"We also orchestrated four successful Twilight on the Farm fundraising dinners and donated money to Hunger Fighters of Oregon, The Lake Grove Garden Club and the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection in support of their programs on the farm." "We assisted the Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation department in building a tool shed for the community gardeners, reroofing the historic barn and planting native trees and shrubs," read the Friends of Luscher Farm press release. At the open house - which will take place at the White Barn Milk Parlor on the farm - people will have the opportunity to learn more about what the Friends group does.įriends of Luscher Farm works with the city and parks and recreation department to implement the Luscher Farm Master Plan, which is meant to ensure residents and visitors can best utilize the space. 4, Friends of Luscher Farm will host an informational open house to recruit new board members. 16.There will be an informational open house in December for those who are interested.įriends of Luscher Farm are looking for volunteers interested in helping to support environmental education, natural resource enhancement and sustainable urban agriculture.įrom 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Or give an experience - museum memberships are a year-round gift.ĭon’t see your favorite maker or maket in our 2021 Gift Guide? Send us a letter to the editor and tell our readers about them! Want to donate to a nonprofit or buy a book by a local author? No worries, EW’s Winter Reading is Dec. Nothing says the season of giving like a beer from Gratitude Brewing or spices and tinctures from Mrs. And if you’d rather not go out at all, think about a gift certificate to a local restaurant or retailer. Or take a rural drive and you can buy local products at places like Pleasant Hill Feed and Farm Supply off Highway 58 or Camas Country Schoolhouse Bakery and Store near Junction City.Ĭheck out the local markets and makers listed in this issue and make someone happy.
Want to wander farther afield? There’s the Coburg Holiday Market and the South Valley Farmers Market Outdoor Winter Market in Cottage Grove. Want to stay close to town? Check out the annual Saturday Market Holiday Market, the Weihnachtsmarkt at Old Nick’s Pub and the Whiteaker Winter Market, all in Eugene, or head to Springfield for the Washburne Café’s Makers Market, all in this issue.
So there’s a resolution to my anti-shopping quandary, and that’s wandering through local holiday markets with no real agenda beyond making my friends and family happy, and having a nice, safely masked, conversation or two. And while I hate the bright lights and hectic rush of holiday shopping, I do love to go new places and chat with the people who made the objects I’m thinking about buying.Īt Eugene Weekly ‘tis always the season to shop locally, but what with the ongoing pandemic, the supply chain crunch and retailers in general struggling these days, it’s really time to focus on supporting our neighbours - and when it comes to holiday shopping, our neighboring makers and sellers. Maybe because of that, or maybe because writers are always broke, I love to give thoughtful gifts that don’t have to break the bank. I still have them - hand-carved wooden ponies from Sweden and Brazil, hand-painted steeds from England, sit on my shelves. My parents never could afford to buy me the pony I asked for, but for years my mom, who was a flight attendant, found me horse figurines from her travels around the world. Expensive gifts are nice, but it’s the thoughtful gifts that you keep forever.