Our Bedrock
Mission Statement: Gardens and programs that inspire, educate and enrich our lives and our community.
Purpose Statement: To educate and encourage citizens on the importance of developing, restoring, maintaining and conserving wildlife habitat and the native plants that comprise that habitat.
Membership:
Welcome new members!! We hope to see you at our monthly classes and upcoming events.
Renewal Information:
Renewal notices will be emailed during the month in which it is due. Due to circumstances, it is currently the more expeditious and cost-effective method.
Note:
Though you may still choose to mail in payments, we can now accept memberships and renewals online with this link: Membership/Renewals.
Separate donations can also be transacted online!
Donations/Memorials.
Memberships/renewals help support our organization and our volunteer maintained gardens! Thanks to those who have renewed and have done so continuously and generously.
Please review the attached flyer for our class at the CASEE Center on Saturday September 20th at 10:00am ~ entitled Composting Methods & Options ~ conducted by Pete DuBois, Clark County Composter Recycler Program
Please let me know via email if you would like to attend this class to ensure proper chair set up and materials–members are always welcome.
August’s class entitled Plant Bullies to Avoid in Your Landscape covered many plants that can be found (and some still can be purchased) in the area that you may want to re-think for your own landscape. We covered various ways to control and/or how to dispose of those bullies that you may already have and no longer want.
Perennial, Bulb & Seed Swap
Perennials & bulbs should be potted or in sturdy plastic bags
Fresh collected seeds in individual envelopes or baggies by variety
Viable store bought seed packets
Label items as well as possible (i.e. botanical or common name, size, sun/shade, wet/dry, bloom time, plant height)
Plants should be well watered and pest free
Please NO invasive plants
Garden Tidings…..
Did you go to the Clark County Fair in August? If so, did you see our table near the Floral Department in the Exhibit Hall? Talked to lots of nice folks about gardening, insects, and the environment while getting the word out about the gardens.
On a nice evening in August, Erin Harwood conducted a Seed Paper making event for some of our members in the gardens. We made “new” colorful handmade paper out of recycled materials and herb seeds. We even made seed cookies out of the leftover pulp in the seed water.
The Wildlife Botanical Gardens were included in the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon’s Clark County Demonstration Gardens Mini-Tour on Saturday, August 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A few NS members (who are also Master Gardeners) greeted 15 HPSO members. See pic. Six Garden Coordinators were also in their gardens to answer questions and show landscape approaches including lawn alternatives, planting of drought-tolerant, native, and non-native plants that support wildlife, a rain garden, water features and other demonstrations.How to Raise and Manage Orchard Mason Bees.
With funding from a Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) grant and with many volunteer hours from committee members (you know who you are) a longtime dream has been fulfilled.
We have created a free 52-page booklet as an educational tool that includes dozens of high-quality photos, descriptions and other information regarding native plants found at The Wildlife Botanical Gardens and reasons to incorporate them in your landscape. Here is the link to finding it on our website:
