Second Sunday - Mother's Day Celebration

Description

Since Time Immemorial Chinookan women have tended to wapato, camas, and other plants that indigenous peoples have depended on for food, medicine, and trade. For the people of Cathlapotle tending to plant relatives have always relied on the women in their community. This Mother’s Day, bring mom out to the Cathlapotle Plankhouse and connect to plants important to Chinookan Peoples and to learn about edible and medicinal plants within your own neighborhoods. Join us for herbal teas and salves, nature walks, Plankhouse tours, kid's activities, and more! Event Highlights: 1:00 pm: Tending the Wild Walk Join us for a mother/daughter led walk on the Oaks to Wetland Trail to learn some of the ways the women of Cathlapotle tended to their plant relatives and cared for their environment. 2:00 pm: Family Nature Walk Enjoy a walk with one of our naturalists to learn about the plants and animals that call the Refuge home. 3:00 pm: Soothing Herbal Salve Demonstration Learn a few common plants that can be used to make an herbal salve for soothing cuts, scrapes, and dry skin. 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Plankhouse Tours and Children’s Activities Throughout the event we will have docents on hand for tours of the Plankhouse and children’s activities. 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Wild Tea Samples (while supplies last.) Sample teas made with native and non-native plants such as blackberry leaf, dandelion root, Douglas fir, and more. Cost: Standard Refuge admission is $3 per vehicle. However, no cost for the event.