Saturday, March 21, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Silver Falls State Park Trip Leader: Kim Maley Kim Maley, park interpreter for the Friends of Silver Falls, will lead an easy to moderate walk to view the lichens at Silver Falls State Park. Bring water, snacks, appropriate foot gear, and clothing for wet and cold...
Saturday, March 28th, 2026 10-1pm Bolt Mountain at Fish Hatchery Park Trip Leader: Katelyn Detweiler Bolt Mountain is situated in a geologically and biologically rich area characteristic of the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion. The rocks, soils and corresponding plant species found on Bolt Mountain display this wealth of biodiversity. A majority of the soils found on the...
Sunday, March 29, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Meeting: Quarterly NPSO Chapters Round Table Organizer: Rachel Werling Calling all NPSO chapter leaders! Join us for the Spring Chapter Round Table. The NPSO is working to strengthen our chapter connections. There is much to learn from each other! Zoom links and agendas will be sent to chapter presidents, and...
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 - 8:00 pm Event: Appreciating Oregon’s Native Plants on iNaturalist Presenters: Jess Beauchemin and James Mickley, NPSO members and iNaturalist Ambassadors Location: on Zoom; registration link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/HZUmyUmOQmq69YSwEfL7hQ Description of the event: Join Jess Beauchemin and James Mickley for an interactive, one-hour webinar that blends native plant appreciation with practical skills for...
Date: April 1, 12:01am-April 30, 11:59pm Event: 2026 Native Plant Appreciation Month Blitz Leader: Native Plant Appreciation Month Location: online in iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2026-native-plant-appreciation-month-blitz Event description April is Native Plant Appreciation Month. As one form of celebration the Native Plant Society of Oregon is sponsoring a Florablitz to discover native wild (not cultivated) vascular plants in Oregon during...
April Fools APPRECIATE native plants, Canemah Bluff, Oregon City. Join us: on Tuesday, April 1, 2026 at 5:00 pm for one of the kick off events for Native Plant Appreciation Month, at the very special oak and vernal pools habitat at Canemah Bluff Nature Park just south of Oregon City, OR. Canemah Bluff Nature Park...
Date: Saturday, April 4, 9:00 am - 11:30 am AND Saturday, May 9, 9:00 am - 11:30 am Volunteer Outreach: Westmoreland Park Wetlands Enhancement Work Party Leader: Nancy Bray Location: Westmorelands Park, East wetland on Polk St., South of the pickleball courts on W. 20th Ave, Eugene These two work parties in Westmoreland Park wetlands...
Saturday, April 4th 9am-3pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Yreka Phlox at Siskiyou Native Plant Nursery - Yreka, CA Meeting Location: CVS Pharmacy 2341 Ashland St. Ashland, OR at 9am Field Trip Leaders: Matt Dybala, Ada Rubin This will be an opportunity to carefully observe and photograph the federally endangered Yreka phlox during peak bloom. Phlox hirsuta,...
Thursday, April 9, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #314: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library We will work around the Carnegie building with a friendly crew to maintain the beauty of this demonstration garden. Dress for the weather and bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools if you have them. For...
April Program: April 9, 2026, 7pm Plant Identification for Non-Botanists with Rebecca Lexa Rebecca Lexa is an author of The Everyday Naturalist, an Environmental Educator, and an Oregon Naturalist The Talk: No botany degree? No problem! Join Master Naturalist, and author of The Everyday Naturalist, Rebecca Lexa, as she shares beginner-friendly tools and skills for...
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 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...