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...
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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... |
2 events,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...
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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... |
3 events,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...
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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,... |
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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...
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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... |
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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...
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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...
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Saturday, April 11, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm NPSO Cheahmill Chapter Meeting and Presentation: “Bring Back the Pollinators” Presenter: Bob Shaw, Xerces Society The Cheahmill Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon will be hosting an in-person meeting on Saturday, April 11 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm at the McMinnville Library Carnegie Room.... |
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Sunday, April 12, 10:00 am Ramble: Mt. Pisgah Wet Prairie Leader: Karl Anderson Location: East Side of Mt. Pisgah Join Karl Anderson for a short, flat ramble through the wet prairie on the eastside of Mt. Pisgah. Depending on participant interest, the trip can last an hour or two. The group can stay on the...
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Sunday, April 12, 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 Bring pruners, trowel, bucket, and gloves. We will start to clean up the garden. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at esthermcevoy975@gmail.com. |
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Monday, April 13, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Sprouting of the Elliott State Research Forest: Botanical Opportunities in a new Forest for Science and Conservation Presenter: Ryan Baumbusch, Research Coordinator for the Elliott State Research Forest, Department of State Lands. Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University or by Zoom Following decades... |
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Thursday, April 16, 7:00 pm Presentation: I Sing to the Earth and She Sings Back Presenter: Kat Anderson Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou Chapter Meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or via Zoom. To register for Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/npsotalks. In this talk, I will discuss my personal journey along different... |
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Friday, April 17, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event: Spring Social Location: 63405 Deschutes Market Rd, Bend, OR 97701 Join the High Desert Chapter for our annual Spring Social! Learn about what the High Desert Chapter does, membership benefits, and receive 10% of at WinterCreek Nursery if you are a chapter member. High Desert Chapter merchandise will be for...
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Friday, April 17, 7:00 pm *Please note this is a Friday meeting, not Monday. Presentation: Oak Savannah Communities Presenter: Heron Brae Location: Room 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon campus. Heron is an experienced botanist, wildcrafter, and rewilder with a demonstrated history of working in professional and community environmental services. She is skilled in teaching, research, community...
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Friday, April 17, 7:00 pm *Please note this is a Friday meeting, not Monday. Presentation: Oak Savanna Communities Presenter: Heron Brae Location: Room 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon campus. Heron is an experienced botanist, wildcrafter, and rewilder with a demonstrated history of working in professional and community environmental services. She is skilled in teaching, research, community... |
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Saturday, April 18, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Field Trip: Blachly Mountain Forest Leader: Ed Alverson Blachly Mountain Forest is a close-in old growth forest located along Highway 36 on the Coast Range Divide between Cheshire and Triangle Lake. The old route of Highway 36 is closed and makes for a nice walking route through...
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Saturday, April 18, 9am-3pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Viewpoint Mike trail near Prospect, OR Meeting Location: 9am at Medford Olive Garden Restaurant, 3125 Crater Lake Highway. Park away from the Restaurant next to Crater Lake Hwy Trip Leader: Al Collinet Viewpoint Mike is a lovely trail that climbs steadily uphill to a rocky-moss covered viewpoint, showcasing...
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The spring training for Oregon Rare Species Spotters this year will be hosted on Saturday April 18 at 10:00 am – 3:00 pm for any new and returning volunteers. At the training we will have an overview of this program, ORSS, we will teach some methods for rare species population monitoring, and we will get hands on... |
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Sunday April 19, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs Leader: Alexandria Kurowski Location: Baker Creek Bridge Trail, Mcdonald Forest This trip to the Sulphur Springs area of the McDonald Research Forest north of Corvallis will be an easy hike through a beautiful area to celebrate Native Plant Appreciation... |
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Tuesday, April 21, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event: Chapter Meeting: Got Juniper? Western Juniper Ecology and Management Presenter: Jenna Deibel Location: To Be Determined This presentation will explain why western juniper has expanded so dramatically across the landscape, covering its ecology, biology, and the key factors driving its spread. The talk will distinguish old‑growth juniper from... |
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Wednesday, April 22, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Field Trip: Camassia Nature Preserve Leader: John Savage John Savage of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead a morning walk to view the blooming camas and other wildflowers of the 23-acre Camassia Nature Preserve in West Linn. Bring water and snacks. Registration is required. For... |
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Thursday, April 23, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom Program: The Invasive Mediterranean Oak Borer: An Emerging Threat to Oregon White Oak Presenter: Allison Monroe Allison Monroe, a PhD student at the Oregon State University College of Forestry, will give a presentation on the emerging threat of the Mediterranean Oak Borer. She will discuss her research on... |
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Friday, April 24, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event: Ancient Juniper Hike and Old-Growth Forest Network Dedication Celebration Leader/Presenter: Mara Huang, Ashley Martens, Gena Goodman-Campbell Location: 43.95779, -121.05192 Join the High Desert Chapter and the Old-Growth Forest Network for a celebration of the ancient woodlands protected in the Oregon Badlands BLM Wilderness. We'll start with a few... |
3 events,Glide Wildflower Show https://www.glidewildflowershow.org/ Dates: April 25th and 26th, Glide Community Building, Glide Oregon The Glide Wildflower Show is the largest and oldest display of native plants in the Pacific Northwest - a breathtaking collection of 600+ species of flowers, shrubs, trees, grasses, ferns, lichens, and mosses gathered from Douglas County and ranging to the...
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Saturday, April 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting: Quarterly membership meeting Leader and Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church, 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 Program to be determined. We will hold elections for president and secretary at this meeting. |
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Sunday, April 26, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Event: City Nature Challenge - Plant and Beaver BioBlitz at Tetherow Crossing Park Leader/Presenter: Mara Huang, Maureen Thompson Location: 5810 NW Tetherow Rd, Redmond, OR 97756 Join Beaver Works Oregon and Mara Huang of NPSO to explore the natural history and identification of wetland plants and beaver signs! This BioBlitz...
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Saturday, April 26, 2026, 10am Rough and Ready Wildflower Walk Location: Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside Highway 199 south of Cave Junction at milepost 34 Sponsored by the Cultural and Ecological Enhancement Network (CEEN) Join a walk through the Rough and Ready Wayside geared for plant enthusiasts and novices alike. This is a great opportunity for...
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Sunday April 26, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Mary’s River Natural Area in Corvallis Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Mary’s River Natural Area Meet at the parking lot kiosk for Mary’s River Natural Area off Brookline Drive in Corvallis (44.5424° -123.2822°). Celebrating Native Plant Appreciation Month, we will go in search of early blooming... |
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Friday, May 1, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Spring Wildflowers of the Cathedral Hills Leaders: Doranne Long and Bureau of Land Management Botanist, Paul Cianciolo Location: Sky Crest Trailhead at Cathedral Hills Park, Grants Pass Trip Join Doranne Long and Paul Cianciolo for a wildflower hike in the Cathedral Hills. The group will walk... |
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