Local Chapter Programs
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| Central Puget Sound | Olympic Peninsula |
| Central Washington | Salal |
| Columbia Basin | San Juan Islands |
| Koma Kulshan | South Sound |
| Northeast Washington | Suksdorfia |
| Okanogan | Wenatchee Valley |
Central Puget Sound |
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Improving Success with Native Landscapes by Linda Chalker-Scott Too often native landscape and restoration projects fail, even in our mild, moist climate. The underlying reasons can includes improper soil management, poor quality roots, inadequate root preparation or improper installation. All of these will result in poor root establishment and increased plant mortality. Whether you’re a committed restorationist, ardent home gardener or interested observer, this seminar will provide you with the professional horticultural techniques that will improve your success creating sustainable and healthy landscapes. Linda is our WSU Extension Urban Horticulturist and has devoted her career to understanding how to garden and how to convey that knowledge to gardeners. You can learn more about her work at TheInformedGardener.com and GardenProfessors.com. Don’t miss this great chance to green up your thumb. Program outline. |
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| Date & Time | Thursday, September 2, 2010; 7 PM |
| Location | UW Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle |
| Contact | Howard Coleman |
Native Plant Identification Workshop Join Nelson Salisbury, Chapter Botanist, in a free plant identification workshop that is offered before each Chapter meeting at 5:30 PM in CUH, Main Hall. While the workshop is oriented primarily toward beginners, anyone who wants to work on improving keying skills or their familiarity with the northwest flora is welcome. Feel free to bring samples of unknown plants in for identification. We will have plenty of material and tools if you come empty-handed. |
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Central Washington |
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Columbia Basin |
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Koma Kulshan |
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Northeast Washington |
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| Northeast Chapter Programs | |
Okanogan |
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Olympic Peninsula |
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End of Summer Show Bring your plant photos from wherever you traveled this summer, whether on local trails or distant places. If you don’t recognize the species we will give it a try. A digital projector and laptop will be available. Bring your photos on a flash drive or CD. |
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| Date & Time | Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010; 6:30 PM |
| Location | Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Fort Worden. |
| Contact | For more information, contact Sharon Schlentner 360-379-9810 or sschlentner@waypoint.com. |
Salal |
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| October Program: Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains. Wildflowers of Colorado and Canada, presented by Susan Alaynick and Lucie Johns. | |
| Date & Time | Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010; 10 AM - Noon |
| Location | Skagit Valley College, Angst Hall Room A136 |
| Contact | Susan Alaynick, 360-659-8792, s_alaynick@hotmail.com |
| November Program: The Rare Care Program. Brenda Cunningham will share her experiences. | |
| Date & Time | Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010; 10 AM - Noon |
| Location | Skagit Valley College, Angst Hall Room A136 |
| Contact | Susan Alaynick, 360-659-8792, s_alaynick@hotmail.com |
San Juan Islands |
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To be announced. |
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South Sound |
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| Contact | Reba Olsen at 253-531-9652 reba.so@comcast.net |
Suksdorfia |
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Ongoing work on oak monitoring project and discussions with Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. |
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| Date & Time | To be announced |
| Location | Clark Regional Wastewater District Meeting Room, 8000 NE 52nd Ct. on Padden at 78th St., Vancouver |
| Contact | Virginia van Breemen, 360-263-3046, ginymetro@tds.net |
Wenatchee Valley |
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Squirrels for the 21st Century: Seed Saving around the World, presented by Ellen Kuhlmann, Seeds of Success Program Manager, Rare Plant Care & Conservation, University of Washington Botanic Gardens. This program will focus on wild plant seed collection and its subsequent storage in seedbanking facilities. The history of seedbanking will be touched on, as well as the reasons why seeds are collected and stored. The aims and inner workings of the Kew Millennium Seed Bank, run by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and its U.S. collaborator, the Seeds of Success Program, will be detailed. We will delve into the challenges and rewards of seed collecting as well as the main steps involved in completing a seed collection. Ellen will also talk about the various partnerships that make the program run, and how WNPS members can become involved as volunteers of the program. |
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| Date & Time | Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010; 7 PM |
| Location | Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 Mission St, Wenatchee. |
| Contact | Susan Ballinger, 509-664-8955 |
| October Program: Dr. David Giblin, U.W. Herbarium | |
| Date & Time | Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010; 7 PM |
| November Program: Jerry Benson, Restoration Ecologist/Farmer | |
| Date & Time | Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010; 7 PM |