Events

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Learn from the pros how to propagate native wildflowers, shrubs, trees for your own landscape. Instruction includes seed preparation and sowing, growing tips and techniques, and an introduction to local botany. 

You'll leave this hands-on course with not only the information you need to grow your own native plants, but also with a tray of native plants ready to grow!

Space is limited to 20 participants per session - 8am to 12pm and 1pm to 5pm. Register early to secure your spot! 

Course fee: $25 per person

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

Join us for a short video featuring nationally known conservationist and entomologist, Doug Tallamy, who explains the urgency for planting native to support more life - a science based solution to the biodiversity crisis. 

Discussion and refreshments to follow. Meet fellow native plant enthusiasts, share your experiences, and learn from theirs. 

Please RSVP to:  [email protected]

RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 4

We will be participating in the OSU Washington County Master Gardener Hort Series program, “Going Native!”. 

Our presentation will include the webinar,  “Native Plants Planted Right”, followed by a panel of Foothills chapter members discussing their own experiences getting started with native plants.

Gale Martin, owner of Natives in Harmony native plant nursery will follow with a presentation on “Native Plant for Pollinators and Year-Round Color”.

There is a registration fee of 10.00 payable to OSU Extension.  Limited seating . Please call 740-376-7431 for registration. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!