Kara Barndollar at 2025 Spring Plant Sale by Kara Barndollar, PPRV Native Plant Nursery Manager April is upon us and so begins the countdown to the much anticipated spring plant sale, taking place this year on Sunday, April 26th! This month gives not only this momentous occasion for our plant and pollinator loving community to come together, but also marks a year that I have had the joy of being a part of PPRV! I arrived on the PPRV scene just weeks before the 2025 Spring Sal

Saturn, Mozie, and Charlie tending the Children's Learning Garden at Blue Heron Park, Phoenix by Saturn Rose, Mozie Turner, Charlie Bishop: End-of-term articles written after finishing a three-month internship in March 2026 I first heard about Pollinator Project Rouge Valley through one of my teachers at Armadillo and I remember thinking that I liked how there was a place revolving around native plants and pollinators. At first I didn't think much about it until I did some mo

by Arti Kirch, PPRV Board Emerita The first in a multi-part series on Oregon oaks and their relationship with native pollinators. Winter: the Busy “Hush” Winter in the northern parts of our hemisphere is frequently a time when the landscape looks almost lifeless. We call this dormancy, which many people define as a temporarily inactive state. But nothing could be further from the truth. Dormancy in a native oak woodland is more of a strategic pause, not a shutdown. It is

During each year's Giving Season, we like to highlight some of our staff and volunteers, the amazing people who give all year long to help us do what we do. This year, we enjoyed getting to know Randy, Alisa, Kara, Ethan, and Kenda! If you didn't already read about them in our November and December The Pollinator Times e-newsletters, here's your chance to get to know them, too! PPRV is honored to have many volunteers who help Plant H.O.P.E. - including this amazing fellow...

Ethan and Pollinator Pals Community Educator Eduardo Tovar by Ethan Robison, Pollinator Pals Education Coordinator Wow! This past summer has undoubtedly been the best, busiest, and most successful season in Pollinator Pals history! In our efforts to bring native plant and pollinator ecology education to Southern Oregon, we are developing a robust and effective program that somehow keeps up with the demand for fun and engaging lessons. Thanks to our staff, volunteers, communi

By Dianne Keller Lilac-bordered Copper on Oregon Sunshine ( Eriophyllum lanatum ), Rob Santry, July 16, 2020. The many butterflies in...