by friends | Mar 10, 2023 | Volunteer Opportunities
If you are a regular visitor to Hendricks Park, you can not help but have noticed the improvements in park conditions over the past few years, as weeds are reduced, blackberry is removed, beds are mulched, plants are pruned, and new rhododendrons and wildflowers are...
by friends | Mar 10, 2023 | News
Have You Seen This Weed? Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus ficaria) is increasing its hold on Hendricks Park’s gardens, and it shows up here and there in the forest as well. Glossy, dark green leaves about an inch across appear in late winter in lawns and garden...
by friends | Mar 10, 2023 | Wildflowers
Pacific Sanicle This year’s unusually cold weather is delaying bloom in the forest and native plant garden. Flowering currant buds are barely showing pink and the striking, glossy green rosettes of Pacific sanicle (Sanicula crassicaulis) that appear in midwinter...
by friends | Jan 31, 2023 | Volunteer Opportunities
Ivy Removal in the Forest Various volunteer groups have been active throughout Hendricks Park during the late fall and winter months. Forest groups have begun removing English ivy and blackberry from the area below Fairmount Blvd along the West Trail. Friends of...
by friends | Jan 31, 2023 | Wildflowers
Coast silk tassel (Garrya elliptica) Coast silk tassel is not a Willamette Valley native. Its native range is restricted to the coast of California and the southern half of Oregon. The silk tassel is dioecious (meaning female and male parts are borne on separate...
