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Native Plant Garden Tour
How do you create a native plant garden that fits your landscape
wishes without looking too "wild"? Visit three gardens
that have beautifully and uniquely blended native plants into
the home landscape. See how things grow and where they do best,
pick up design ideas and discover some new plants. Enjoy a spring
outing!
Saturday, 4/7/07 9am-1pm
$15 ($12 Members) Limit 20
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Stalking the Native Milkweeds: A Haphazard Tour of Mexico's Botanical Diversity
Join Dr. Mark Fishbein, Director of the PSU Herbarium, for an expertly guided armchair
adventure. While researching the evolutionary history of the milkweed, Mark has traversed
the deserts and rain forests of our vast neighbor to the south. Diverse climates and topography
produce a wealth of plant communitiesóbeat the chill and enjoy a vicarious plant expedition in Mexico!
Mark Fishbein
Tuesday, 4/10/07, 6:30-8pm
$8 ($5 Members)
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Weldon
Wagon Road Wildflower Hike
This is a favorite hike of historical as well as botanical interest.
As its name indicates, it was once a pioneer homestead road. On
this easy spring hike we might see lomatium, big-headed clover
and many other early bloomers. In particular we'll be looking
for two species of lady-slipper orchid that are known to lurk
along the trail here. This is a 2-3 mi. hike, about 500 ft. elevation
gain.
Kris Freitag
Thursday, 4/12/07 9am-3:30pm
Donations welcome!
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Pine
Needle Basketry
Kim Black is back! A teacher of basketry for over 15 years, Kim
will guide us through a modern exploration of a traditional Native
American craft. Gather with like-minded souls in our visitor center
and enjoy a day in the spring garden. Take home your own handmade
pine needle bowl. Kim will have for purchase extra supplies, and
a booklet and video that feature additional techniques and ideas.
A wonderful treasure and a fun way to spend the day.
Kim Black
Saturday, 4/14/07 9am-4pm
$40 ($32 Members) Limit 14
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Bonsai
for the Beginner
Described as "soundless poetry," bonsai literally means
a "tree in a dish" but it is an ancient artistic expression
of the harmony between heaven and earth, man and nature. In this
class, you'll learn the basics from noted bonsai artist Alan Taft.
Bring your own plant to start with if you wish; appropriate plants
will be available for purchase. We will supply pots and potting
mix for you to create your own living sculpture. Also bring your
favorite bonsai pruners if you have them, and bring bonsai from
home that you have questions about or need help with pruning and
training.
Alan Taft
Sunday, 4/15/07, 1-5pm
$35 ($28 Members) Limit 10
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Buy
Our Plants at HPSO's Spring Plant Sale (but still
come to our sale on the 28th!)
The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon (HPSO) has a huge Spring Plant
Sale at the Washington County Fairplex. This link
will take you to their web site for more details and a map showing
the location.
BBG plants will be offered for sale at this event.
Saturday & Sunday, 4/14-4/15/07
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Botanical Illustration
Two-day workshop! Using plant specimens as subjects, professional
scientific illustrator Lynn Kitagawa will encourage participants
to exercise observational skills in the understanding of botanical
forms. The creation of an accurate pencil drawing will lead to
a finished pen and ink illustration. We will use a flexible nib
pen, emphasizing line quality to create a descriptive and aesthetic
illustration. Class format will be lecture, demonstrations and
supervised drawing sessions. If time permits, we will discuss
other techniques (color pencil, plastic pencil, watercolor) and
issues of reproduction. Beginning drawing skills are recommended;
no prior knowledge of botany is needed.
Lynn Kitagawa
Saturday-Sunday, 4/21-4/22/07 8:30am-4:30pm
$125 ($100 Members) Limit 15
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Spring Plant Sale, April 28, 2007
Join, renew, or show your membership card & take advantage of
great member benefits!
We will again be at Montgomery Park, site of our very successful
plant sale last September.
* Lots of space, and FREE parking!
* Favorite BBG vendors as well as
* Some new vendors, too!
* Amazing plants
As always, the emphasis will be on unusual perennials, hardy trees
and shrubs, and a wide selection of Pacific Northwest natives.
For more information, including a list of vendors who will be
there, visit the plant sale
page.
Location, Montgomery Park
Saturday, 4/28/07 11 AM - 3PM
BBG members shop early (10 - 11 AM) and receive
a 10% discount
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CLASS CATALOG
DOWNLOAD
the class registration form. You'll need Adobe Acrobat to read and print it.
register@berrybot.org