Planting Garry Oaks at Strawberry Point Preserve
Baby Garry oaks now grace the meadows of North Whidbey's newest conservation area, Whidbey Camano Land Trust's Strawberry Point Preserve! Volunteers braved rain, sun, and summer-hardened soils to get 12 baby oaks in the ground all grown from our own local acorns. Thank you members, volunteers, donors, and partners. It takes the entire ecosystem of participants to make plantings [...]
New Interpretive Sign at Windjammer Park
Our newest Garry oak interpretive sign has been installed in Windjammer Park! Come down and check it out! It's located beneath one of the mature Garry oaks in the park near the flag pole. The sign depicts pre-settlement Oak Harbor, shares about the importance of Garry oaks to our community, and includes a map of where you can see [...]
Garry Oaks Planted at Maxwelton Farm
The weather was sure nice for a late November day planting Garry Oak seedlings at Maxwelton Farm on southern Whidbey Island. 13 Garry oak seedlings were planted, and two more will be tucked into a nearby location in the coming days. Enthusiastic volunteers, about 17, showed up to help, plus two huge dogs that were big enough to harness [...]
Oaks Planted at Del Fairfax Preserve
Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society and the Whidbey Camano Land Trust got together to plant Garry oaks at Del Fairfax preserve on Oct. 16th. Seventeen adult volunteers and three youngsters enthusiastically helped to get ten oak seedlings and five direct-sow acorns in the ground and to install protective cages around each of them. All the cages were re-used from [...]
History of the Garry Oaks in Oak Harbor Presentation
The History of Garry Oaks in Oak Harbor Presented by Laura Renninger, President of the Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society. Learn about what makes this tree special, and the unbreakable bond between Garry oaks and Oak Harbor, WA. Image Above: "Native Oak Trees - Oak Harbor, Wash." A historic view of Oak Harbor Bay from Ellis Photograph 3455. Credit [...]
Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta – Pacific Rim Institute Talk
The Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society (OHGOS) featured a talk on Golden Paintbrush, Castilleja levisecta, by Dr. Robert K. Pelant of Pacific Rim Institute. The talk took place during the January 2021 general meeting of the Oak Harbor Garry Oak Society, a 501c3 nonprofit in Oak Harbor working to steward Garry oak ecosystems on Whidbey Island. [...]