Visit the Dennis 7 Dees SE Powell gardening center for a celebration of edible landscaping! They’re kicking off the gardening season with workshops throughout the day, vendors and information tables, kids activities and a sale on fresh shipment of bare-root fruit trees, berry bushes, rhubarb and asparagus.

Find the perfect perennials for your garden among the incredible selection at this large annual plant sale.

During April, Portland Public Schools will feature Oregon-grown frozen blueberries on its menu twice. Parents, you can give critical support to the school district’s efforts to source local ingredients by sending your kids with lunch money on Harvest of the Month days.

Melty mozzarella and creamy ricotta are at once simple and impressive cheeses to make from scratch. Learn to make these Italian standards on your own.

Ruth Reichl, who was a long time editor-in-chief of Gourmet Magazine as well as a former food critic for the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, will visit Portland as she moves on to new adventures.

Spend a full afternoon preparing rich French chicken stew—from killing and butchering your own rooster to chopping onions and measuring cups of red wine. Then, sit down with your classmates to a meal of coq au vin, good red wine, and other homemade French treats.

Become familiar with companies that make earth-friendly products—from clothing to detergents to cars—and find many small ways to make meaningful material changes to your everyday life.

Learn how to turn your food scraps into garden compost using red wiggler worms and build your own worm bin to take home, full of the little wigglers. Kids can join parents or participate in other fun activities.

For the young aspiring chef, ages 7–12: You may be staying in Portland for Spring Break, but don’t let that get you down! You can hop continents by learning to cook cuisines from around the world.

Three miles: It’s the average distance traveled in sub-Saharan Africa to obtain water and also the distance along Waterfront Park and the Eastside Esplanade that participants will walk as part of this fundraiser for the construction of a water pump in Tanzania. Come celebrate spring and walk for a great cause!

Come celebrate local cheeses at the Oregon Cheese Festival! Oregon is home to world-class cheese making talents, and for one full day, these regional artisan, specialty and farmstead cheese makers will set up booths, offer tastes of their delights, and sell limited-run sheep’s, goat’s and cow’s milk cheeses.

Enjoy the agricultural bounty all around us by purchasing directly from local farmers, fishers, and food artisans at this weekly hullabaloo.

Show your support for Zenger Farm by eating at Portland’s favorite restaurants and shopping at your neighborhood nurseries, which will donate a percentage of their proceeds on select days.

Enjoy this unique opportunity to taste the wines of 50+ Oregon wineries, both large and small, at Willamette Valley Wineries first tasting in Seattle.

In its tenth year, the Farmer-Chef Connection continues to offer local food buyers and growers the opportunity to meet and partner with one another. Featuring speakers, workshops, networking and a knockout lunch, this conference is a one-of-a-kind local food community gathering.