The Berry Botanic Garden

June 2007

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The Lives of Butterflies
Join us if you'd like to attract butterflies and discover the complex plant-butterfly relationship. Learning about the life cycles of butterflies will enable you to provide them the plants that support them in all of their life stages, from caterpillar to brilliant adult. Enjoy a colorful slide show illustrating local native butterflies and larvae in natural settings. Bill Neill offers field trips through Audubon and is the author of The Guide to Butterflies of Oregon and Washington.
Bill Neill
6/2/07 10am-noon
$8 ($5 Members) Limit 20
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Exploring Lewisia
Not just famed for their role in the survival of Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery (the edible "bitterroot" is Lewisia rediviva), lewisia plants are also jewels of the rock garden, their showy flowers ranging from rich rose to candy-stripe peach to snow white. Join celebrated plantsman Sean Hogan of Cistus Nursery for a slide show encompassing virtually all wild species and some of the best selections, as well as other plants that share their rarified and often spectacular habitats. Take home tips on growing lewisia successfully in your own garden.
Sean Hogan
Tuesday, 6/5/07 7-9pm
$12 ($10 Members)
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Saddle Mountain Hike
Some of the best vistas in the Coast Range can be seen from Saddle Mtn., including views of our four Cascade Range Volcanoes and the ocean at the mouth of the Columbia River. This botanically rich area supports goatsbeard, false Solomon’s seal, cinquefoil, and nodding onion. In particular, Kris hopes to see a favorite, the Sitka mistmaiden, Romanzoffia sitchensis. The hike is three miles each way, with an elevation change of 1600 feet. Plan for a full day of botanizing - we’ll be stopping to look at plants but have some distance to cover, too. Much of the trail is exposed, so don’t forget your hat and sunscreen! We will send instructions to registrants.
Kris Freitag
Thursday, 6/7/07 9am-5pm
Donations welcome!

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Introduction to Ecoroofs
This alternative to bare, impermeable surfaces is intriguing homeowners and gardeners across the world. PCC instructor Greg Haines of Ecoroofs Everywhere will take you step-by-step through the process of creating your own ecoroof garden on a garage or shed roof. From liner and bed structure to soil mixes and plant selection, find out how to produce a beautiful, unique and life-enhancing addition to your landscape. Weíll be taking a look at The Berry Botanic Gardenís own new Ecoroof Demonstration Project.
Greg Haines
Saturday, 6/9/07 10am-noon $15 ($12 Members)

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The Eco-Logical Garden: Practical Permaculture
Are you ready to take your garden to a new level? Author of celebrated home permaculture guide, Gaia's Garden, and PSU adjunct professor, Toby Hemenway has devoted many years to the science and art of functional and beautiful landscapes. His instruction has been called "supremely practical, balancing the ideal with the real." In this day-long workshop, learn to design natural landscapes that not only produce food and beauty for people, but also shelter birds and beneficial insects, harvest water and preserve biodiversity. This workshop will cover basic principles of ecological landscape design, including efficient and pest-resistant garden layout, selecting plants that have many uses, drought-proofing your yard, creating plant communities that work together and conserving energy through careful landscape planning.
Toby Hemenway
Saturday, 6/16/07 10am-4pm $40 ($32 Members)

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