Jun 24, 2025 | Featured, Flora/Fauna, In the News
Libraries, long known for sowing ideas, are now helping the community sow seeds and build a community around seed sharing. Lake Oswego now has at least two seed libraries, one run by the Lake Oswego Public Library and the other by Friends of Tryon Creek.
May 20, 2025 | Featured, Flora/Fauna, In the News
You might remember these striking photographs showing the impact of pollinators on our food choices – these photos show the produce section of a Whole Foods market with, and without, fresh produce made available because of pollinators: What is pollination? Pollination...
Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, In the News
Anna’s hummingbird feeding on Red Flowering CurrantPhoto credit: Mary Ann Whitney-Hall Article submitted by Peter Katon, Design Native Northwest LLC The signs of early spring are exhilarating; the iridescent Anna’s Hummingbird darting in and out of the brilliant pink...
May 25, 2022 | Flora/Fauna, In the News
By Barbara Fisher, OLWC Board Member A few years ago when my OLWC colleague, Master Naturalist, Mike Buck started talking about a super spreader invasive plant, shiny geranium, I was puzzled. I wanted to know what it looked like. It hadn’t, to my knowledge,...
Apr 5, 2022 | Featured, In the News, Soil Health
For the smallest creatures, soil provides not only shelter but food. Everything they need: food, air and water, is there.
Feb 8, 2022 | Featured, Flora/Fauna, In the News
Lakeridge High School Updates & Goals for 2022 By Mia Mickelsen The Lakeridge Green Team remains hard at work continuing to promote environmentalism, stewardship, and sustainability on Lakeridge’s campus and beyond! One of Green Team’s primary goals this year is...
