by friends | Nov 18, 2022 | Volunteer Opportunities
Emily Aune, Head Rhododendron Gardener, shares a moment with Phyllis Hamel on the new park bench. On Tuesday morning, 15 November, 2022, a celebration was held to dedicate a new park bench in honor of Phyllis Hamel, an local artist and long-time park volunteer, who is...
by friends | Nov 18, 2022 | Wildflowers
Common Ink Cap While the wildflowers sleep for now, the fungi have arrived after fall rains. The common ink cap, in the genus Coprinus, is a mushroom found throughout the northern hemisphere in both America and Europe. It is related to the larger...
by friends | Oct 4, 2022 | Volunteer Opportunities
The big volunteer news this summer was that Cait Wisbeski had been hired to become the new Volunteer Coordinator at Hendricks Park. This position is funded in part by the Friends. Cait previously worked with the Portland Nursery and Portland Audubon Society. She has...
by friends | Sep 29, 2022 | Wildflowers
Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) Common Snowberry is a species of flowering plant native to North America in the honeysuckle family. It has small, whitish to pink flowers that last over a long period in summer. Snowberry flowers attract pollinators,...
by friends | Jul 2, 2022 | Wildflowers
Farewell-to-Spring Farewell-to-spring (Clarkia amoena) is native to western North America, found in coastal hills and mountains from British Columbia south to the San Francisco Bay. It is a common meadow annual that blooms in early to midsummer, bearing cup-shaped,...
