The Helvetia Community Association Market

Browse through our selection of locally-produced products ... all with a Helvetia flair!  Our products make great gifts, or just use them to show your support for Helvetia!  100% of your purchases go to support Helvetia Community Association's preservation projects.

After you've shopped the market, use our handy online order form to place your order.  PLEASE NOTE: All items must be picked up at the HCA office unless other arrangements are made in advance.  We will contact you when your order is ready for pick-up.

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Helvetia Note Cards – $10

Our elegant note cards feature beautiful scenes from Helvetia.  These are excellent all-occasion cards with blank insides.  Each pack contains five cards, each with a different scene.  Choose from Historic Helvetia Barns or the delightful Helvetia Winter Scenes.  Ideal for gifts, stocking stuffers, welcoming new neighbors, and Christmas cards – you'll think of many uses for these unique cards!

Delivery: in stock.

Are you interested in larger quantities of a specific image – either one of ours, or one you have taken – perhaps for Christmas cards?  Contact us for pricing and availability.

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Helvetia Seed Sets – $5

Need a fun project do do with your kids or grandkids on a rainy day?  Looking for cute stocking stuffers?  Need a gift for the office holiday party?  Give a gift that grows!

Each seed set comes complete with Helvetia red clover (left) or wheat (right) seed and its own terra cotta mini pot and potting soil, ready for planting and watering.  This is the very same wheat and red clover seed that covers Helvetia's fields in the summer – our very own "amber waves of grain".  The seed sprouts within days of planting – either indoors or outdoors – all year round.  Cats will love to snack on the wheat stems. 

• Extra seed packets are available for $1 each.
• Terra cotta pots will vary.
• Delivery: in stock.

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Handcrafted Helvetia Birdhouses – $15

Welcome fly-catching birds to your yard and de-bug the old-fashioned way!  Our Helvetia birdhouses are of the highest quality.  The design is based on Audubon Society dimensions, is field-proven, and attracts Western Bluebirds, Flycatchers, Violet-Green and Tree Swallows.

• Constructed of all-natural 100% cedar (chemical free, no stain or sealers).
• Sturdy 3/4 inch premium grade non-jointed cedar throughout will provide years of use.  Stainless steel nails prevent rusting.
• The roof overhang provides protection against rain.
• The front panel opens for ease of cleaning and provides access for mounting to post or wall. (The roof does not overhang the rear wall.)
• The inner surface is left rough-hewn to provide traction for fledglings as they climb up the interior walls to leave the nest.
• Delivery: currently out of stock.

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Helvetia Swiss Linden Trees – $20

Swiss Linden Trees are one of Helvetia's best-kept secrets! 

These two-year-old saplings are offspring of the Buehler family Swiss Linden tree on Bishop Road, one of the twelve original Swiss Linden Trees brought to Helvetia from Switzerland in 1892.  All twelve of the 1892 Swiss Linden trees survived and you can see these 60-foot tall gentle giants around Helvetia wherever the first Swiss families homesteaded. 

Linden leaves were used by early Swiss settlers to make Linden tea and as curative compresses for wounds.  You will enjoy watching their delightful "helicopter" leaves spiral to the ground each fall!

• Delivery: in stock.

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Helvetia Oregon White Oak Trees – $15

Help our habitat!

The Oregon White Oak tree is a defining element of our Helvetia landscape.  The Oaks are part of Helvetia's "remnant cultural landscape" in the eyes of the Tribes who once inhabited the area.  Many of the Oregon White Oaks you see throughout the Helvetia landscape are 250 to 300 years old; some are as old as 500 years.  Less than 1% of historic Willamette Valley native oak habitats still exist. The oaks are home to the acorn woodpeckers and other species.  HCA is partnering with the Audubon Society in an effort to inventory the Willamette White Oaks.

We offer a limited supply of young Oregon White Oaks that have been carefully nurtured from the acorns of our local oak trees.  If you have the space and the patience, planting an Oregon White Oak will help restore these majestic trees and increase the diversity of vulnerable bird and squirrel species.  Please help us preserve these unique trees!

• Supplies are limited.
• Delivery: in stock.

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T-shirts

Wear one of our signature T-shirts and show your pride in Helvetia!  Available in short sleeve and long sleeve styles, our T-shirts are made from durable 6.1-ounce, 100% preshrunk cotton.  You're going to want at least one!!

Helvetia Short Sleeve T-shirts – $20

Choose from our very cool "Helvetia Community Association" shirt, or the classic Save Helvetia "Protect Farmland" design.  (Note: the web site banner appears on the back of the Save Helvetia shirt only.)

• Available in Yellow Haze, Light Blue, or Natural.
• Sizes: Adult Small thru XL.
• Delivery: 3 weeks.

Helvetia Long Sleeve T-shirts – $25

Treat yourself to the extra warmth of a long sleeve T-shirt for the winter!

• Available in Light Blue, Natural, Ash Gray, or White.
• Sizes: Adult Small thru XL.
• Delivery: 3 weeks.

Helvetia Hooded Sweatshirts – $40

Warm up for winter and support Helvetia!  Our hooded sweatshirts are available with either our cool "Helvetia Community Association" barn design, or the classic Save Helvetia "Protect Farmland" design.  These high-quality pullover hooded sweatshirts by Hanes are made from 10-ounce 90% cotton fleece and feature a two-ply hood with grommets, dyed-to-match drawcord, and front pouch pocket.

• Available in Light Blue, Ash Gray, or White.
• Sizes: Adult Small thru XL.
• Delivery: 3 weeks.

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