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Pisgah Native Plant Nursery

  • Start date: 05/24/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 05/24/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Long time volunteer of Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah’s Native Plant Nursery, Dave Predeek will give a tour of the three acres nursery, see70 plus plants many of which will be in bloom and work in progress. There will be a short walk to see the original nursery and other and other plantings before we go to the nursery. Expect 2 – 2 1/2 hours. Meet at the North Trailhead: Turn left onto Frank Parrish Road after crossing the Coast Fork Willamette River. Drive 0.3 miles, and turn left into the large parking area. Back in 1997 botanist and Obsidian Dave Predeek joined the board of Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah and started looking around for a specific way of contributing. He didn’t have to look far before noticing that invasive plants, especially blackberries and Scotch broom, were taking over large areas of the park’s hillsides. The oak savanna habitat of the park, once common in the Willamette Valley, is now a rare and precious resource and Dave resolved to begin an effort to protect and restore it. He started the Monday Morning Regulars to remove blackberries and more. Read more in the May 2005 Bulletin.

  • Event Leader: Emlen Clara

  • Assistant Leader: Predeek Dave

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: Mt Pisgah, North Trailhead

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Needed: Lane County Parks Pass. A day pass is available using a credit card at the feebox at the West (main)Trailhead.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain:

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Wonderful walk from the north parking lot, along the somewhat new path, through the woods (rather than the road). Dave pointed out many plants and historical information as we ambled along; Black Headed Grosbeaks singing in the tree tops.
For more information - you might refer to the May 10th Pisgah Native Nursery report.
Thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated Dave's informative walk-

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 7
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N 1
2 Signed-Up Predeek, Dave 541-345-5531 N 1
3 Signed-Up Babcock, Carol 541-409-7364 N 2
4 Signed-Up Straub, Peg 541-514-7298 N 1
5 Signed-Up Rasella, Delia 760-382-1488 N 2
6 Signed-Up Hollander, Anne 541-338-9036 N 1
7 Signed-Up Hoecker, Nancy 541-217-8453 N 1
8 Signed-Up Orsi, Barbara 541-515-9665 N 1
9 Signed-Up Maenz, Lou 541-741-6863 N 1
10 Signed-Up Cleall, Patricia 941-780-0583 N 2
11 Signed-Up Rusow, Karla 541-744-7990 N 1
12 Waitlist Hoeg, Kathy 541-484-6196 N 1
13 Waitlist Cochran, Robin 541-343-8541 N 2