Friday, May 11 | getting to know the site and one another | |
| 3 pm | Registration and check-in begin | |
| 3:30 - 6 pm | Nature Trail, Permaculture, and Garden Walks, Tours, and Activities | Tobias Policha (Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany), Devon Bonady (Fern Hill Nursery), Rick Valley, Marcus Lorusso, Chris Roth (Lost Valley Educational Center), and others |
| 6 pm | Dinner | |
| 7:30 pm | Welcome and Meeting Circle, , followed by Networking, Resource-Sharing, and Music | facilitated by Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society) |
| Saturday, May 12 | natives, nonnatives, and finding common ground | |
| 7:30 am | Breakfast | |
| 9 am | Introduction | Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society), Melanie Rios (Maitreya Ecovillage), and Sharon Blick (School Garden Project) |
| 9:20 am | False Brome Control at Buford Park: An Integrated Approach to Vegetation Management | Jason Blazar (Friends of Buford Park, Camas Educational Network) |
| 9:40 am | The Challenges of Native Habitat Conservation and Restoration | Ed Alverson (The Nature Conservancy) |
| 10 am | Sustainable Approaches to Ecological Restoration and Habitat Mending | Stephanie Schroeder (Walama Restoration Project) |
| 10:20 am | break | |
| 10:30 am | Wildcrafting Weeds in the Pacific Northwest | Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society) |
| 10:50 am | Invasion Biology: Science or Pseudoscience? | David Theodoropoulos (author, Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience) |
| 11:10 am | What Did You Eat for Breakfast?: Native Plants, Local Foodsheds, and Wildlife Restoration | Toby Hemenway (author, Gaia's Garden) |
| 11:30 am | break | |
| 11:40 am | Finding Common Ground (panel and open discussion) | Heiko Koester (Eugene Permaculture Guild), Sharon Blick, Joshua Smith (Ecoscape Environmental Services), Aryana Ferguson (Native Plant Society of Oregon), Nick Routledge (Seed Ambassadors Project) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2 - 4:30 pm | Breakout Sessions: | |
| Plant Walk | Marcia Cutler (Native Plant Society of Oregon) | |
| Sustainable Local Foodsheds and the "Third Way" | Jude Hobbs (Agro-Ecology Northwest), Nick Routledge, Toby Hemenway, Tobias Policha (Institute of Contemporary Ethnobotany), Joshua Smith | |
| Invasion Biology: An In-Depth Look | David Theodoropoulos | |
| 4:30 pm | Finding Common Ground: Preserving and Enhancing Diversity and Ecological Health | (whole group and small groups) 6 pm Dinner |
| 6 pm | Dinner | |
| 8 pm | Concert (in lodge) | Laura Kemp |
| Networking Opportunities (in classrooms) | ||
| Sunday, May 13 | restoring and enhancing the roles of native plants in our lives | |
| 7:30 am | Breakfast | |
| 9 am | Introduction | |
| 9:20 am | How Birds Select Habitats in Native Plant Communities: Who Lives Where and Why? | Dave Bontrager (Lane County Audubon Society) |
| 9:40 am | Native Plants and Butterflies | Sharon Blick (North American Butterfly Association, Eugene-Springfield chapter) |
| 9:50 am | Edible and Useful Native Plants and their Associations | Joshua Smith (Ecoscape Environmental Services) |
| 10:10 am | Substituting Natives for Nonnatives in Home Landscapes | Heiko Koester (Eugene Permaculture Guild) |
| 10:30 am | break | |
| 10:40 am | Kalapuya Uses of Native Plants | Bill Burwell (Kalapuya researcher) |
| 11:00 am | Ethnobotany of the Willamette Valley | Jerry Hall (ethnobotanist, Lane Community College) |
| 11:20 am | Bringing Back Native Food Crops | Rick Valley (Lost Valley Educational Center) |
| 11:40 am | break | |
| 11:50 pm | Native Plants in Our Lives--Next Steps | (discussion) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |
| 2 - 5 pm | Breakout Sessions: | |
| The Influence of Nonnative Plants on Bird Populations (nature walk and discussion--please bring binoculars) | Dave Bontrager | |
| Indigenous Land Management | Bill Burwell, Jerry Hall, and Rick Valley | |
| Practical Plant Talks: | ||
| Natives and Nonnatives in Permaculture Zones 1 through 5 | Michael Pilarski (Friends of the Trees Society) | |
| Incorporating Nonnatives into Restoration Projects | David Theodoropoulos (author, Invasion Biology: Critique of a Pseudoscience) | |
| Permaculture Uses of Native Plants in Urban and Rural Landscapes | Heiko Koester, Joshua Smith, Devon Bonady (Fern Hill Nursery), and Toby Hemenway (author, Gaia's Garden) | |
| 5 pm | Final Discussion and Closing Circle | Michael Pilarski, Melanie Rios (Maitreya Ecovillage), Sharon Blick, and whole group |
| 6 pm | Dinner |