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Pisgah Native Plant Nursery

  • Start date: 05/09/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/09/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

When crossing the bridge into the park at Mt. Pisgah immediately turn left and go a quarter mile to the North Trailhead Parking Area where we will meet at 9:30 am for a short introduction.
We will walk a quarter of a mile through the forest identifying plants along the trail to the Nursery. At the Nursery we will visit the plant beds where dozens of species are grown for cuttings or to harvest seeds. There will be opportunity to talk with the staff members and volunteers. We will visit the greenhouse where seedlings are grown. After this there is a tour of the buildings where records are kept and seeds are packaged and put into cold storage. The original nursery at the Kienzle House garden plot is nearby for a quick visit.
The walking is easy and the tour will be over by noon.

  • Event Leader: Predeek Dave

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Mt Pisgah, North Trailhead

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required:

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 1

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The Friends of Buford Park (FBP) were organized in 1989 "to protect and enhance native ecosystems" in the Mt. Pisgah area. To implement the many restoration projects a small native plant nursery was established at Mt. Pisgah next to the historic Kienzle House. In 1998 a new location was selected not far from the old nursery. The nursery has since been expanded to more than 2 acres.
Our tour began at the North Trailhead parking area at Mt. Pisgah. After introductions we followed a trail through the woods to the nursery identifying trailside plants along the way. At the nursery we stopped at many of the species plots, especially those now in flower. There are more than 50 species of plants being grown here for seed harvest. Some of the seeds are used by FBP at Mt. Pisgah for various restoration projects; however, other organizations buy some of the harvest. Species now in bloom include many yellow-flowering plants: Lomatium, Balsamroot, Tar weed and Thermopsis of the pea family. The purple flowers of the Delphinium are especially showy.

We stopped at the nursery office where bags of seed are in cold storage and records are kept. Mieko Aoki, the nursery manager and Jared Tarr, the volunteer organizer answered questions.

From here we walked to the Kienzle House and returned to the parking area.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 8
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Predeek, Dave 541-345-5531 N 1
2 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N 1
3 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
4 Signed-Up Hoeg, Kathy 541-484-6196 N 1
5 Signed-Up Levine, Vicki 541-345-8344 N 2
6 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N 1
7 Signed-Up Cleall, Patricia 941-780-0583 N 2
8 Signed-Up Frank, Nikki 541-954-3050 N 1
9 Signed-Up Northrop, Jim 541-343-3426 N 1
10 Signed-Up Lindstrom, Lana 541-683-1409 N 1