Thursday, March 21, 7pm Speaker: Lynn Kuntsman Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland Planting native plants is crucial to ecosystem health and to preserving and protecting life on earth. Plant choice matters, and choosing native plants helps to restore and ensure vital ecosystem services in our landscapes. Based on the work of Dr. Doug Tallamy, this...
Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Deepwood Museum and Gardens Native Plant Sale Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead flower walks to view the Oregon fawn-lily (Erythronium oregonum) and other blooming wildflowers on the Deepwood Nature Trail at 10:00 am and 12:00...
Saturday, March 23rd, 9:45am-1pm Siskiyou Chapter Native Plant Society is partnering with the Williams Community Forest Project to enjoy the early spring wildflowers along the Enchanted Forest and Felton Memorial Trails in the Applegate! The hike will begin on the Enchanted Forest trail where the group will walk through a ponderosa pine and white oak...
Saturday, March 23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library Spend a couple hours with a congenial crew and learn how the beauty, diversity and educational value of this mature demonstration garden is maintained with a minimum of effort. No experience is necessary. Bring...
Saturday, March 23, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Field trip: Skunk cabbage walk Leader/Speaker: Eric Dean, South Slough Reserve Education Program Specialist and Gail Perrotti - gperrotti@earthlink.net Location: South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston, OR 97420 See the skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) in bloom. We will meet at the interpretive...
Tuesday, March 26, 10:00 am Hike: March BioBlitz: Marching into Spring Hike Leaders: Lecia Schall and Cheryl Brock Location: Whipple Creek Regional Park Please join Lecia Schall and Cheryl Brock as we March forth into Spring at Whipple Creek Regional Park near Ridgefield, WA. This hidden gem is a 300-acre park with lots of crisscrossing...
Tuesday March 26, 7:00 pm Presentation: Butte Biogeography: Tree Distribution in the Mountains of Central Oregon Speaker: Bob Earle Location: East Bend Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road The presentation will look at disjunct populations of trees in the mountains (popularly called “buttes”) of Central Oregon. While considerable data has been collected about trees in the...
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come help with spring cleanup in the gardens. Dress for the weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Ramble Location: Buford Park, East Entrance Rambles are casual walks where participants identify and share knowledge of plants they encounter as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. All we ask is that you are interested in plants! We’ll walk along a gravel access...
Monday, April 1, 5:00 pm Hike: April BioBlitz Hike: April Fools Appreciate Native Plants, Even When They Can’t See Them. Hike Leader: Lecia Schall Location: Canemah Bluff Nature Park Join Lecia Schall. and one of our new Hike Leaders on Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5:00 pm for one of the kick-off events for Native...
Date: Saturday, April 6th, 10am – 2pm Siskiyou Chapter is partnering with Vesper Meadow for a meadow tour and willow-planting work party outside of Ashland. Vesper Meadow has been working for six years to restore a creek channel which was previously eroded due to overgrazing and down-cutting associated with a lack of vegetation. The group...
Saturday, April 6, 11:00 am Hike: Sweet Smell of Azaleas on the Coastal Trail Leader: Julia Bott Location: Coastal Trail at Harris Beach State Park, Brookings We will meet at the overflow parking lot near the entry kiosk. The main part of the hike is approximately two miles round-trip on flat, accessible trails. Additional options...