What we’re about
Want to:
Learn more about native plants ?
Landscape with native plants (and save on your watering bill)?
Provide habitat for wildlife ?
Meet fellow outdoor enthusiasts ?
Help restore natural areas?
Then join our meetup group, attend our presentations, take part in hikes and other sponsored events. For more information see the Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) website at http://www.wnps.org or the South Sound Chapter (SSC) website at http://www.southsoundchapterwnps.org.
Chapter meetings start each year with a kickoff picnic in September and we have meetings in the evening in Tacoma and Olympia from November through May. We also have hikes all throughout the year. Come join us!!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- History of Shafer State Park & Early LoggingLord Mansion/Capitol Museum, Olympia, WA
Peter Reid will present a look at Shafer State Park and its flora.
Schafer State Park, a National and State Historic Site, not only represents a
unique example of 1930s craftsmanship from the Works Progress
Administration and other emergency programs but is also a window
into the settlement of the Satsop River Valley. In the last quarter of
the 19th century, this included the vast logging and lumber operations
undertaken at the park and in the surrounding forest, as well as the
bounty available from the river stretching far back into the history of
Native Americans in the Northwest. The park also memorializes an early example of
philanthropy by Private citizens and corporations in Washington State.
The talk will be accompanied by films from the 1920s of Schafer employee picnics at the Park
and early logging operations in Grays Harbor and Mason Counties.Attend in person at the Lord Mansion Coach House, Olympia or
Via Zoom at the following link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BFwq1nIAR5iZ7JHCZI-HfQPeter Reid was born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington. He is a graduate of Stanford
University, New York University School of Law, where he was managing editor of the NYU
Journal of International Law and Politics, recipient of the Arthur T. Vanderbilt medal, a fellow in
the Arthur Garfield Hayes Civil Liberties Program, and holds an LLM in African Law from the
School of Oriental and African Studies of London University. Peter served two years in the
Peace Corps in Tanzania.
At the time of his retirement, he moved with his wife to Olympia, Washington, where he has
served as Chair of the Washington State Parks Foundation, President of the Olympia World
Affairs Council, and member of the editorial board of the Olympian newspaper.
