Sunday, October 6, 1:00 - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Ramble at Wild Iris Ridge Park Join Emerald Chapter Vice-President Karl Anderson on a ramble through Wild Iris Ridge Park. Rambles are casual walks where participants identify and share their knowledge of plants they encounter as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. We'll be walking...
Monday, October 7, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Plants that Eat Truffles for Lunch Speaker: Dan Luoma Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701 SW Campus Way or via Zoom. Dan will discuss a group of fascinating plants that have gourmet dietary preferences. Interactions between forest plants and their associated beneficial root...
Wednesday, October 9, 9:30 am - 2:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Assist with native plant nursery tasks Leader: Michelle Osgood Location: Dorena Genetic Resource Center, 34963 Shoreview Drive, Cottage Grove Dorena Genetic Resource Center is seeking volunteers to join us on the second Wednesday of each month to help with various nursery tasks, including transplanting, pruning,...
Thursday, October 10, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Program: Plant Life on the Oregon Dunes Speaker: Dina Pavlis, Producer/Host - Beyond Your Front Door Northwest Location: Via Zoom, Register here Dina Pavlis will give us an overview of native plant habitats found in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The presentation will include "then and now" information, why open sand...
Thursday, October 17, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Virtual Program: Willamette River Preservation Trust Speaker: Travis Williams Travis Williams, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Willamette River Preservation Trust, will give a Zoom presentation about the Willamette River Preservation Trust. The mission of this newly formed land trust “is to conserve and restore the lands...
Thursday, October 17, 7:00 pm Program: The Naming of Plants is a Difficult Matter Speaker: Dr. Darlene Southworth Location: Southern Oregon University, Science Building, Room 161, Ashland and via Zoom Common names and scientific names - where do they come from? Who assigns the names? Why do they change? How do you pronounce them? This program will...
Saturday, October 19, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Event: Walk for the Wild - Fun Family Event: Leader/Presenter: Gail Perrotti Location: Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, 83673 North Bank Lane, Bandon, 97411 The South Coast Chapter is helping celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week by participating in Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge's Walk for the Wild event! Participate in a ranger-led walk,...
Monday, October 21, 2024, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Presentation: Climate Warming Effects on Pacific Northwest Prairie Species: Variable Phenological and Reproductive Response Among Species and Across the Landscape Speaker: Sarah Erskine, PhD candidate in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene While climate change affects...
Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 pm Chapter Meeting and Presentation: topic and speaker to be determined Location: East Bend Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road, Bend, Oregon Please check our chapter calendar for updates: http://www.highdesertnpsoregon.org/calendar1.html.
Saturday, October 26, 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 gloves,...
Saturday, October 26, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Fall cleanup. 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.
Sunday, October 27 Event: Mt Pisgah Arboretum Annual Mushroom Festival Booth Come to the Arboretum for a day of music, food, guided walks, a kids’ craft area, and, of course, mushroom displays, mushroom soup, and mushroom-themed gifts! Emerald Chapter will have our booth set up in non-profit row near the scarecrow contest, so come visit...
Sunday, October 27, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Field Trip: Metolius River Trail Matt Palmquist and Elliot Drake-Maurer will lead a relaxed, 3-mile stroll along the Metolius River trail. This “larch march” will feature the golden needles of the Western Larch, Oregon’s only native deciduous conifer, as well as a variety of other conifers. The trail is...
Sunday, October 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Tour of Native Plant Production at White Oak Nursery Leader: Taylor Starr White Oak Nursery Director Taylor Starr will lead a tour of the native plant nursery at White Oak Farm and Education Center in Williams. White Oak grows more than twenty species of native woody plants, primarily...
EVENT: Pop-up Meadow, Group Costume Ashland Halloween Parade Thursday Oct. 31, 3:00-4:30 No sign up, just show up! Botanical Halloween! This October, we’re inviting folks to join us for the Ashland Children’s Halloween Parade by dressing up as your favorite native plant! The parade will take place on October 31: 3:30-4:30. Families, friends, and plant enthusiasts...
Saturday, November 2, 8:45 am - 1:00 pm Event: Removal of Invasive Weed Species- English Ivy Leader/Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: Hundred Acre Wood, 1000 S 1st Ave, Coquille, OR 97423 Help the Wild Rivers Coast Mountain Bicycle Association and the South Coast Chapter of the NPSO remove invasive English ivy at the Coquille Hundred Acre Wood trail...
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 9:00 am - late afternoon Event: Mushroom Foray Leader: Dan Luoma Location: Meet at the north side of the Philomath Ace Hardware parking lot Come prepared for the weather and mushroom hunting. Contact Dan Luoma for more information at: daniel.luoma@oregonstate.edu.