Join us at the farm to harvest, prepare, and use plants from the garden as natural inks on paper. Selections will depend on the garden, but will likely include dyers coreopsis, indigo, marigold, and some farm veggies. All supplies will be provided.

Yoga will also be included in this workshop, so wear comfortable clothes for movement.

More details to come!

Click here to purchase a ticket for the workshop!

Join us for our 5th annual Harvest Celebration! There will be live music, delicious food made with produce from our farm, an auction, fun educational activities for the whole family, and more! Tickets available on a sliding scale — click here!

Join the Willamette Farm & Food Coalition for an afternoon of preserving the harvest, sharing a delicious meal, and building community around local food.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn the foundations of safe water bath canning while creating a batch of delicious homemade pickles using seasonal produce. We'll cover the essentials of home food preservation, including canning safety, preparing jars, selecting ingredients, and the science behind creating shelf-stable pickles. Whether you're brand new to canning or looking to refresh your skills, this workshop will give you the confidence to continue preserving the harvest at home.

Every participant will leave with:

• A jar of pickles they canned themselves

• Foundational knowledge of safe home canning

• Recipes and resources to continue canning at home

• New connections with fellow food lovers and growers

Midway through the workshop, we'll gather for a seasonal Soil to Skillet lunch prepared by the Willamette Farm & Food Coalition's chefs using the freshest ingredients available from Thimbleberry Farm. Vegan and gluten-free options will be available.

Come ready to learn, share a meal, and celebrate the abundance of the season together.

RSVP here!

Date: Saturday, September 12
Time: 12:00–3:00 PM
Location: Thimbleberry Farm

Join Us for Thimbleberry's Mid Summer Soirée & First-Ever Top Chef Cook-Off!

This year's Mid Summer Soirée is bigger and more delicious than ever. We're thrilled to introduce the inaugural Thimbleberry Top Chef Cook-Off, where talented local chefs will transform fresh, seasonal produce from our farm into creative appetizer-style dishes for you to sample and judge. Taste them all and help crown our very first Top Chef champion!

The fun doesn't stop there. Enjoy an evening filled with:

• Live music by Dustin Dale Gaspard, the Bayou Bard from The Voice!

• Farm-fresh pizza made in our new cob oven

• Local wine (and refreshing nonalcoholic beverages)

• Nature-inspired art activities

• A raffle featuring fun and unique prizes

• Beautiful summer farm scenery (come say hi to our chickens and ducks!)

Whether you're a dedicated foodie, a supporter of local agriculture, or simply looking for a memorable summer evening with family and friends, there's something for everyone at the farm.

Every ticket helps support Thimbleberry's food access and education programs. Last year alone, we grew more than 12,000 pounds of fresh produce for community members experiencing food insecurity and welcomed over 800 children and adults to the farm for hands-on educational experiences focused on growing, harvesting, and cooking with healthy seasonal food.

Come celebrate summer, support your community, and experience the farm in full bloom. We can't wait to see you there!

Come celebrate the start of berry season by making your very own berry bowls for gathering, washing, and eating. Led by ceramic artist Bryan Quintanilla of Boundary Layer Ceramics at Heirloom Ceramics. You'll hand build your own berry bowls - no experience required! Participants will spend the workshop making and decorating their own berry bowls. Participants then will choose a glaze at the end of the workshop and receive fully fired bowls.

All materials and tools provided. All proceeds go to Thimbleberry to support our food access and education programs. Register here.

Come catch the end of spring migration with nature artist, amateur bird watcher, native-plant enthusiast, and Thimbleberry Ambassador Board member Bryan Quintanilla at Whitaker Ponds in the first of a series of late spring/ early summer Thimbleberry events that will take place all around the Portland metro area.

This event is FREE! Learn about the incredible natural ecosystem right in your own backyard that regenerative farms like ours aim to protect through responsible land and water management.

Whitaker Ponds is known for its incredible transformation from junkyard to a thriving and diverse wetlands. Unique birds you may find include black phoebes, blue-winged teals, wood ducks, great egrets, great blue herons and more!

Bring your own binoculars though we'll have a few extra for sharing. Sign up here.

Join us for our 2025 Winter Celebration! This year's celebration will be taking place at EcoTrust's Billy Frank Jr. room. We will be enjoying live music, delicious appetizers, and drinks (two drink tickets are included in the price of your ticket!). Together, we will celebrate a joyful year at the farm, while raising funds to support Thimbleberry's food access and education programs for the year to come! The importance of local food security, and environmental education feel so extra special right now, and so essential to fight for. Come join us to do good with an evening out.

All proceeds raised during the event will count toward our 2025 Give!Guide goal of $35,000! 

Click here for more info and to buy tickets!

Thank you to our sponsor, Unitus Community Credit Union!

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Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm (TCF) grows produce for lower income families and offers educational programs, including school field trips and workshops focused on sustainable agriculture methods, cooking with seasonal produce, and food systems issues. These programs are designed to address food insecurity, which affects folks in East Multnomah County at a disproportional rate. In 2024, we provided over 9,400 lbs of produce to the community at no cost to recipients, and we engaged about 700 community members in our field trips, workshops, and educational farmers market activities.

Support Earth Month while enjoying delicious Cuban cuisine. Join us on Thursday, April 17, for a special Dine Out Fundraiser at Pambiche — where every bite supports a more sustainable food system that's good for people and the planet.

