Thursday, May 8, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Program: Bull Run Watershed - Native plants, restoration projects Presenter: Angie Kimpo, Vegetation Stewardship Manager, Portland Water Bureau (PWB) Learn about the botanical work of the Vegetation Stewardship Program at the PWB, including the protection of rare plant communities and invasive species management. The PWB works cooperatively...
Tuesday, May 13, 9:00 am - 1:30 pm Field Trip: Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Ron Klump Location: 100 Wildlife Refuge Rd., Glenwood, WA The Willard Springs Foot Trail is a 3.8-mile loop along the edge of the open marsh and into the pines. Beginning at the refuge headquarters, it parallels the west shore...
Thursday, May 22, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Field Trip: Saddle Mountain Hike Leader: Linda Moore Location: Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range The hike up Saddle Mountain isn’t easy, but the trip to this botanist’s Mecca in the Coast Range is worth it. We’ll leisurely ascend 1,700 feet over a challenging five-mile, out-and-back hike...
Friday, May 23, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Field Trip: Cape Horn Trail Hike Leader: Ron Klump Location: Cape Horn Trail, Washington We will hike from Salmon Falls Road Park and Ride to Nancy Russell Overlook and back. This is a moderate hike of five miles round trip with 700’ elevation gain and some difficult...
Saturday, May 24, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: The Hobbit Trail Leader: Lecia Schall Location: 91892 Oregon Coast Hwy, Florence, OR Enjoy mystical spruce and trees, on the Hobbit Trail. We will wander through magical pathways through giant rhododendron and evergreen huckleberry, down to sand dunes to aptly named Hobbit Beach. Options will...
Explore the different plants and plant habitats of the Oregon dunes! The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world. Join us for a guided hike with members of the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative (ODRC) to learn about this special place. Hike leader Dina...
Tuesday, June 10, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Molalla River/Tablerock Leader: Lecia Schall Contact the trip leader to sign up and get location details at schalllecia@gmail.com
Thursday, June 12 (This will be our last program until September.) Zoom Second Thursday Program: Boost Biodiversity in Your Garden with Insect-Friendly Habitat. Presenter: Amy Campion, Garden Writer, Speaker, Plant Nerd, Co-Author of Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: The Complete Homeowner’s Guide. News of crashing insect populations may make you feel hopeless about the future....
Thursday, June 19, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Devils Half Acre Leader: Lecia Schall Contact the trip leader to sign up and get location details at schalllecia@gmail.com
Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Lake Oswego City Park Hike Trip Leader: Kieran Location: Iron Mountain City Park, Lake Oswego Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a 2-mile evening hike through one of Lake Oswego's underrated gems. This hilly hike through Douglas-fir forest and oak/madrone woodland features early summer wildflowers...
Saturday, June 21, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Event: Fern Workshop (Indoors): Introduction to the Ferns of Oregon Instructor: Roger Brewer Location: Near Portland. Roger will provide location to the registered class. Roger will teach the class the characteristics of ferns and how to identify the common and some of the uncommon ferns of northern Oregon...
Sunday, June 29, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Field Trip: Fern Hike Leader: Roger Brewer Location: Details to be provided to those registered for the field trip. This will be a field trip to view as many as possible of the ferns of northwestern Oregon. The attendees of the “Introduction to Ferns of Oregon” class (see...