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Events: Nadaka Park Plant Swap Saturday, March 10 , 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Nadaka Nature Park - 17615 NE Glisan St Portland OR (US) Fun, family friendly event with contests, giveaways and opportunities to share plants, gain knowledge...Simply bring any type of non-invasive plant material to share and take new plants home - all for free!   == Friends of Baltimore Woods Native Plant Sale Saturday, March 31 , 10:00 am to 3:00 pm St. Johns Plaza (N. Lombard at N. Burlington) Portland OR (US) The Friends of Baltimore Woods native plant sale will offer a generous selection of Pacific Northwest native plants at reasonable prices, including native oak community plants and hummingbird, butterfly, and bee favorites. The Backyard Habitat Program will have an information table with plant experts on site. The event is free and open to the public. friendsofbaltimorewoods.org Baltimore Woods is a 30-acre wildlife connectivity corridor situated between Cathedral Park and Pier Park...

Recommended Resources It's all about Nature today: In this visually dazzling talk, Jonathan Drori shows the extraordinary ways flowering plants -- over a quarter million species -- have evolved to attract insects to spread their pollen: growing 'landing-strips' to guide the insects in, shining in ultraviolet, building elaborate traps, and even mimicking other insects in heat. https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_drori_the_beautiful_tricks_of_flowers -- For those of you living around the Portland Oregon (US) area - you may want to check out the  SouthWest Watershed Resource Center  which offers an  Online Native Plant Swap The Native Plant Swap allows Portland-area folks to access year round free native plants from the gardens and yards of other community members. You will also be able to access tips, information and help for various issues facing gardeners in that particular area. -- In a bold thought experiment, George Monbiot imagines a wilder world in which humans ...