OAK CONSERVATION and COMMUNITY
With a commitment deeply rooted in environmental stewardship, Fairsing is pleased to share continued efforts to protect and restore native oak habitat as a founding signatory member of the Willamette Valley Oak Accord.
In addition to monitoring the health of mature oaks across the property, our team keeps a close eye on the many saplings planted in the spring of 2021 along the southeastern edge of the estate.
One day these young oak trees and Oregon white oak saplings planted in the fall of 2023 will complement our forest infrastructure.
BRANCHING OUT
In June of 2023, Fairsing General Manager Meara Butler and Mike McNally attended the re-opening of Portland’s Five Oaks Museum and the presentation of their first in-person exhibition.
The exhibit, “Six Centuries of Gathering Under the Oaks” takes museum visitors through a layered history of the stand of ancient oak trees the museum is now named after.
SOVEREIGNTY and STEWARDSHIP
Through objects, photographs, and art, the exhibit delves deep and invites visitors to learn about the native people who have gathered here for over 600 years and explore our communal relationship with Oregon white oak savannas.
As one of the Exhibition Sponsors, Fairsing supports cultivating appreciation and respect for Native sovereignty and land stewardship, specifically the human-made oak savanna habitat.
The exhibition uses a variety of media – from art and photography to sound and video – to present a historical narrative that situates well-known events within a larger context.
THE FIVE OAKS
For over 600 years, people, plants, and animals have gathered under the Five Oaks. This grove of five Oregon white oak trees stands tall in what is now Hillsboro, and was called Chatakuin (Place of the Heavy Stone Mortars) by the Tualatin Kalapuya.
While there are other ancient white oak trees in the Tualatin Valley, only the Five Oaks are known to carry such a long story of human interaction.
As the museum shares, if these trees could speak, they would tell stories of how they thrived with Indigenous land stewardship. They would recall the changes caused by colonial settlement, agriculture, and urban growth. The oaks would applaud generations of caretaking efforts. Ultimately, the oaks would show that when humans and land care for one another, we can weather the changes of the future.
APPRECIATION
Fairsing Vineyard thanks the Five Oaks Museum and their dynamic team for the opportunity to participate as an Exhibition Sponsor.
The Five Oaks Museum is located at 17677 NW Springville Road in Portland, Oregon.
To view current online exhibitions and in-person offerings, visit their website www.fiveoaksmuseum.org.
Click here to learn more about Fairsing Vineyard’s progress with the Willamette Valley Oak Accord.
With a commitment deeply rooted in environmental stewardship, Fairsing is pleased to share continued efforts to protect and restore native oak habitat as a founding signatory member of the Willamette Valley Oak Accord.
In addition to monitoring the health of mature oaks across the property, our team keeps a close eye on the many saplings planted in the spring of 2021 along the southeastern edge of the estate. One day these young oak trees and Oregon white oak saplings planted in the fall of 2023 will complement our forest infrastructure.
BRANCHING OUT
In June of 2023, Fairsing General Manager Meara Butler and Mike McNally attended the re-opening of Portland’s Five Oaks Museum and the presentation of their first in-person exhibition.
The exhibit, “Six Centuries of Gathering Under the Oaks” takes museum visitors through a layered history of the stand of ancient oak trees the museum is now named after.
SOVEREIGNTY and STEWARDSHIP
Through objects, photographs, and art, “Replenish the Root” delves deep and invites visitors to learn about the native people who have gathered here for over 600 years and explore our communal relationship with Oregon white oak savannas.
As one of the Exhibition Sponsors, Fairsing supports cultivating appreciation and respect for Native sovereignty and land stewardship, specifically are the human-made oak savanna habitat. The exhibition uses a variety of media – from art and photography to sound and video – to present a historical narrative that situates well-known events within a larger context.
THE FIVE OAKS
For over 600 years, people, plants, and animals have gathered under the Five Oaks. This grove of five Oregon white oak trees stands tall in what is now Hillsboro, and was called Chatakuin (Place of the Heavy Stone Mortars) by the Tualatin Kalapuya.
While there are other ancient white oak trees in the Tualatin Valley, only the Five Oaks are known to carry such a long story of human interaction.
As the museum shares, if these trees could speak, they would tell stories of how they thrived with Indigenous land stewardship. They would recall the changes caused by colonial settlement, agriculture, and urban growth. The oaks would applaud generations of caretaking efforts. Ultimately, the oaks would show that when humans and land care for one another, we can weather the changes of the future.
APPRECIATION
Fairsing Vineyard thanks the Five Oaks Museum and their dynamic team for the opportunity to participate as an Exhibition Sponsor.
The Five Oaks Museum is located at 17677 NW Springville Road in Portland, Oregon.
To view current online exhibitions and in-person offerings, visit their website www.fiveoaksmuseum.org.
Click here to learn more about Fairsing Vineyard’s progress with the Willamette Valley Oak Accord.
