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Open Gardens Project – Featuring Coyote Sue & Myk’s Habitat

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Open Gardens Project

This habitat in Lake Oswego has part sun, shade, and moist soil.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Burke’s Habitat

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Open Gardens Project

This habitat in the city of Gresham has full sun, part sun, shade, dry, and moist soil.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring Sally’s Habitat

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Open Gardens Project

This habitat in the Rose City Park neighborhood has full sun, part sun, shade, and dry soil.

2023 Certifications and Upgrades

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Certifications

At Backyard Habitats, we not only provide incentives and knowledge to program participants working toward creating wildlife habitats, but we also enjoy recognizing and celebrating all those who met the thresholds of Silver, Gold, and Platinum certifications. On our Facebook page, we often share posts of our participants getting certified. Those posts share details about…

Plant Sales – Spring 2023

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Plant Sales

We’ll use this post to talk about the local native plant sales happening before June 2023. Scappoose Bay Watershed Council April 8, 2023, @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pmScappoose High School at 33700 SE High School Way, Scappoose, Oregon 97056. The Scappoose Bay Watershed Council offers native trees and shrubs to landowners interested in enhancing…

OregonFlora: A Comprehensive Guide to the Vascular Plants of Oregon

by Megan Van de Mark

Categories: In the Garden, Native Plants, Resources

If you’re interested in learning about plants native to Oregon, OregonFlora is a great resource to support your learning. They’ve assembled a guide to the 4,700+ vascular plants of Oregon which they share through their website, the Flora of Oregon books, and their wildflower identification app.

Summer Partner Events & Classes

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Events

Many of our partners are offering great classes, events, or resources this spring. Check our the list of partner events we know about.

Open Gardens Project – Featuring MCMGA’s Demonstration Garden

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Open Gardens Project

This habitat in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood has full sun, part sun, shade, and dry soil.

Plant Sales – Fall 2022

by JP Marchetti-Mendez

Categories: Plant Sales

We’ll use this post to list some of the local native plant sales happening in the fall of 2022. Fall is the best time of the year to plant native species. Sparrowhawk Native Plants Native Plants for Fall! Leaf buds are getting plump, early nesters are partnering up, and gardeners are itching to get our…

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