Plant Bloc PNW

Thanks to your donations at the last mutual aid fair, PlantBloc was able to buy some more native seeds and soil for pot-ups from Symbiop! We can’t wait to distro everything to y’all!

image description: flyer for clothing swap and mutual aid fair hosted by pdx queer meetup and rainbow bloc. The poster states masks are required and "bring in your spare clothes, participate in mutual aid and build whistle kits to STOP ICE!" Marie Equi Center 4434 SE 26th Ave

Come to the clothing swap/mutual aid fair tomorrow!! PlantBloc will have a table with the usual goodies—plant starts (now including strawberries!), seeds, patches, and more, all for FREE! Spring is right around the corner, so don’t miss out on some free plants!

A flyer with a light green background. Big bubble letters read “thank you!!!” at the top of the page. A donation receipt for $40 (€34) is attached in the center. Smaller text reads “thanks to your donations and art purchases this past October, PlantBloc raised $40 to help Dareen and her family survive in Gaza!” A dark green banner with white text at the bottom of the flyer reads “If you have the funds, please join us in donating! You can find Dareen’s fundraising link in our bio!”

Thank you everyone for your donations!!! Apologies for the huge delay and radio silence—school has been so busy lately! Dareen’s donation link can be found in our Instagram bio!

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A picture of lots and loafs of pots. Some of the larger ones have tiny sprouts of various native plant species. The small ones are tagged, but nothing has sprouted yet.

Exciting news from PlantBloc! We’ve got 24 thimbleberry, salmonberry, and fireweed starts to distro and a bunch of cold stratification seeds getting started! Catch us at the Q Center on October 19th to get some for your garden!

Don’t miss PlantBloc at the Naked Bike Parade tomorrow, starting at 2:30 in the Oregon Convention Center Plaza! We’ll have some native plant seeds to distribute, so come say hello!!

A picture of a tiny filing cabinet filled with yellow seed packets.

Even more yellow seed packets spread out on a wooden coffee table.

Thanks to your donations, PlantBloc was able to buy a whole bunch of edible and native plant seeds at Symbiop today! We’ll be tabling some mutual aid fairs and community markets in October, so stay tuned to get some FREE seeds!! We’ll have native plant starts and hand-printed patches as well!

Large, dark green text against a pale, mint green background reads: PlantBloc Mutual Aid. Small green flowers in sets of three are placed on both sides of the words “mutual aid.” Beneath this header, a subheading reads “Follow us!” Under it is an Instagram icon accompanied by our Instagram handle, plantblocpnw, and a Bluesky icon accompanied by our Bluesky handle, plantblocpnw.bsky.social. Beneath this is another subheading reading “Want to help?” It is followed up by text which reads: DM us on Instagram or Bluesky! We’d love tabling volunteers, plant/ seed/soil/pot/garden tool donations, plant-related zines/books/art, volunteers for garden work parties, and any other help you can offer! Don’t have time or item donations? You can donate financially in cash or digitally via CashApp or Venmo! Venmo: @therainbowwillow CashApp: $RainbowWillow

Want to help PlantBloc do our thing? We’d love to have you!! DM us to make donations of plant-related goods (we can pick up!!) or to join us at a future tabling event! All financial donations go towards future purchases of plants, seeds, and plant paraphernalia (pots, soil, and seed trays!)

PS. Are there any specific species you’ve always wanted to plant?

Thank you all SO much!! PlantBloc raised $124.79 today, which means a huge seed & clearance plant haul before the next distro event! We’ll see you next time with even more plants to give out!!

A picture of three boxes filled with brown paper bags of plant bulbs as well as a bag filled with loose plants. In each box, there is one bag with its label facing the camera. These read: daylily, iris mystery bag, and crocusmia.

So many bags of bulbs for the fair today!!

Hit up PetBloc for some fantastic shirts!

An event poster reading “Free! Free! Gays Eating the Rich Carnival. Whack a Trump piñata! Play guillotine cornhole! Punch a Netanyahu robot! Bowl over cabinet members! Saturday September 6th 3:00–6:00 PM Laurelhurst Park. Bring food and clothing donations for mutual aid. 15+ vendors, mutual aid & community groups. The text is set against a cartoon circus tent backdrop. At the bottom are symbols for sign language interpretation, RainbowBloc’s logo, PDX Queer Meetup’s logo, and an icon reading “masks required!”

We’ll be tabling here with SO MANY plant bulbs, rhizomes, and seeds for you all!! Come say hi!!

A cropped photo of a woman holding a large clump of iris rhizomes

Big things are coming…

Are you interested in helping out PlantBloc?

I’m looking for folks to…
-Table with me
-Donate plant starts, seeds, soil, and/or pots for distro
-Help plan future events
-Create environmental education activities & zines for kids and adults

DM me if you’re interested in any of these things!

We’re so back!!

After a long hiatus (so I could settle in to college), PlantBloc is back! Follow us to stay updated on the events we’ll be tabling!

-Dianthus