Last month, two of our team were able to tour a University of Washington nursery in Seattle and Fourth Corner Nurseries in Bellingham— both of which are growing plants for use in riparian habitat restoration projects under contracts through SCC's Riparian Plant Propagation Program.

Jon Bakker and Sarah Rogers gave us a tour of the UW nursery, showcasing various plants ordered through the RPPP Plant Needs Form. Among the plants they showed us were grand fir and gooseberry. Outside of the RPPP plants, we were excited to check out their rare plant program and public native plant library!

At Fourth Corner Nursery in Bellingham, a 40-acre farm specializing in native plants,  we were given a tour by manager Dylan Levy-Boyd, who showed us the nursery's huge bare-root plant operation. Spokane Conservation District is currently waiting on an order of more than 9,000 Red Osier Dogwood for use in habitat restoration projects, which are now in the ground and sprouting up!

Big thank you to all the folks who took time out of their busy days to give us a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the work they're doing to support our state's riparian habitat restoration plant needs.

See the facebook post and more pictures here.