Project Description: Located in the Willamette River Watershed Stormwater Stars and the Westside Watershed Resource Center worked together to help middle school students at Metro Montessori in the Pearl District plant two large containers with Willamette Valley Native plants. Prior to the workshop there was no landscaping in this space. During the workshop we also planted two existing garden beds in another location with native plants to create a diverse pollinator garden.

Practices:

• Contained Planters

• Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed here we worked to amend the soil and plant Willamette Valley Native plants in a front yard that had be neglected and used to park cars on by previous owners.  Prior to the workshop the homeowner removed a significant amount of rounded rock, sheet mulched the space to keep weeds down and created a porous pathway using woodchips.  

Practices:

• Restoring & Amending Soil

• Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Stormwater Stars partnered with Neighborhood House and the Westside Watershed Resouce Center for this workshop. With a wonderful group of volunteers, we learned about root systems, stormwater drainage as well as planted Willamette Valley native trees and shrubs to offset flooding on the property and enhancing the Stephen Creek Watersheds need for balanced ecology.

Practices:

• • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed here we worked with a dedicated group of volunteers to plant Willamette Valley Native Plants on a bare slope and within a swale during a light snow event.

*The large Douglas Fir at the center of this project came down in the January 2024 storm, 13 months after the workshop.  Fortunately only a small section of the workshop site was impacted and many plants were able to be salvaged. Look at the photos to see how the site changed.

Practices:

• • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Willamette Watershed here we partnered with the CoHo Theater in NW Portland to improve the landscaping for watershed health. We amended the existing soil using compost, installed Contained Planters over an impervious concrete surface and planted Willamette Valley Native Plants.  

Practices:

• • Soil Amendment

  • Contained Planters

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed here we replaced a lawn with Willamette Valley Native Plants.  The home owner sheet mulched the lawn in July 2022 using cardboard and compost.  For the workshop we gathered together to plant the area. 

Practices:

• • Lawn Replacement

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Tryon Creek Watershed we partnered with Seeking Space Yoga to bring some landscaping to their otherwise paved entry way/parking lot using two large containers and planted with Willamette Valley Native plants.    

Practices:

• • Contained Planters

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed here we planted Shade loving shurbs, trees & perennials. Mulched the areas with wood chips and created a porous pathway. 

Practices:

• • Porous Pathway

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Here we amended soil and planted Willamette Valley Native plants at a site in the Tryon Creek Watershed.  The site receives significant sun exposure, so we created three planting zones: a small wet meadow, sun loving shrubs & perennials and part shade shrubs & perennials 

Practices:

• • Amending Soil 

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Willamette River Watershed with this project lawn was replaced with Willamette Valley Natives and a pollinator meadow along the sidewalk.    

Practices:

• • Lawn Replacement (sheet mulch method)

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

  • Meadowscaping

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed in this project lawn was replaced with Willamette Valley Natives, a permeable seating area and stepping stones.   

Practices:

• • Lawn Replacement (sheet mulch method)

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

  • Permeable surface

Project Description: Located in the Tryon Creek Watershed this project involved improving a long rain collecting swale in front of two adjacent properties.  

Practices:

• •  Amending & Restoring Soils

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed this project involved replacing lawn and seeding with pollinator friendly natives.    

Practices:

• • Lawn Replacement (sheet mulch method)

  • Seeded with pollinator friendly native plants

Project Description: Located in the Fanno Creek Watershed this project involved replacing lawn and concrete with Native Plants and a pervious walkway.   

Practices:

• • Lawn Replacement (sheet mulch method)

  • Depaving

  • Amending & Restoring Soils

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

  • Porous Walkway

Project Description: In this project we amended soil, created a wood chip walkway and planted native plants to help improve the Fanno Creek Watershed.   

Practices:

• • Amending & Restoring Soils

  • Planting Willamette Valley Native Plants

  • Porous Walkway