by admin | May 1, 2017 | Blooming Now
Millions of flowers on the slopes of Gilpin Grasslands.
by admin | Apr 27, 2017 | Blooming Now
The first flower on a camas plant in the Selkirk College propagation beds. It has been a wet cool spring, and camas are just beginning to flower, two weeks later than usual. The plants have been loving the weather, and growing larger leaves and setting many buds. They...
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Blooming Now
Tastes nothing like chocolate! Lomatium macrocarpum is our largest lomatium, with browny purple blooms on large umbels, seen here in flower near South Slocan.
by admin | Apr 26, 2017 | Blooming Now, Uncategorized
Early spring flowers, such as the glacier lily, are an important nectar source for our native bees, such as bumblebees and mining bees.
by admin | Apr 23, 2017 | Blooming Now
Western Spring Beauty (Claytonia lanceolata) delights us early in spring on moist rocky outcrops. These small and lovely flowers graced a hillside outside of Salmo, blooming just in time for Earth Day.
by BR Beckwith | Mar 25, 2015 | Camas Blog
Settle In A rainy West Kootenay day. Kinsey, my trusted canine camas explorer, would be under the bed if the mattresses weren’t already on the floor. There has been thunder today and Kinsey may take on a city park with the determination of a hound, but she hates...
by admin | Mar 20, 2015 | Camas Blog
March 3, 2015 In this patch of overturned earth, camas leaves are starting to emerge.
by admin | Sep 15, 2014 | Events
1. Camas Salvage Join us if you’re interested in digging camas and want to get your hands dirty. Twin Rivers Park, Castlegar. September 22, 23 and 24, 9 am to 3 pm. 2. Build propagation beds and replant the bulbs Selkirk College, Castlegar -garden...
by admin | Apr 29, 2013 | Event_Archive
Ever wonder about those beautiful blue wildflowers that grow in Millennium Park? Join the Kootenay Camas Project as we walk the park in search of camas and discover why these native lilies are so special. Camas expert and ethnobotanist Brenda Beckwith says “Millennium...
by admin | Mar 6, 2013 | Event_Archive
The West Kootenay Naturalists host the Kootenay Camas Project. We will introduce the newly formed Kootenay Native Plant Society and the Kootenay Camas Project. Learn how you can contribute and about our upcoming events. Hear results of our 2012 camas inventory, and...
