Saturday, June 7, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Event: State Parks Day: Information Tables and Native Plant Walks Location: Shore Acres State Park, 89039 Cape Arago Hwy., Coos Bay, OR 97420 It’s State Parks Day! South Coast Chapter members will be on hand to answer questions and lead short walks.
Saturday, June 14th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Event: NPSO South Coast Chapter Native Plant Garden Tour Location: Brookings, Oregon The gardens include: A newly cleared residential lot planted with natives; furnished with a path and hand-built benches. A botanical garden showing off our native shrubs and trees at full size. A mature garden with...
Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 am Event: Plant Survey Leader: Jeanne at jstandle@charter.net. Location: Floras Lake The Bureau of Land Management has invited the NPSO South Coast Chapter to assist with monitoring silvery phacelia (Phacelia argentea) on July 8 at Floras Lake. Monitoring will consist of laying out tape measures to form a grid, finding all plants within...
Saturday, August 9, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly Membership Meeting Leader: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church in Port Orford 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 This is our quarterly membership meeting. Guest speaker Vanessa Robertson-Rojas, The Understory Initiative, will share information on local restoration efforts and tips for seed collection.
Saturday, August 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Field trip: Plant Walk at Lolo Lake Coastal Trail (Pistol River) Leader: Julia Bott, jbott@batnet.com or 650-520-5673 Location: 23844-23642 Oregon Coast Hwy, Gold Beach, OR 97444 On this hike, we will visit a recent restoration project to restore bear berry (kinnikinnick) (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) groundcover. We’ll also see lots of...
Between September 16 to October 10, Date and time to be determined. More details will be provided soon. Event: Seed collection for endangered pink sand-verbena Contact: Jeanne Standley, jstandle@charter.net, (541) 294-2113 Location: Coos Bay North Spit, meet at Bureau of Land Management boat launch parking lot. Participants will be taken to the site by four-wheel drive. The Coos...
Saturday, November 1, 8:45 am – 1:00 pm Event: Removal of invasive weed species work party and lunch Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: Hundred Acre Wood, 1000 S 1st Ave, Coquille, OR 97423 Help the South Coast Chapter of NPSO and the Wild Coast Trails Association remove invasive English ivy, holly, and cotoneaster on the Coquille Hundred...
Saturday, November 8, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly membership meeting Leader and Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church in Port Orford 2000 Jackson St., Port Orford, OR 97465 Gather with members and friends. The speaker is to be determined. An optional hike to Port Orford Heads State Park will follow.
Saturday, January 31, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly membership meeting Leader/Contact: Gail Perrotti Location: Zoom, please contact secretary.NPSO.southcoast@gmail.com for link Jeanne Standley will present “How to Use the Oregon Flora Project for Your Yard and Garden.” She will demonstrate how to query information about specific plants and how to query what plants have been collected...
Saturday, March 21, 10:00 am Field Trip: Group Visit to Stillwater Natives Nursery in Bandon Leader/Presenter: Gail Perrotti Location: 53701 Beach Loop Rd, Bandon, OR 97411 Stillwater Native Nursery will be open by appointment only in 2026. The South Coast Chapter is hosting a group visit. Interns from local high schools will give a presentation at 11:00...
Saturday, April 11, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Wildflower Walk Leader: Jeanne Standley, jstandle@charter.net, (541) 294-2113 Location: Hundred Acre Wood, 1000 S 1st Ave, Coquille, OR 97423 NPSO South Coast Chapter has adopted this beautiful, forested area. In addition to leading wildflower walks here, we also conduct plant surveys and remove invasive plants. This is...
Saturday, April 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting: Quarterly membership meeting Leader and Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church, 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 Program to be determined. We will hold elections for president and secretary at this meeting.