Upcoming Early Summer Events
Wild Weekend on the Klamath: Native Plants & Pollinators at the Klamath River Club June 6-7
Join us in enjoying a beautiful, catered glamping retreat along the mighty Klamath River while learning about native plant garden and meadow development with Suzie Savoie and Luke Ruediger from Klamath-Siskiyou Native Seeds! Discover Klamath River bees, butterflies, and moths with lepidopterist Dana Ross, who will provide identification by day, followed by an evening presentation, and then moth sampling at night. This workshop is an opportunity to delight in the pollinators and pollinator habitat along the Klamath River with good company, good food, and an adventurous glamping experience.
Klamath River Club is a private fishing retreat that has developed into a pollinator paradise after nearly a decade of native planting, seeding, riparian restoration, meadow enhancement, and invasive plant management.
Suzie Savoie and Luke Ruediger are co-owners of Klamath-Siskiyou Native Seeds, which provides locally sourced, wild-collected native seeds from northwest California and southwest Oregon. They’ve brought their lifelong study of the botany and ecology of the region into the project’s design, development and maintenance, creating an ecologically significant, pollinator-friendly, landscaped habitat along the Klamath River. They have tended native seeds and plants for nearly a decade while developing the native plant gardens, hedges, meadows and riparian restoration projects at the Klamath River Club.
Native Seed Collection Workshop with Suzie Savoie at Siskiyou Field Institute June 13th
Learn how to collect native plant seeds and apply them to habitat restoration, pollinator support, and native gardening in this hands-on workshop with Suzie Savoie, co-owner of Klamath-Siskiyou Native Seeds. The course covers ethics and legal considerations of seed collection, including differences between personal and commercial use and collecting on private versus public land. Participants will head into the field to practice identifying native plants, timing seed collection, and using proper tools and techniques. Instruction highlights the importance of elevation belts and how seeds adapted to specific elevations best support restoration and landscaping.
Seed collection sites have been scouted and flagged along the Takelma Creek Trail, along Deer Creek, and in serpentine uplands! This unique seed collection course will feature serpentine adapted plant species!