Native Shrub & Wildflower Planting @ Rocky Point – 11/14
November 14 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join NWTA at Rocky Point Trails in the Tualatin Mountain Forest while we learn to propagate native plants along the trail corridor.
Want to help the trails and build a more sustainable future for the Hop, Seth and a Jump trail at Rocky Point? Join us for a native plant propagation event in collaboration with OSU Extension Services, Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, Columbia Soil & Water Conservation District, and West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District. Come roll up your sleeves, learn propagation best practices, and help us plant and learn about the native species we have in the area. The goal of the planting is to frame the trail with native plants, many propagated right on site, to help with erosion, water control, and habitat protection for local birds, pollinators and small animals. One of the most exciting parts is that we will be planting varieties that will specifically help choke out the blackberry bushes, trail builders rejoice! Not to mention, this is likely to be the prettiest trail in the region while in full bloom!
What to bring:
- Work clothes: long sleeve shirt, long pants (no shorts), sturdy boots, gloves, eye protection
- Jacket for changing weather and rain (be prepared)
- Hard hat or bike helmet (mandatory)
- Water
- Snacks
- Lunch
We will be propagating the following plants/shrubs/trees onsite:
- Red Flowering Currant
- Blue Elderberry
- Sword Fern
- Vine Maple
- Beaked Hazelnut
- Salal
- Oregon Grape
- Thimbleberry
We will be spreading the following native flower and grass seeds:
- Western yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
- Western columbine (Aquilegia formosa)
- American wintercress (Barbarea orthoceras)
- Large flowered blue-eyed mary (Collinsia grandiflora)
- Large flowered collomia (Collomia grandiflora)
- Blue wildrye (Elymus glaucus)
- Western geranium (Gernium oreganum)
- Largeleaf avens (Geum macrophyllum)
- Tough leaf iris (Iris tenax)
- Broadleaf lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
- Miner’s lettuce (Montia linearis)
- Shade phacelia (Phacelia nemoralis)
- Slender cinquefoil (Potentilla gracilis)
- Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris)
For further questions, please contact Trail Stewardship Director, Nancy Stone at: [email protected]
