Growing for the Bluff!

What an exciting year on the Rose City Bluff! Last Spring Rose City Bluff (RCB) volunteer Margaret Kuhn initiated the Growing for the Bluff Native Plant Seed Project. In May, she distributed 13 varieties of native plant and grass seeds to nine Rose City Bluff neighbors. The seed varieties included Western Yarrow, Blue Wildrye Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Roemer’s Fescue, Prairie Junegrass, River Lupine, and Western Buttercup. By September, these green thumb neighbors had a grand total of 491 starts for the upcoming Rose City Bluff Native Planting Day in November! Our Rose City Bluff GoFundMe campaign (https://www.gofundme.com/f/rose-city-bluff-restoration) will allow us to purchase additional large plants for the planting day. Please consider a donation.

Blue Wildrye Grass

In October, we welcome volunteers to help us prepare four planting sites at the Oregon White Oak (62nd Street), Rose Hill (64th Street), Meadow and Bench Bluff (both at 65th Street). These sites are already wood chipped, we just need to clear the remaining scattered nonnatives. Our Native Planting Prep Work Parties, are Sundays, October 9th and 23rd .

November 6th is our 2nd Annual Native Planting Day, the grand finale to our very productive year. Come and catch the spirit of this evolving, rewarding neighborhood project. All Rose City Bluff Restoration events begin at 9:30 AM, we meet at NE 62nd and Sacramento. Contact RoseCityBluff@gmail.com to RSVP for these events and we will share more details including what tools to bring.

Written by: Suzanne Briggs