Native and Nuisance Plants
Exploring the Portland landscape is a visceral experience of the natural heritage thousands of years in the making. Rocky buttes cloaked in forest and prairie dapple the urban boundary. Streams and rivers […]
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Cultivating Curiosity and Stewardship
WELCOME TO TANNER SPRINGS PARK, an urban oasis of oak-prairie and wetlands – a microcosm of the richness that the Willamette Valley once held. Less than 5% remains of the […]
Restoring Oak-Prairie
A bird’s eye view of the Willamette Valley 10,000 years ago would have exposed a matrix of oak-prairies throughout the region. Now only 5% remains–a national assessment identified it as one […]
Blues and our Great Blue
The Great Blue Heron’s tall silhouette in the pond barely moves for hours. It waits patiently for its prey to swim in and out of the pond shadows. Looking for […]
Stepping Stones for Wildlife
2018 Ducklings at Tanner Springs Park Our stepping stone park has been home to another clutch of Mallard ducklings. In spring ten ducklings hatched of which 8 survived. Their mother’s […]
More Milkweed for Monarchs
At Tanner Spring Park we are hoping to expand the Western breeding habitat for Monarchs by increasing Showy Milkweed. Monarchs migrate through Portland, as well as the northern Oregon coast but have not […]
Community Stewardship
Parke Diem brought our community together for a successful planting despite weather setbacks and rescheduling. Friends of Tanner Springs Park, Portland Parks and Recreation employees and new volunteers extended our mosaic […]
Volunteer
Join Friends of Tanner Springs year-round as we restore the oak-prairie habitat at Tanner Springs Park in Portland’s Pearl District. All you need is a pair of garden gloves. We have the tools. If […]
The Pearl’s Heritage Park
Tanner Springs Park is the expression of a Portland community’s sense of place through reconnections with nature and history. A contaminated city block is transformed into a tranquil park with oak-prairie […]