RICHLAND -- The Columbia Basin Chapter of the Native Plant Society will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Washington State University Library and Consolidated Information Center, Room 120.
Featured speaker will be Tim Parker, Assistant Professor of Biology at Whitman College.
He'll speak about his research on native vs. non-native plant dynamics on rangeland at Wallula Gap.
For more information go to www.wnps.org/cbasin/index.html.
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RICHLAND — This week's email newsletter from the NW Regional Food Hub and ShopTheNorthwest.com includes a couple of items that should appeal to those interested in native plant landscapes.
And what caught my eye was an example of desert globemallow with a low-resolution photo that made it similar to a label on a bottle wine, with Red Mountain, in effect, listed as the appellation.
A quick search led me to Seeds of Nature, a native seed company in the Columbia Basin town of Warden. And it appears this outfit has cleverly designed their seed packets to be reminiscent of wine labels.
Report vandalism
Report vandalism
For several years, a group of people has been working to establish a native plant garden in Leslie Grove Park North. Plants and seeds have been purchased, using grants and donations from interested people. REI made it possible to install an information board along the walking path so people would be aware of the goals for this plot of land. Numerous people have spent hundreds of hours controlling the weeds and tending the native plants.
We recently discovered that someone had driven across the cement barrier, entered the garden and continued to drive the entire length, plowing up the sand when turning to drive back out. In doing so they caused considerable damage.
This isn't the first act of vandalism. People have driven through before. Others have dumped rotting grass clippings and leaves over the bank. The city installed logs along two sides of the garden and low concrete barriers near the walkway hoping to end the problems.
Oregon research station to help restore Hanford land to natural state
Oregon research station to help restore Hanford land to natural state
MISSION, Ore. -- A new research station will be melding traditional tribal knowledge with Western science to help restore hundreds of acres of Hanford land to its natural state.
The field station in Mission, Ore., about five miles east of Pendleton, features two geodesic dome research greenhouses and is the result of a collaboration of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and the Department of Energy.
DOE contributed $730,000 for the project, plus will help with some of the equipment purchases, with the goal of developing a resource to help replant Hanford land disturbed by wildfires or by environmental cleanup.
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The free workshops are open to the public.
8-week Master Gardener training offered in Hermiston
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HERMISTON -- If you are a gardener -- at any accomplished level -- looking to learn more and share this common labor of love with others, consider becoming an Oregon State University Master Gardener.
Training will begin Feb. 7 and continue each Tuesday for eight weeks. Classes will be from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a lunch break, at the Hermiston Agricultural Research Extension Center, 2121 S. First St., Hermiston.
Classes will be taught by OSU Extension agents, specialists, and local garden and landscaping experts.
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