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Colorful Trails - Great Fall Hikes in the Pacific Northwest
Hiker, backpacker and award-winning author Douglas Lorain shares his decades of experience through a colorful slide show captured on trips in the Pacific Northwest. Many outdoor lovers are unaware that the Northwest is home to some outstanding displays of autumn foliage you just have to know where (and when) to find them. Discover some of our area’s best kept secrets--where to see hillsides covered with quaking aspens, western and alpine larches, huckleberries, vine and bigleaf maples, and other fall-color specialists, all waiting for you and your camera to enjoy.
Douglas Lorain
Tuesday, 10/3/06 7pm-9pm
$10 ($8 Members)
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Silver Star Mountain Hike
Revegetation of this peak in the Gifford-Pinchot Forest has been slow, due to a history of fires. In the fall, this means a fabulous show of vine maples, reddening huckleberry bushes and other colorful shrubs. The drive to this hike includes a rough stretch of road, but the color and the nearly 360 degree view will make it all worth it! Moderate hike of 5 miles, 1000’ elevation gain.
Kris Freitag
Thursday, 10/5/06 9am-4pm
Donations welcome!
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Neighborhood Open House
The Berry Botanic Garden invites its Riverdale neighbors, families and friends, to enjoy an afternoon in the garden on Sunday, October 8. Explore your botanic garden, have fun and enjoy lemonade and refreshments. You’ll be greeted by a flower on stilts! RSVP is appreciated.
* Children’s story time and family walk - 2 pm
* Presentation: “Oregon’s Treasures” (see below) - 3pm
* “Seed in a Box” for kids
* Guided tours of the garden
* Meet representatives from our horticulture and conservation departments
* Sign up for fall classes
* Slide show presentation on the history of The Berry Botanic Garden
* Learn about botanic gardens
The Berry Botanic Garden gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship of:
Star Park, Portland Valet, & Fritz Koch Design
Sunday, 10/8/06 2-5pm
Free admission!
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Open House Presentation--
Native Plant Conservation: Champions of Oregon’s Treasures
When you take a walk in a greenspace park, do you wonder about the trees, shrubs and flowers around you—are they native or introduced? Are they threatened by development or even collectors? Why should you care? Botanist Troy Maddux, with the Oregon Dept. of Agriculture’s Native Plant Conservation Program, has the behind-the-scenes job of keeping an eye on the wealth (and health) of plants in our area. He works with a network of organizations that partner to preserve the sometimes fragile natural web and to raise our awareness. Get to know the endangered plants of Portland. Our Conservation Biologist, Andrea Raven, will offer a short introduction to BBG’s conservation activities.
Troy Maddux/Andrea Raven
Sunday, 10/8/06 3pm-4pm
Free
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Cultivating Captive Carnivores
The ultimate revenge against insect pests is for them to be eaten by a plant! Learn how to create a suitable (and beautiful) habitat for growing our native cobra lilies and sundews, as well as Venus flytraps, Sarracenias (hardy pitchers) and other intriguing insectivorous plants. Make a nighttime visit to our bog gardens and take home knowledge of the essentials for cultivating these creepies in your garden or windowsill. Take home a free plant as well.
Scott Vergara
Thursday 10/12/06 7pm-9pm
$12 ($10 Members)
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Naturescaping
for Clean Rivers
When you garden with native plants, natural landscapes, and healthy gardening practices, you use less water and fewer chemicals,
reducing runoff and pollution. This class will help you to make informed choices about what you plant, where best to plant it
and how to care for it. Native plants attract birds and butterflies and require less time and energy for their care. You’ll
receive a free workbook and native plant to take home. Rain or shine, we’ll be going outside to study plants in the garden.
Pre-registration is required. **
Email 
naturescaping at yahoo.com or call 503-797-1842. Please provide us with your e-mail address, name, address (& zip code) and phone number.
Sunday, 10/15/06 1pm-5pm
Free! Limit TBA
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Fall Fungal Hike
We may not have miles of hardwood forests such as grace parts of the East Coast, but we have a wealth of fall color if you know where to look! We also are fungus-rich, and Maggie Rogers can tell you the names of the many species of mushrooms and lichens in the Gifford-Pinchot Forest in SW Washington. We’ve timed this hike in hopes of enjoying the best that a Northwest fall has to offer. We will combine a solid introduction to the fungi with a moderate hike on the Pacific Crest Trail.
Maggie Rogers/Kris Freitag
Thursday, 10/19/06 9am-3:30pm
Donations welcome!
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Beyond Peas and Carrots: A Gourmet’s Garden
Avid gardener (and chef in spirit) Vern Nelson is well-known for his delicious and delightful blending of plants and food. Since 1988, his column in the Oregonian has been his regular way to feed the hearts of other hungry gardeners, along with his business, A New Leaf Edible Landscape Design. Now he brings his enthusiasm for the unusual edible to our “Berry” Garden through slides and possibly a taste from his kitchen! The class will provide a colorful overview of edible landscaping, including the myriad possibilities of ornamental vegetables that you may be unfamiliar with.
Vern Nelson
Saturday 10/21/06 10am-noon
$15 ($12 Members)
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Jane Kerr Platt Garden Tour
The Jane Kerr Platt garden has a prominent place in private gardens of Portland. Fall imparts a richness to the garden that complements the youthful colors of spring. The Platt family has again graciously opened this garden in the hills of Portland. With its views and vistas, private niches and spectacular plant compositions, it’s a garden designer’s dream.
Sunday, 10/22/06 2-4pm
$25
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Creating a Blooming Garden
Creating a Blooming Garden
Do “flowers in a can” give you the natural garden you want? Native annuals and perennials provide the best blooms for our recreated woodlands and praries, and fall is the ideal time to plant. Join Naturescaping’s Kathy Shearin and Julie Reilly of Tualatin Hills PRD as they prepare you to choose the right flowers for the right places--sunny, shady, wet or dry--and to deal with the invasive thugs lying in wait for the unsuspecting gardener. Call ahead with your questions and we’ll be able to better focus on your needs. We’ll have native perennials and a locally produced wildflower seed mix from Heritage Seedlings available for purchase.
Julie Reilly/Kathy Shearin
Saturday, 10/28/06 10am-noon
$10 ($8 Members)
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CLASS CATALOG
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