Rambles are leaderless walks through a designated park where everyone shares their knowledge about plants you see. All skills and abilities are encouraged to participate. The only thing you need is to enjoy native plants! City of Eugene ecologist Laurie Holts has encouraged us to create a plant list for Golden Gardens Park. We have […]
Join former Willamette Forest Botanist, Jenny Lippert, as we hunt for some amazing Cascade wildflower displays. We will head up through Sweet Home and start on the back side of Iron Mountain, heading east on Cone Peak Trail. Meet at South Eugene Highschool at 19th and Patterson in Eugene at 8 am to carpool. Bring […]
Spend a leisurely day with Tanya Harvey botanizing along wetlands, a small lake, and rocky roadcuts in the Groundhog Mountain area, southeast of Oakridge. There are no trails, but we’ll probably walk about a mile up a gravel road to a great butterfly viewing spot. The wetlands are by the road, but bring rubber boots […]
Join your botanical friends for a picnic! We will brainstorm presentations and field trips for next season and share information about great places to see wildflowers. Bring a potluck item to share, your own plate/utensils, a folding chair, and drinks. Emerald Chapter will provide dessert. So that we know how many desserts to provide, please […]
Join Emerald Chapter member Nathan LeClear of McKenzie River Trust on a tour of haich ikt'at'uu, a project that is returning a diked and drained pasture to a network of tidal channels, marsh, and tidal swamp. The vegetation is still primarily non-native, but the planting plan for the revegetation phase will be shared for discussion. […]
Join leader Ed Alverson for a cool exploration of the urban sand dune ecosystem at Three Mile Prairie County Park in Florence. The 170 acre park supports native plants associated with open dunes, seasonal ponds/wet meadows, and shore pine forest, as well as several rare native plant communities. We will walk about 2 miles total, […]
Join leaders from Friends of Buford Park (Sha Cabal: Intern & Volunteer Coordinator; Katelin Kutella: UO Botanist; Emily Cook: UO Botanist; Opal Home: Summer intern; and guest speaker from Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah) for a late summer bioblitz at Mt. Pisgah’s South Bottomlands, where we’ll explore the intersection of land stewardship, prescribed […]
We are beginning the fifth year of our work parties to remove invasive weeds in our two wet prairie remnants to the east and west of the Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr., Center in Westmoreland Park. Volunteers will lay weed fabric and pull invasive weeds in areas selected by Parks & Open Space Ecologist, Diane Steeck. […]