Green Investments

Guest post by the Rose City Bluffers

Our green investments on the Rose City Bluff continue to grow! Now in our sixth year, our group of neighborhood activists, affectionally called the Rose City Bluffers, have continued to restore the area by removing invasive species and replacing them with native species. Last year our volunteers grew over 400 native plants!!

Well, good news spreads and synergy happens. This year Jennifer Kinsey and Rachel Kato donated 129 bareroot trees and plants obtained from the Yamhill Soil and Water District Native Plant Sale. Species included Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Indian Plum, Mock Orange, and Douglas Spirea.

And, Rose City Park Elementary School gardening program donated soil for the bareroot plants to be potted in donated recycled gallon pots that came forth from many neighborhood gardeners. The Elementary School had received a generous donation of soil from Roots Garden Supply. All of the potted plants will be nurtured throughout the summer by “foster parent” volunteers in anticipation of the upcoming Fall Native Planting Day next November.

In addition, Reed Lewis, Suzanne Briggs and Marcelle Thurston are coordinating the third annual spring Native Seed Project. As a consequence, twenty-six neighbors are now growing 21 species of native plants from seed. Come welcome these neighbors’ gift of many potted starts to their final destination at the Fall planting party.

Join the RCBR Sunday email list to stay in touch with all 2024 events (contact rosecitybluff@gmail.com). The Rose City Bluffers meet every Sunday, 9:30 am at NE Sacramento and 62nd Avenue.