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.
NPSO iNaturalist Fall ID-a-thon Dates: November 9-17, 2024 Location: iNaturalist Online event for Flora of Oregon: Vascular Plants · iNaturalist information posted in the Project Journal at Flora of Oregon: Vascular Plants's Journal · iNaturalist Welcome to the ID-a-thon for Oregon native plants! During November 9-17 we are asking you to add identifications to as...
Saturday and Sunday, November 9 and 10 If you need some native plants for your yard, here’s an opportunity to get them and help our NPSO budget at the same time. A Portland Chapter member Jane Hartline, the owner of Sauvie Island Natives Nursery will contribute 10% on these days for any sale in which NPSO...
November 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly business meeting Leader/Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-977 Location: Latter Day Saints Church, 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 This will be our regular business meeting and celebration of our member and former President, Charmane Mitchell. Members and guests are all welcome at this meeting which includes a festive...
Monday, November 11, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Seeds, Sex, and Survival: The Plant-Insect Interactions of Meadow Checkermallow (Sidalcea campestris) Speaker: Brooklyn Richards Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701SW Campus Way or via Zoom. (Zoom link in next Bulletin) The evolution of separate sexes is widespread in flowering plants. Gynodioecy, which...
Wednesday, November 13, 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, November 14, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Zoom Program: Restoring threatened and endangered Oregon native plants Sara Alaica, restoration ecologist at the Institute for Applied Ecology, will give a Zoom presentation about her work at the Institute restoring rare plants in the Willamette Valley. She will share the steps in the restoration process, the...
Thursday, November 14, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Program: The Beauty in Biodiversity: Conservation and Cultivation of Native Plants in the Columbia River Gorge Speakers: Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt, co-founders of Humble Roots Nursery and coauthors of the Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer Location: Via Zoom, register here Kristin and Drew share stories and insights from over twenty years...
Monday, November 18, 2024, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Title: What Does it Mean to be a Species in “the Paintbrushes?” Presenter: Dr. Sarah Jacobs, a Specialist in our Western Flora, Assistant Curator of Botany and Howell Chair of Western North American Botany California Academy of Sciences Location: Via Zoom. For information, please visit Events at: http://emerald....
Program: How Trees and Understory Plants are Responding to Climate Change in the Klamath Mountains Thursday, November 21, 7pm Speaker: Erik Jules Location: Live Virtual Presentation at our Chapter Meeting at Southern Oregon University, Ashland Erik's talk will focus on two studies. The first is a study of how climate change may be impacting understory...
Saturday, November 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 gloves, bucket,...
Saturday, November 23, 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 More 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.