Native Plant Bike Tour on Friday, Aug 28

The Northwest Permaculture Convergence will be held at River Road Park August 28, 29, 30. At 1:30 on Friday, August 28 the Santa Clara Awbrey Park Native Plant Bike Tour will leave River Road Park and head for Awbrey Park to view the native plant restoration on Spring Creek. Awbrey Park presentation will be about 2 pm, followed by several stops on the ride back to River Road Park.

It is about 3 miles to Awbrey Park where native plant restoration has been facilitated by City of Eugene parks staff and implemented by volunteers over the past 5 years. The park tour will describe invasive plant removal and on-going restoration of native plants along Spring Creek. Also, a near-by city-owned parcel along Spring Creek (Springwood Bridge) will provide contrast to the park restoration process. Additionally we will visit other sites where native plants are thriving, and a constructed water catchment swale at Ferndale Park will show another approach to improved neighborhood drainage. The bike tour will return to River Road Park about 4:30 pm. Residents may join the tour anywhere along the way. Please contact Peter at 541-321-0798 if you have questions.