This is a self-guided tour of 11 gardens that have been certified as high quality habitat for birds and pollinators, with most plants being native. This tour is a great way to see which native plants are used and get ideas for designs for your own garden. Each garden is unique. Gardens are found in […]
Discover spring wildflowers with a local expert as your guide, explore a rare, remnant prairie and oak habitat along Dorena Lake and the Row River bike trail. Bikes to Blooms is a free event featuring activities for families and nature enthusiasts, including a morning bird walk, guided and self-guided wildflower walks, and educational booths hosted […]
Join botanist Ed Alverson on a trip to collect for the Wildflower Show in the 268-acre Blue Mountain County Park, located along Mosby Creek southeast of Cottage Grove. Its mostly forested landscape contains a diverse assortment of lowland forest wildflowers, with a few prairie species mixed in. We will explore the older forest along a […]
Come visit us at the premiere wildflower display in the Willamette Valley at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum Wildflower Show. This collaborative effort between Mt. Pisgah Arboretum, Lane Community College, University of Oregon and Native Plant Society starts with collecting flowers on Friday, setting up the display on Saturday and the Festival on Sunday. Volunteers from […]
Join Armand Rebishke, Siuslaw National Forest Botanist, and Bob Hladky, Emerald Chapter Secretary and former Siuslaw NF botanist, on a walk around Lily Lake, north of Florence. We will meet at 10:00 am at Lowe’s in west Eugene near the tall trees to carpool or at Baker Beach Campground at 11:30 for a picnic lunch. […]
Join us for a trip to the top of the Calapooia Divide, coming from the Cottage Grove side. Since this is a transition zone, we’ll look for species on the northern end of their range like Nutall’s linanthus and Siskiyou false hellebore as well as 4 different species of stonecrop, Washington lilies, ghost orchids, and […]
Join Cascades flora expert Tanya Harvey as she leads a trip to Grasshopper Meadows, a very large sloping meadow north of Oakridge. We’ll make a loop around the flowery meadow on a faint trail and cut back down across the meadow, so be prepared for some off-trail hiking. After a winter without snowpack, the flowers […]
Come meet the Emerald Chapter Board members and help us brainstorm next season’s speakers and field trips while sharing a potluck picnic at Amazon Community Center. Bring a chair, drink, plate and utensils, and a dish to share, and we’ll provide the dessert! If you have any specific speakers or field trip locations you’d like […]