Nature Education

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COMING SOON THPRD Native Plant Highlights with Ranger Kyle

Spring Native Plants

Showy Shrubs

• Red-flowering currant
• Western Serviceberry
• Tall Oregon Grape
  • Oregon-grape print and color page for kids
  • How to Identify Oregon Grape (Video)

Lilies

• Common Camas
• Solomon’s Seal
• Trillium

COMING SOON Pollinator Favorites

• Oregon Sunshine
• Lupine
• Red Columbine

Where can I find native plants for my garden?

• Echo Valley Natives
• Farmington Gardens
• Local nurseries open now
• Plant Native

Native Plant Resources and Workshops:

• Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District
• Backyard Habitat Certification Program
• East Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District
• National Audubon Society
• City of Portland: Native Plants of the Willamette Valley
• Metro: Native Plants for Willamette Valley Yards
• Pacific Northwest Wildflowers
• Audubon Plants for Birds

THPRD Nature Bingo (PDF)

THPRD Tree Journal (PDF)

THPRD Spring Nature Findings (PDF)

• Family Game: Park Ranger (PDF)
• Family Songs: Nature Kids Songs at Home (PDF)
• Pollinator Sidewalk Obstacle Course (PDF)
• Animal Crossing Scavenger Hunt (PDF)
• Flower Dissection (PDF)
• Sit Spots
• Nature Art and Writing
• Walking with Wonder
• Insect Word Search (PDF)
• Nature Word Search (PDF)
• Nature Collage Activity (PDF)

Pollinator Coloring Sheets

• Bee
• Butterfly
• Hummingbird

Bird Coloring Sheets

• Flicker
• Owl

Flying Friends Scavenger Hunt

• THPRD Trails Maps
• Find a Park or Trail
• Cooper Mountain Wildflowers (PDF)
• How to Identify Pacific Northwest Conifers (Video)
  • Top 10 THPRD Parks to Discover Conifers (PDF)
• COMING SOON How to Identify Trailing Blackberry (Video)
• COMING SOON How to Identify Poison Oak (Video)
• Top THPRD Parks to Explore Spring Wildflowers (PDF)
• Top 10 THPRD Parks for Native Plants (PDF)
• Top THPRD Parks for Mammals (PDF)
• Top THPRD Parks for Amphibians (PDF)
• Top THPRD Parks for Reptiles (PDF)
• Top 10 THPRD Parks for Bird-watching (PDF)
• Top 10 Birds to Listen For (PDF)
• Solve Oregon

• North Cascades Institute's "Mountain School at Home" project
• Oregon State University Outdoor School Educational Resources for Stay Home, Stay Safe
• Growing up WILD
• Project Learning Tree: Activities to do at home
• Sharing Nature
• Children & Nature Network
• Nature Explore Families Club Kit
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
• ODFW - Wildlife Viewing, Birds