Monday, December 3, 2012

Volunteers salvage over 600 plants from Group Health site


Hinman's transplanting volunteers

Tom Hinman's "Sustainable Redmond" facilitated the salvaging of native plants at the former Group Health hospital site before the understory vegetation was lost to redevelopment. The Native Plant Society had a dig on November 15th and December 1 with the Green Kirkland Team totaling 150 plants.

Eastside Audubon organized a salvage work party on Saturday, December 1st totaling over 450 plants from 40 volunteers.  Sword Fern, Salale, Oregon Grape were the popular shrubs.  The plants were transported to Marymoor Park Bird Loop and stored.  On Saturday, January 5, 8 AM, volunteers can meet at Parking Log G to install the plants into a hillside on the Loop.

The picture on the left taken by Tom Hinman with his volunteers celebrating their "trophy sword fern."  Redmond Councilmember Hank Myers participated.    

-- Bob Yoder, updated 8/14/2022

No comments:

Post a Comment

COMMENT HERE - COMMENTS ARE MODERATED