come as you are. Bring your hands, your presence, and your willingness to be in relationship with the land and each other.
WeABL (We Activate Black Lands) is a month-long, Black-led land tending and community activation series honoring Black History Month through embodied action on the land. Across four Saturdays in February, community members are invited to show up in relationship with Black-led farms and land projects — to tend soil, plant trees, build infrastructure, share stories, and activate living histories of Black land stewardship, resilience, and futurity. Rather than observing Black History Month through abstraction alone, WeABL calls us into relationship, repair, and responsibility — grounding history in the land itself. This series is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, and collective care.
WeABL BFF
WeABL Community Land Day
Hosted by: BAE - Black Agricultural Ecosystem
Location: Black Futures Farm 6745 SE 60th Street, Portland, OR
Date: Saturday, February 21st
Time: 10:00-1:00PM
Registration: All Community Land Days are open to the public. Registration is required, and details for each Saturday—including location, activities, and accessibility notes—will be shared in advance. Register through this link.
Description:
Each gathering offers opportunities to:
Engage in land-based stewardship and restoration
Support Black-led farms and land projects
Learn from and alongside Black farmers, land stewards, and organizers
Build relationships rooted in reciprocity, accountability, and care
WeABL is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, cultural continuity, and collective well-being.
Come as you are. Bring your hands, your presence, and your willingness to be in relationship with the land and each other.
WeABL (We Activate Black Lands) is a month-long, Black-led land tending and community activation series honoring Black History Month through embodied action on the land. Across four Saturdays in February, community members are invited to show up in relationship with Black-led farms and land projects — to tend soil, plant trees, build infrastructure, share stories, and activate living histories of Black land stewardship, resilience, and futurity. Rather than observing Black History Month through abstraction alone, WeABL calls us into relationship, repair, and responsibility — grounding history in the land itself. This series is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, and collective care.
BLACK MYSTERY MONTH - Out of the Infinite Darkness
BLACK MYSTERY MONTH - Out of the Infinite Darkness | BePresent Art Group
Date: Friday, FEB. 20th
Location: The Old Church Concert Hall; Portland, OR
Time: Doors 6:30pm, Show at 7:30pm
BePresent Art Group’s 3rd annual Black Mystery Month concert at The Old Church Concert Hall.
This event will feature “Out of the Infinite Darkness”, a sono-drama performed by Roman Norfleet and BePresent Art Group with opening performances by Jacque Hammond and Woseiko Ensemble.
Visuals by Spoiler Room PDX and fashion market with Amen Amen Studio.
Presented by Albina Music Trust, BePresent Art Group and KMHD Jazz Radio. Sponsored by The Old Church Concert Hall.
Word in the Woods
Word in the Woods
Hosted by: Olivia Ashé and community
Location: BOLT HQ 39058 E Knieriem Rd. Corbett, OR 97019
Date: Saturday, February 14th
Time: 1:30-3:30PM
Description:
Word in the woods is a gathering for those seeking the Divine. A space for presence, prayer, and praise. We meet in the forest to pray, sing, reflect and reconnect with each other, the earth and God. This is a community driven, ever evolving experience. Free flowing yet intentional, grounded yet expansive.
WeABL BOLT
WeABL Community Land Day ~ Tree Planting!
Hosted by: BAE - Black Agricultural Ecosystem
Location: BOLT HQ 39058 E Knieriem Rd. Corbett, OR 97019
Date: Saturday, February 14th
Time: 10:00-1:00PM
Registration: All Community Land Days are open to the public. Registration is required, and details for each Saturday—including location, activities, and accessibility notes—will be shared in advance. Register through this link.
Description:
Each gathering offers opportunities to:
Engage in land-based stewardship and restoration
Support Black-led farms and land projects
Learn from and alongside Black farmers, land stewards, and organizers
Build relationships rooted in reciprocity, accountability, and care
WeABL is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, cultural continuity, and collective well-being.
Come as you are. Bring your hands, your presence, and your willingness to be in relationship with the land and each other.
WeABL (We Activate Black Lands) is a month-long, Black-led land tending and community activation series honoring Black History Month through embodied action on the land. Across four Saturdays in February, community members are invited to show up in relationship with Black-led farms and land projects — to tend soil, plant trees, build infrastructure, share stories, and activate living histories of Black land stewardship, resilience, and futurity. Rather than observing Black History Month through abstraction alone, WeABL calls us into relationship, repair, and responsibility — grounding history in the land itself. This series is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, and collective care.
