Saturday, November 1, 9:00 am - late afternoon Event: Mushroom Foray Trip Leader: Dan Luoma Location: Meet at the north side of the Philomath Mary’s Peak True Value Hardware parking lot. Come prepared for the weather and mushroom hunting. Contact Dan Luoma for more information at: daniel.luoma@oregonstate.edu.
Monday, November 10, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation: Bringing Native Plants into Your Home Garden Presenter: Cierra Dawson of Benton Soil and Water Conservation District Location: Cordley Hall Room #2602, Oregon State University. You may have heard the phrase “the right plant for the right place,” but how do native plants fit into this? Cierra Dawson...
Sunday, November 23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come prepared to prune and do winter cleanup in the native plant garden. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Monday, December 8, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Holiday Gathering: dessert potluck and photo sharing Location: Amy Rossman, 1808 NW Sunview Dr. Corvallis Bring a potluck dessert. If you have pictures to share, please bring up to ten on a thumb drive. Please RSVP to Amy, especially if bringing pictures to share at amydianer@yahoo.com.
Monday, January 12, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Greenbelt Land Trust - Conservation Updates Presenter: Carolyn Menke, Stewardship Director at Greenbelt Land Trust Location: Cordley Hall Room #2602, Oregon State University Carolyn Menke will share plans for upcoming floodplain forest restoration and planting at Luckiamute Confluence, located in Polk County, adjacent to the Luckiamute...
Monday, February 9, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: An Update on Native Plant Studies from OSU's Garden Ecology Lab Presenter: Gail Langeletto, Professor of Horticulture. Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University An entomologist by training, Gail is focused on developing a better understanding of how to design and manage gardens and parks...
Sunday, March 1, 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 Come help get the garden ready for spring. Bring gloves, rake, clippers, and energy. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Thursday, March 12, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Event: Sustainability Coalition Fair Location: CH2M Hill Building, Oregon State University Our chapter will have a table with beautiful displays and maybe T-shirts for sale. We need a few volunteers to help set up the display, talk to attendees at the table, and take the display down. The fair is...
Friday, March 13, 7:30 to 8:30 pm *Note date change to Friday rather than our usual Monday Presentation: Cryptic Lineages and Morphological Stasis in a Rare Genus of Mycoheterotrophic Plants Presenter: Ash Gill, M.S. Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University or by Zoom (registration link below) Join us for a presentation on an investigation of hidden...
Saturday, April 11, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Jackson Frazier Wetlands Leaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart Location: Jackson Frazier Wetlands In celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Month, we will spend about one to two hours walking around the Bob Frenkel Boardwalk at Jackson Frazier Wetlands looking for early native wildflowers, including some...
Sunday, April 12, 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 Bring pruners, trowel, bucket, and gloves. We will start to clean up the garden. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at esthermcevoy975@gmail.com.
Monday, April 13, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Sprouting of the Elliott State Research Forest: Botanical Opportunities in a new Forest for Science and Conservation Presenter: Ryan Baumbusch, Research Coordinator for the Elliott State Research Forest, Department of State Lands. Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University or by Zoom Following decades...