Here are the links and references shared during the talk ‘Adapting Your Yard and Garden for Climate Change’. Feel free to reach out with questions.

Climate Change Resources

Oregon Climate Assessments

NW Pollinators and Climate Change (USDA)

Wildfire Resources

How do Wildfires Affect Bees? (OSU Extension)

Wildfire Ash in Garden (OSU Extension)

Soil

Carbon Sequestration

Harvesting peat moss contributes to climate change, Oregon State scientist says

Plant Selection

OregonFlora’s Gardening with Native Plants site

Enhancing Urban and Suburban Landscapes to Protect Pollinators (OSU Extension)

OSU Garden Ecology Lab

Managing Stormwater

Rain Garden webinar

Oregon Rain Garden Guide

Top Tips to Help Fight Climate Change

OSU Programs to Follow

Nackley Lab at NWREC

Climate Ready Landscape Plants (YouTube video) (Oregon State University and others)

Oregon Season Tracker

OSU Garden Ecology Lab

Climate Change & Mental Health

Mental health and Climate Change: Policy Brief from the World Health Organization

What is ecoanxiety and how can mindfulness help?

Good Grief Network (resources page has good info)

Other interesting reads or listens

Pacific Horticulture’s Podcast: What Climate is This? A Garden Futurist Special (Part 1) (Part 2)

Pacific Horticulture: Readily Available Low-Water Plants for a Warming Climate (Featuring OSU research projects)

Here’s the links shared during the presentation:

OSU references

• Raised Bed Gardening https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/fs270
• How to Build a Raised Bed Cloche https://catalog.extension.oregonstate.edu/ec1627
• 10–Minute University hand out on raised bed gardening: https://beav.es/i7G

Materials

• Toxicity Concerns about Raised Bed Construction Materials (Iowa State University) https://beav.es/i7S
• Strid, A.; Hanson, W.; Cross, A.; Jenkins, J. 2019. Treated Wood Fact Sheet; National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University Extension Services. http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/treatedwood.html
• There are Better Options Than Using Tires in the Garden: go.ncsu.edu/readext?584996

Accessibility

Thrive (UK organization): https://www.thrive.org.uk/get-gardening

PDF version of the slides will be added after the presentation

If you missed the live class offered by Pat Breen (retired OSU Horticulture), there is still time to participate and build your plant ID skills!

1. Watch the recording of Class #1: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/1_kjs0sojl
2. Go out and try your hand at identifying the trees & shrubs on the list: https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/woody-plant-id-master-gardener-training-2020 All are located on the OSU campus around the LaSells Stewart Center and the Alumni Center. Use the appropriate woody plant search: https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/node/2163
3. THEN watch the recording of Class #2 to find out the answers: https://media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_pvtpkbij

This activity counts for Continuing Education: Add up the time you spent watching the recording plus your time spent on the ID process. This will vary by person.

Check your answers here:

1. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/ceanothus-gloriosus
2. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/carpinus-betulus-fastigiata
3. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/myrica-californica
4. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/weigela-florida
5. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/cornus-sericea-flaviramea
6. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/taxodium-distichum-var-imbricarium
7. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/viburnum-plicatum-var-tomentosum
8. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/prunus-lusitanica
9. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/pinus-nigra
10. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/punica-granatum-var-nana
11. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/tilia-tomentosa
12. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/cornus-kousa
13. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/cladrastis-kentukea
14. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/kerria-japonica-pleniflora
15. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/pachysandra-terminalis
16. https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/acer-circinatum

Please send your suggestions for other classes that might work in this format!

Samples brought from the Plant Clinic

Cherry- Leaf Spot

Grape-Grape Erineum Mite

Azalea-Azalea Bark Scale

Pine-European Pine Sawfly (damage)

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Euonymous-Powdery Mildew

 

Samples in the garden

Feverfew-aphids

Currant-Currant Aphids

 

Location: OSU’s Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture

Samples found in the landscape:

Sapsuckers

Whitefly on landscape plants

Leafminers

Spittle Bug

 

Samples that were brought from the Plant Clinic:

Recognizing Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Extension publication and MG Webinar) Note: all the webinars can be found here (scroll down for previous years).

Azalea Bark Scale

Aphids

European Pine Sawfly