Pambiche (2811 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97232) will generously donate 10% of the day’s proceeds to Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm. The Thimbleberry crew will be there from 5 - 8 PM if you want to say hello.

What’s better than a great meal with friends? A meal that also supports a great cause! 

Join us Friday March 14, 6-8pm, at Rock Haven Climbing Gym! At Scaling for Sustenance, we’ll be climbing, playing games, and raising support for our food access programs! By purchasing a discounted day pass ($20 for anyone who is there to support Thimbleberry), you can have a fun evening of climbing with friends and family while supporting our efforts to distribute 10,000+ lbs of produce to folks experiencing food insecurity this year.

Register here!

Join us for a Winter Cocktail Party at the beautiful new Kyoudou Center at the Gresham Japanese Garden! We will be serving some delicious appetizers and drinks (included in the ticket price), celebrating a joyful year at the farm, and raising funds to support Thimbleberry's food access and education programs. All proceeds from the event will count toward our 2024 Give!Guide goal of $30,000!

When you support Thimbleberry, you are supporting our efforts to 1) grow nutritious food for people in need, and 2) teach our community about how to grow and cook with seasonal produce, and how to improve our seed-to-plate system so that it is healthy for people and the planet. Since 2022, we have distributed over 20,500 lbs of produce to community members experiencing food insecurity-- that is enough produce for over 60,000 meals! Just in 2024, we have served over 650 community members through our field trips, classroom visits, and workshops! Thank you for supporting our work.

Join us for our third annual Harvest Celebration!

As in years past, we will have live music, food vendors, farm activities, cold beverages for sale (both alcoholic and NA) and an online auction!

New for this year: for the first time we will be hosting the celebration at our farm!

This is a family friendly event and we will have fun for all ages. Tickets are $10 for adults (18+), $5 for children (4-17) and free for children 3 and under. Tickets can be purchased here!

Tickets include:

• Guided tour of our farm with our Farm Operations Manager Drew

• Live music

• Pollinator friendly seed bomb make and take

• Mask making art activity and photo booth

• Community art Mandala

• Yard games

• and more...

All proceeds from the event will support Thimbleberry's food access and educational programming, including community produce donations, K-12 field trips and community workshops.

Thank you to our generous sponsors Metro, Burns Feed Store and Liepold Farms!

Join us for a farm-to-table meal in the beautiful vineyard at Sosta House. Chef Mia will be preparing a meal using the bounty of the season, including produce from the garden at Sosta House and Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm. Reception and a nature-based art activity will begin at 5:30, followed by dinner and wine in the vineyard at 6:30. All proceeds from the event will go to Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm to support our programming. 

Tickets can be reserved here.

Únase a nosotros para disfrutar de una comida de la granja a la mesa en el hermoso viñedo de Sosta House. La chef Mia preparará una comida utilizando la generosidad de la temporada, incluidos productos del jardín de Sosta House y Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm. La recepción y una actividad artística basada en la naturaleza comenzarán a las 5:30, seguidas de una cena y vino en el viñedo a las 6:30. Todas las ganancias del evento se destinarán a Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm para apoyar nuestra programación.

Las entradas se pueden reservar aquí.

Bring your extra garden seeds and plant starts to share and stay for a calzone! All seeds and starts are FREE. No seeds to share? No worries, Thimbleberry will have plenty of seeds for you to grab.

Migration will be generously donating 10% of proceeds during event hours to Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm to support our programming in 2024. 

Join us at Oakshire Beer Hall (5013 NE 42nd Ave.) on Tuesday, December 19, 5-8pm to help us raise funds for our food access and education programs! $1 from every Oakshire Core Pint and 10% of Brewfare food sales will be donated to our organization.

Cheers!

Join us on Wednesday November 8th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at Rock Haven Climbing Gym! Discounted day passes will be available for $20 and include shoe and chalk rental, plus 50% of sales will be donated to Thimbleberry.

We will have Kombucha for sale from Happy Mountain Kombucha and a raffle with prizes from our event sponsors!

You are invited to Thimbleberry's 2nd Annual Harvest Celebration, happening Sunday September 17, 11am-3pm, at Mt. Hood Center in Boring! Like last year, there will be great food and drinks, live music, educational activities, and a silent auction. This year, we want to make sure everyone can attend, so entrance is FREE! We are also adding a few new fun activities-- more information coming soon :). It'll be fun for the whole family!

All proceeds from this event will support Thimbleberry's food access and education programs. We use sustainable practices to grow nutritious produce to donate to local food pantries and to give to Milk Crate Kitchen to turn into meals for patients at Wallace, a medical clinic in Rockwood! We also offer field trips and workshops at our farm to teach folks in East Multnomah and Clackamas Counties about growing and cooking with seasonal produce, and to build community around food and farming. Thank you for supporting our work!

Register here!

Every June, Theresa’s in Wood Village hosts a customer appreciation/anniversary sale, and they choose a local cause to donate to. This year, Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm is the beneficiary! Stop by to visit our booth, as well as other community organizations’ booths, and celebrate with Theresa’s!

Gresham is celebrating year five of the Gresham Lilac Run, presented by Unitus Community Credit Union, with a special Earth Day run. All run proceeds will benefit Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm!

The event’s 5K run/walk, 10K and half marathon courses begin and end at Main City Park. Travel through historic downtown and visit at least one of Gresham’s scenic trails.

Click here to learn more and sign up for the race!