2026 Volunteers & Plants – Gallery

Feb 14, 2026 SOLVE Crew Catlin Forest 200 Native Plants planting party

Burnt homeless camp at Lower Meadow is cleaned up by 3 old ladies on 1-14-26

250 native shrubs delivered to Catlin Forest by Portland Parks 2-12-26

Feb 14, 2026 SOLVE Volunteer family planting Oceanspray

Lisa giving Oceanspray planting demonstration to volunteers, Catlin Forest 2-14-26

Old Oak Lot SOLVE Work Party Planting and weeding, 1-10-26

Old Oak Lot SOLVE Volunteer Crew 1-10-26

3 old ladies finish homeless camp cleanup, Lower Meadow 1-14-2026

SOLVE Planting Party 200 native shrubs 2-14-26 Catlin Forest

Planting ferns Catlin Forest, SOLVE volunteers with their children and Nicole, Feb 14, 2026

SOLVE Volunteer Crew 1-10-26 Old Oak Lot

Betsy Valle giving planting demonstration at Acorn Acre on 3.14.26

Betsy Valle giving planting demonstration to SOLVE volunteers at Acorn Acre on 3.14.26 (Pie Day)

Dan Stout and employees from TE Connectivity removed heavy wood planks, tires and foam from Acorn acre during SOLVE work party on 3.14.26

March 14, 2026 (Pie Day) SOLVE work party volunteers planted 350 native shrubs in Acorn Acre and Woodpecker Point.

SOLVE Old Orchard work party April 2026

Huge weed pile placed in the sun to kill seeds. 5-23-26 N Decatur

Green Leaders planting natives on Baltimore Path SOLVE work party 5-23-26

Green Leaders Planting vine maple on Baltimore Path, SOLVE work party 5-23-26

SOLVE 5-23-26 weeding along N Decatur with Green Leaders

Thank you to Plant Sale volunteers!

Emily Mannisto with NP Greenway and Caroline Skinner – FOBW May 2026 St. Johns Bizarre

FOBW t-shirts & hats for sale at the St Johns Bizarre ~ May 2026

Old Oak Lot Golden Hour work party ~ Charysse, Barbara, Lisa, Kat , Sarah, and Mark ~ June 4, 2026

Lower meadow Lupine ~ May 2026

New FOBW 2026 Merch

Ronna Fujisawa’s Free Plein Air Watercolor class No. 5 – Lower Meadow May 17, 2026

Ronna Fujisawa’s meadow palette with purple lupines ~ May 17, 2026

SOLVE Old Orchard work party ~ April 2026

St Johns FOBW & NP Greenway Bizarre booth ~ May 2026

Sparrowhawk native plants ready for customers April 2026

Bird Alliance of Oregon Green Leaders Plant Sale volunteers 2026

Patrons Native Plant Sale 2026

Nature Art Booth 2nd year income over $1500.00

Charlie selling his hand made wooden bowls at Native Plant Sale 2026

Camas lily Lower Meadow 2026

California poppies Lower Meadow 2026

Spotted towhee nest in clump of phacelia flowers upper meadow July 2026