EMWSC Irrigation workshop
EMWSC Irrigation Workshop
Hosted by: EMWSC - East Multnomah Water and Soil Conservation
Location: Gresham City Hall - Oregon Trail Room 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR
Date: Saturday, February 12th
Time: 9:00-1:00PM
Registration: Registration is required in advance. Register through this link. Lunch Served!
Description:
This workshop is designed to help growers prepare for the upcoming irrigation season. Using a peer-to-peer learning format, participants will be introduced to practical, easy-to-use tools for planning and managing irrigation more efficiently.
Specifically, the workshop will demonstrate how to:
Estimate crop water requirements at different stages of the growing season
Understand the amount of water delivered by an irrigation system
Determine optimal irrigation timing and irrigation set durations
WeABL CROPS
WeABL Community Land Day
Hosted by: BAE - Black Agricultural Ecosystem
Location: CROPS 1700 W Historic Columbia River Hwy, Troudtale, OR
Date: Saturday, February 7th
Time: 10:00-1:00PM
Registration: All Community Land Days are open to the public. Registration is required, and details for each Saturday—including location, activities, and accessibility notes—will be shared in advance. Register through this link.
Description:
Each gathering offers opportunities to:
Engage in land-based stewardship and restoration
Support Black-led farms and land projects
Learn from and alongside Black farmers, land stewards, and organizers
Build relationships rooted in reciprocity, accountability, and care
WeABL is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, cultural continuity, and collective well-being.
Come as you are. Bring your hands, your presence, and your willingness to be in relationship with the land and each other.
WeABL (We Activate Black Lands) is a month-long, Black-led land tending and community activation series honoring Black History Month through embodied action on the land. Across four Saturdays in February, community members are invited to show up in relationship with Black-led farms and land projects — to tend soil, plant trees, build infrastructure, share stories, and activate living histories of Black land stewardship, resilience, and futurity. Rather than observing Black History Month through abstraction alone, WeABL calls us into relationship, repair, and responsibility — grounding history in the land itself. This series is hosted in collaboration with Black-led organizations across the Black Agricultural Ecosystem and reflects a shared commitment to land access, food sovereignty, and collective care.
"A Dahlia Dig Up" Workshop
NOVEMBER 23RD | Flowers to the Folks presents “A Dahlia Dig Up” workshop - A four part series Sunday, 11am-2pm at CROPS 1700 W Historic Columbia Hwy, Troutdale, OR
Series 2: Hosted by Flowers to the Folks and in collaboration with Feed’em Freedom Foundation and BOLT. Facilitated by Zandi and Marianna who are both grand florists dripping in knowledge and abundant in sharing what they know with their community. Come learn about what dahlia’s varieties and needs for winterization and engage in hands on activity of digging them up from the earth. Take home knowledge and a Dahlia tuber for your garden!
Word in the Woods
NOVEMBER 22nd | Word in the Woods Saturday, 1:00-3:30 PM at Mothers Land, BOLT HQ, 39058 E Knieriem Rd. Corbett, OR
Hosted by our lovely DJ Ashé, who brings the medicine of story, prayer, scripture and connection to the heart of our community. This offering will be specially paired with “A GRATITUDE DINNER”. Come join us in prayer and feast. Leave full, uplifted and satiated.
“Word in the Woods is a gathering for those seeking the Divine-a space for presence, prayer and praise. We meet in the forests to pray, sing, reflect, and reconnect-with each other, the earth and God. This is a community driven, ever evolving experience: free flowing yet intentional, grounded yet expansive.”
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“A Dahlia Dig Up” Workshop
NOVEMBER 15th | Flowers to the Folks presents “A Dahlia Dig Up” workshop - A four part series Saturday, 11am-2pm at CROPS 1700 W Historic Columbia Hwy, Troutdale, OR
Series 1: Hosted by Flowers to the Folks and in collaboration with Feed’em Freedom Foundation and BOLT. Facilitated by Zandi and Marianna who are both grand florists dripping in knowledge and abundant in sharing what they know with their community. Come learn about what dahlia’s varieties and needs for winterization and engage in hands on activity of digging them up from the earth. Take home knowledge and a Dahlia tuber for your garden!