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
Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Lake Oswego City Park Hike Trip Leader: Kieran Location: Iron Mountain City Park, Lake Oswego Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a 2-mile evening hike through one of Lake Oswego's underrated gems. This hilly hike through Douglas-fir forest and oak/madrone woodland features early summer wildflowers...
Saturday, June 21, 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 We will work on summer clean up and weeding. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.