Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Field Trip: Spring Wildflower Hike to Signal Buttes Area Location: Meet up at the Gold Beach Visitor Center (south end of town) at 9 am sharp to caravan and carpool. Join the Kalmiopsis Audubon Society for the annual tradition: the spring wildflower hike to the Signal Buttes...
Saturday, June 7, 9:30 am -11:00 am Field Trip: Create a Plant List for Golden Gardens Park Leader: Ramble Location: Meet at Golden Gardens Road and Jessen Drive Entrance Rambles are leaderless walks through a designated park where everyone shares their knowledge about plants you see. All skills and abilities are encouraged to participate. The...
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.
Sunday, June 8, Leave Roseburg 8:00 am - late afternoon Field Trip: Road 2703 (Lookout Mountain Ridge) This trip will be on the North Umpqua River. We’ll travel up Little River to Forest Service Road 2703. We will stop at the Umpqua mariposa lily (Calochortus umpquaensis) and chatterbox orchid site near Peel. Here we will...
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....
Friday, June 13, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Sharon Fen Preserve Leader: Rebekah Bergkoetter Meeting Location: Rite Aid parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9am Rebekah Bergkoetter from Southern Oregon Land Conservancy invites you to join a small group hike to an uncommon wetland in the region, a freshwater fen near Ashland...
Saturday, June 14, Leave Roseburg 8:00 am - late afternoon Field Trip: King Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern Location: East of Wolf Creek along the Interstate 5 corridor This area has never disappointed photographers, hikers, or plant enthusiasts due to the variety of plant species spotted. Situated at an elevation of 5,033 feet, roughly 8.5...
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Crack-in-the-Ground Exploratory Hike Leader: Jess Beauchemin Location: Crack-in-the-Ground Trailhead, Four Craters Lava Bed WSA, BLM Crack-in-the-Ground is a 2-mile-long volcanic fissure that is reached by a 0.25 mile walk from the trailhead. Once we reach the crack, we can walk along the upper edge, explore the...
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Boccard Point – Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9:00 am We will be hiking 4.25 miles round trip with 671 feet elevation gain within two miles on an...
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...
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