In this photo series, the Plant Materials Program would like to highlight the truly heroic efforts of our dedicated volunteers! Thanks to all who have joined us so far this spring! If you’d like to volunteer at farm events specifically in the future, email Jeni Nugent at JeniNugent@appliedeco.org.
Seed Collection Coordinator Jake Picardat, volunteer Emily Hayden, and Farm Manager Mara Friddle plant a bed of Slender phlox (Microsteris gracilis) while another volunteer uses a flame weeder to burn holes in weed fabric. This bed is funded by the Alliance for Recreation and Natural Areas, and the seed is destined for Marys Peak!Volunteer Stacy Drake, Farm Technician Jeni Nugent, Seed Collection Technician Lauren Berger and volunteer Emily Hayden plant early blue violet (Viola adunca) into a field funded by the U.S. Forest Service. This seed is destined for Camp Westwind on the Oregon Coast.Volunteers Gena and Bob Delle Femine help tend to Willamette Daisy (Erigeron decumbens) plugs with Greenhouse Manager Kate Wellons while volunteers Merrill Jensen, Rose Roberts, and Tom Gilg compare botanical notes, no doubt! These Willamette Daisy plugs are funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and destined for restoration sites throughout the valley to assist with recovery efforts.A proud group of volunteers and IAE staff gather at the end of a successful day of planting Common Buttercup (Ranunculus occidentalis) at our partner grower, Loren Gerig’s Ninebark Farm. The seed from this field will go to the Willamette Valley Native Plant Partnership. Pictured from left to right: Loren Gerig, brothers William and Godfrey, Stacy Drake, Mara Friddle, Rose Roberts, Lauren Berger, Kate Wellons, Native Seed Network Coordinator Liz Olson, and Jeni Nugent.Rosie, Tom, Kate, Merrill, Jeni, Donna Pioli, Danielle Melcher, Jessica Wright, Mara and Jennifer Conley (not pictured) planted a field of Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus oreganus) funded by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Seed from this field is destined for restoration sites in the Corvallis West and Salem West recovery zones for this threatened species.
Thank you to all of our volunteers with the Northwest Plant Materials Program this Spring!
