BRING Home and Garden Tour

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016

The eighth annual BRING Home and Garden Tour, co-hosted by the City of Eugene and EWEB, takes place between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 11. The Tour, sponsored by Rexius, visits 10 sites featuring ideas and inspiration for low-impact living – including green building, creative reuse, energy and water efficiency, urban agriculture, backyard beekeeping, tiny homes, affordable housing, and outdoor living. Each site will also include a free booth or workshop to learn how to incorporate these tenets of sustainable living into your everyday life.

Workshop topics include:
• Installing and using energy efficient appliances
• DIY cleaning products
• Recycling how-to
• Backyard composting
• Sustainable gardening
• Beekeeping, and more

Afterparty: Tour-goers are invited to stop in at Sprout! (418 A St., Suite B in Springfield) from 3:00 - 7:00 p.m. for a chance to mingle with fellow tour-goers at an afterparty sponsored by Mountain Rose Herbs. BRING will receive 25 percent of drink sales. Attendees can view and test drive electric vehicles from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at a ride and drive event for National Drive Electric Week hosted by EWEB, Lane Regional Air Protection Agency, and Drive Oregon.

Volunteers: Two-and-a-half-hour shifts are available starting at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 for pre-Tour setup and 9:30 a.m. on Tour day. Volunteers receive a Tour ticket! Sign-up online.

Tickets are $9 in advance or $12 on the day of the Tour, and may be purchased at BRING, Down to Earth, Lane Forest Products, or online. For more information, email BRING directly at tour@bringrecycling.org.