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Get to Know Your Neighborhood: Center For Urban Horticulture, Union Bay Natural Area

Plant Identification – and probably some bird talk with Michelle Rau and friends

Join us as we begin to explore the common, and not-so-common plants used throughout neighborhoods in the Puget Sound area. Throughout our walks, you will learn how to easily identify plants using scientific (and sometimes not so scientific) terminology. You’ll learn more about bi-nomial nomenclature and the ever-changing language used in plant identification and the world of plants. You will also learn about how society influences plant choices and designs in our neighborhoods.

Our walk will begin at the Center for Urban Horticulture, around the fountain in the Soest Garden. This will give us a chance to view a variety of ornamental plants used thoughtfully in different zones to help us identify themes and different uses of plants in the built environment. We will then transition to the Union Bay Bog Area and discuss the use of native plants in our area and how to integrate them into the landscape. While our walk isn’t focused on birds, we will encounter some great neighbors while we’re out and about. After our whirlwind walk around these areas, we will branch out into the nearby blocks to see how these spaces have influenced the neighborhoods around them.

This class is good for anyone new to the world of plant identification, and plant fanatics as well.

LIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON