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Special thanks to Margaret for creating our new sign! We’ve placed a couple along the bluff and are already getting inquiries.

Last April we kicked off our Native Seed Project. With the help of Greg’s document, Growing Willamette Valley Native Seeds, and Margaret’s management we now have several volunteers busily tending to seedlings. We hope to be putting many of these in the ground this fall. Our Native Seed Project folks are also learning what works, which they’ll share later this year.

Thanks to Sue for this photo of her project.

Years of hard work by Rose City Bluff Restoration are paying off as we watch existing native plants thrive, and our new plantings grow and bloom! Spotted today on the Bluff:
Lupinus rivularis- Strambank Lupine
Tellima grandiflora- Fringe Cup
Iris tenax – Tough Leaf Iris
Aquilegia formosa- Western Columbine
Rosa gymnocarpa- Bald Hip Rose
Prunus virginiana- Chokecherry
Rosa nutkana- Nutkana Rose
Amelanchier alnifolia – Serviceberry
Crataegus gaylussacia – Suksdorf’s Hawthorn
We’ll be working on weeding and maintaining our new plantings this month…join us if you have free time on Sunday mornings- we meet at 9:30am!

Photo by Greg Shephard

You’re probably aware that what is now the front nine of the Rose City Golf Course was once a race track. We recently came across this LIDAR image that, amazingly, still reveals the track(s). (See gis.dogami.oregon.gov/maps/lidarviewer/.)