Sunday, March 1, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come help get the garden ready for spring. Bring gloves, rake, clippers, and energy. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, March 7, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Presentation: Amazon Community Center Events: Gardening With Native Plants Presenters: NPSO Emerald Chapter Board members Location: Amazon Community Center, Main Hall, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene Have you wondered whether gardening with native plants is for you? This class is meant to be an introduction to the benefits...
Thursday, March 12, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #313: 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...
Thursday, March 12, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Event: Sustainability Coalition Fair Location: CH2M Hill Building, Oregon State University Our chapter will have a table with beautiful displays and maybe T-shirts for sale. We need a few volunteers to help set up the display, talk to attendees at the table, and take the display down. The fair is...
Thursday, March 12, 7:00 pm Presentation: History of Oak Restoration and Fire Suppression in the East Gorge Presenter: J. Brance Morefield, Botanist/Invasive Plant Coordinator Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area A presentation covering the past twenty years of Oregon white oak restoration and fire suppression in the east Columbia River Gorge. Brance will discuss the role...
Friday, March 13, 7:30 to 8:30 pm *Note date change to Friday rather than our usual Monday Presentation: Cryptic Lineages and Morphological Stasis in a Rare Genus of Mycoheterotrophic Plants Presenter: Ash Gill, M.S. Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University or by Zoom (registration link below) Join us for a presentation on an investigation of hidden...
Monday, March 16, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Title: Bees as Botanists: The Specialist Bees of Western Oregon Presenter: August Jackson, Oregon Bee Atlas, Oregon State University Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene The Oregon Bee Atlas is currently leading the world in research on bee-plant interactions. Most native bee species need native plants...
Thursday, March 19, 7:00pm Presentation: Spring Flower Refresher Speaker: Rachel Werling 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. Spring is coming! Get ready for April, Oregon’s Native Plant Appreciation Month with a Floral...
Saturday, March 21, 10:00 am Field Trip: Group Visit to Stillwater Natives Nursery in Bandon Leader/Presenter: Gail Perrotti Location: 53701 Beach Loop Rd, Bandon, OR 97411 Stillwater Native Nursery will be open by appointment only in 2026. The South Coast Chapter is hosting a group visit. Interns from local high schools will give a presentation at 11:00...
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...