Rootstock Festival
2025-06-20 16:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Daubenspeck Park, 413 W Humboldt Street, Bingen, WA, 98605, United States
RootStock Festival is a brand new 3-day event celebrating gardening, homesteading, and the art of sustainable living in the Columbia River Gorge! Taking place at Daubenspeck Park in Bingen, Washington, this festival will feature homesteading workshops, demonstrations, local food, art, live music, and a beer garden. Fun for the whole family!
Extra Bonus? In its inaugural year, RootStock has teamed up with Friends of Underwood to staff the beer garden all weekend long, which means proceeds from all beer sales will benefit The Playground Project! Guests can purchase VIP day or weekend passes to the beer garden. Beer garden hours are:

Friday from 4-11 pm
Saturday from 1-11 pm
Sunday from Noon to 4 pm

Come raise your glass to a good cause and enjoy all the other weekend offerings!

Gardening – Learn about soil health, seed saving, composting + grab your favorite plants & tools.
Beekeeping & Pollinators – Hive demos, pollinator gardens & sweet local honey tastings.
Homesteading – Shop handmade goods and learn about food preservation and soap-making.
Farm Animals – Meet animals, hear from local farmers & explore raising your own chickens or goats.
Flowers & Herbalism – Forage, craft wild herbal teas and remedies, make floral wreaths.
Local Bites – Farm-to-table eats made with love.
Kids’ Activities – Seed planting, birdhouse building, petting zoo, and nature storytime!
Plus, Live Music!

Playground Work Party
2026-04-18 09:00 - 14:00 | Underwood Community Center, 951 School House Road, Underwood, WA, 98651
Our new play structures have arrived! And we can’t wait to get them installed.

On April 11, Friends of Underwood and the UPRD will host a volunteer work party to tear down and dispose of the old structure in order to make room for the new ones. Work will begin at 9 am and conclude around 2 pm. Friends of Underwood will provide lunch — for free! Wear comfortable work clothes and a sturdy pair of gloves. A water bottle might be handy too!

Any helping hands are welcome! We’re also specifically looking for:

A person who has a mini-excavator to help remove concrete footings.
Volunteer(s) who have a 1/2 to 3/4 inch impact wrench or equivalent air impact tool to remove bolts
Volunteer(s) with an 18- to 24-inch chainsaw to cut the wood (which may still be useful!)
A volunteer who has a truck or trailer and can haul the discarded material to the transfer station
Volunteers to lift and carry heavy pieces of the decommissioned playground structure

Installing the new play structures will be a multi-month process, and we appreciate everyone’s patience and help! When we’re done, we’ll have a beautiful, fun new playground for Underwood families, neighbors, and friends to enjoy!

For more information or to RSVP as a volunteer for our work party, please get in touch with Pat McConnell at UPRD.patrick@gmail.com.

Fireman's Pancake Breakfast
2026-04-25 07:00 - 11:00 | Underwood Fire Station, 962 Schoolhouse Road, Underwood, WA, 98651, United States
Join neighbors, friends, and Skamania County Fire District #3 on Saturday, April 25, 2026 for the annual Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast. This is an excellent way to show your support for our incredible volunteer fire department.
Breakfast will be served from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the station in Underwood. Cost is $5.00 per person.
