May happenings at Pringle Creek Community

Colleen has lots of plants for sale! Friday and Saturday the first two weekends of May from 9:30 - 4:00 come on out to the glasshouses and purchase organically grown, heirloom vegetable starts.

Plant starts selling from $1.50 - $5.00 each. Large three gallon perennials are also available for $10 - $20

Come to 3911 Village Center Dr SE to buy some great organically-grown plants for your garden.

Tired of Commuting? You Could Already be Home!

The latest house in our Net Zero loop could be yours. It is a 4 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath 'smart' home just completed in March. The photovoltaic system is designed to create enough energy to completely power the home.

For more information contact Wendy Stassens at

[email protected] or 503-560-5189

Mother - Daughter yoga mini retreat May 9

Ladies - take time to relax, nurture and embrace your relationship with your mother or daughter and yourself.

Join Sharon Roemmel and Jennifer Trivoli for a half-day retreat

They've planned a mini-retreat for "moms & daughters of all types and ages from age 5 and up. May 9 from 1:00 - 4:00 there'll be yoga, connection, a simple craft and a light, healthy snack for a day of nurturing and deepening the connection whether your connection is biological or of the heart and soul.

Find more information at their event website .

Croquet at Pringle Creek Community

Croquet Play Day in May!

May 24th from 12:30 - 4:30

on the Village Green

It's time to just have fun in the sun.

Come on out and join in a game of croquet, have something to drink and eat and enjoy the company of others. No experience necessary. We'll have three games set up and offer instruction for those unfamiliar with the game. It's really simply an opportunity to get outside, play games, hang out and have a great time!

Wearing white is a tradition in playing croquet. Give it a try! Or, do the vintage NW thing and wear some groovy vintage clothes. Just another fun way to make it all a true special occasion.

The croquet is free! We will also have vendors here to offer food and drink. Gilgamesh Brewery and Wandering Aengus will offer beer and cider. Island Girl food truck will be here with delicious, local goodness for noshing.

Put it on your calendar - Croquet Play Day, Sunday, May 24th from 12:30 - 4:30

The Goats are Returning

They're coming baaack to keep the invasive weeds away

With the improved weather and increased sunlight the knotweed and blackberries are coming back from the first goat grazing. We've cut them back, but are gonna hit them with goat power once again!

The date at this time is uncertain since the Yoder Goat Rental is out in the field and can't say for sure when their goats will wrap it up and be ready for us. Rachel believes they'll come out to graze at Pringle Creek Community in mid May.

Feel free to come on out for a visit! Call 503-315-1055 if you'd like to make sure you don't miss 'em.

You can also email us at [email protected]

Salsa Night the Second Friday!

Friday, May 8th, come out and dance, dance, dance! Learn some new moves and spend time practicing some suave salsa dancing.

Paco, a very talented, experienced dance teacher, will teach you how to shake and move.

Come with a friend or by yourself - and meet new friends!

Salsa starts at 6:00 and finishes at 8:00. Class is NOW FREE!

Please let us know you're coming.

Call or email to reserve a space!

503-315-1055 or [email protected]

Painters Hall

3911 Village Center Dr SE, Salem

Movie Night

Our first movie night was a big hit with residents and their guests! A lovely, fun, relaxing time was had by all.

This month the feature is Lone Star, a mystery set in small town Texas starring Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey., and Elizabeth Pena.

It'll be a great way to spend time together, enriching neighborly connections and enjoying a fun, interesting film.

For information email or call: [email protected] or 503-315-1055

Weekly Community Yoga Classes

Come on over and stretch out any and all tension in your body with Alyson and her students. Alyson is a talented teacher ready to offer stretches and positions to remedy all kinds of kinks and tweaks that you may have.

Join us Thursdays at 5:00 pm at Painters Hall for a yoga class with experienced yoga and dance instructor Alyson Budde.

Classes are designed for people of all ages and skill levels. Bring your own mat and any additional equipment (blocks, straps, bands & pillows) you may need. Come stretch, strengthen, improve your balance, and enjoy the community spirit!

$5 per person

3911 Village Center Dr SE, Salem 503-315-1055

May Gardening

May flowers are bursting - and its time to plant those veggies!

Early this month is definitely the time to get your vegetable garden started as you trim up your flower beds.

Mother's Day weekend is the traditional time in this region to put in your veggies. If you want to grow peppers and tomatoes (who doesn't like garden-fresh tomatoes?), keep them clocked for a while to increase the heat. Walls of water help with that, too.

Slugs, slugs, slugs... If you don't want them, don't mulch. They love that. Instead, use diatomaceous earth or put copper wire rings around the base of seedlings. They don't like crawling over either and each tool really does help keep them away. Of course, beer traps are worth a try OR visiting your garden at night with a headlamp so that you can catch them in action.

Straub Environmental Center's Lecture Series: Oregon's Hidden Gem: Discovering the Largest Glacial Cave System in the Lower 48

Wed, May 20, 7:00pm - 8:30pm

We love our community partners and Straub Environmental Center is one of them.

Check out May's lecture:

Leading a team of explorers and scientists on two expeditions to Mt. Hood's Sandy glacier, Brent McGregor and Eddy Cartaya successfully organized teams to survey and map over a mile of cave passages beneath the Sandy Glacier and collect samples of rock, soil, water, ice, and tree sprouts during this rare window of opportunity to study a glacier from the inside instead of the more conventional surface studies.

Join them at Straub's Lecture Series at the Salem Public Library, Louk's Auditorium Wednesday, May 20 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm