Saturday, July 12, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to McDonald Peak Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot at 9:00 am, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR We will be going a little earlier this year to try to catch the giant frasera or monument plant (Frasera speciosa), and Howell’s...
Saturday, July 12, 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 It's time to do some summer clean up. Bring gloves, clippers, shovel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Monday July 14, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm Special Event: Emerald Chapter’s Annual Picnic at Amazon Park Location: Grassy area in front of Amazon Community Center 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...
Friday, July 18, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Mount Hood Meadows Chairlift Leader: Ron Klump Location: Mt Hood Meadows Ski Area This hike uses the Mount Hood Meadows chair lift to quickly gain the high mountain meadows for stunning displays of a wide variety of alpine flowers. From the chairlift, hike west and loop...
Saturday, July 19, 9:00 am - 11:30 am Field Trip: Ecosystem Challenges in Smith Rock State Park Leader: Sam Vanderbeek, Ranger, Oregon State Parks Location: Smith Rock State Park Welcome Center Sam manages the restoration efforts in Smith Rock State Park. He has ambitions to restore many areas of the park with their newest grant...
Saturday, July 19, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Multorpor Fen, Government Camp Leader: Lecia Schall Location: Mt. Hood SkiBowl Join us to explore an amazing subalpine (elevation 4000 feet) wetland habitat near Government Camp. Expect an easy, mostly flat, mostly dry, two-mile walk in part sun and shade. We'll look for great sundew (Drosera...
Saturday, July 26, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Big Red Mountain Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot at 9:00 am, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR The most spectacular displays of explorer’s gentian (Gentiana calycosa) will be found on this trail at this time. In addition, the...
Wednesday, July 30, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: haich ikt'at'uu, a tidal estuary restoration Leader: Nathan LeClear, McKenzie River Trust 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,...
Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event: Pollinator Trivia Night Location: Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, OR Do you love native plants? Do you love pollinators? Well, take a shot at Pollinator Trivia night at Silver Moon Brewing! We will have prizes for 1st and 2nd place winners. Teams of...
Saturday, August 9, 8am-3pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Bigelow Lakes Meeting Location: Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams OR Hike Leader: Matt Dybala This outing will explore plant identification in mature subalpine forests, meadows and wetlands. We will be hiking 1.5+ miles to the water's edge at Bigelow Lake. The first half of the hike...
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 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Event: Englewood Forest Festival The Willamette Valley Chapter will have an outreach table at the Englewood Forest Festival at Englewood Park in Salem and offer a “Plant a Wildflower” activity for kids and festivalgoers. Join us at this fun, family-friendly event. For more information about the festival,...