Saturday, September 12, and September 19, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Event: Native Plant Sale The last day to place an order is Saturday, September 11 with plants to be picked up on Saturday, September 19. Pickup locations are in Coos and Curry Counties. For information contact, Gail Perrotti gperrotti@earthlink.net
Sunday, September 13, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Event: Potluck picnic Location: Lions Shelter, Avery Park, Corvallis. Bring a dish to share, place settings, stories to tell, and good cheer. We will provide drinks.
Tuesday, September 15, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Presentation: Why We Clean Seed: Collection, Processing, and Storage of Native Plant Seed Presenter: Kayla Herriman Location: Redmond Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave, Redmond, OR 97756 Kayla Herriman, U.S. Forest Service National Seed Specialist, will explain why it is beneficial to process seed material and how understanding seed processing...
Thursday, September 17, 2026 Presentation: The Ghost Forest: What Really Happened to the 96% of the Redwood Biome That Was Logged? Speaker: Greg King Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou Chapter meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or Zoom in from home. To register for Zoom, go tohttps://bit.ly/npsotalks. Journalist and...
Friday, September 18, 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Presentation: Botanical Treasures of Silver Falls Presenter: Aislinn Adams Location: Bush Barn Art Center, 600 Mission Street SE, Salem OR 97302 Botanical artist and Willamette Valley Chapter NPSO member Aislinn Adams will share a slide show about her commissioned project to document the native wildflowers of Silver...
Date: September 19th, 2026 at 9:30am Field Trip: Off-trail Botany Hike in the Split Rock Creek Drainage of Talent Meeting Location: Talent Elementary School parking lot, 307 Wagner Creek Rd, Talent, OR 97540 at 9:30am Leader: Wayne Rolle, retired Forest Service botanist Join Wayne Rolle for an opportunity to see and enjoy the flora of local riparian, wetland,...
Monday, September 21, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Presentation: Research Flash Talks from University of Oregon Graduate Students: Monkeyflower Evolution, Compost Amendments, and Conservation in Southwest Oregon Oak Woodlands Presenters: Gabriel Chavez, Caryn Iwanaga, and Sean Prive: University of Oregon PhD Students Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard Street, Eugene Join us to learn about...
Tuesday, September 22, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Tour of Bend Seed Extractory Leader/Presenter: Matt Horning Location: Bend Seed Extractory, 63095 Deschutes Market Rd, Bend, OR 97701 Join the High Desert Chapter in a tour of the Bend Seed Extractory! Bend Seed Extractory is a unit of the U.S. Forest Service located in Bend. The Seed...
Saturday, September 24, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Event: 100 Acre Wood Work Party Meet in the 100 Acre Wood (1000 S. 1st Avenue, Coquille) parking lot and help us with stewardship of this precious area by treating invasives and working on native plant inventory. Dress for the weather; bring your favorite gloves and clippers (some...
Saturday, September 26, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Event: Crooked River Park Native Plant Stewardship Project - Planting Day Leader: Hannah Weurfel Location: Crooked River Park, S Main St, Prineville, OR 97754 Carpools: Meet at Pilot Butte Parking Lot (NE Linnea Dr, Bend, OR 97701) at 8:00 am near the restrooms. We will be back in Bend...
Saturday, September 26, 10:30 am -12:00 pm Presentation: Tree Rings and Their Stories Presenter: Amanda Brackett Location: McMinnville Library Carnegie Room, 225 NW Adams St, McMinnville Join us for a presentation by Amanda Brackett, project scientist and coordinator at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry Tree Ring Lab. Learn about current research into tree ring histories,...
Saturday, October 3, 2026, 9am-4pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Field Trip: Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Meeting Location: Albertson’s parking lot, 1690 Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass 9am Trip leaders: Karen Brown, Matt Dybala, and Kathryn Connelly Join the Siskiyou Plant Explorers on a trip to the Babyfoot Lake Botanical Area, nestled in...