Summer GreenScene

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Discover GreenScene – your guide to great places and green living.

The quarterly Metro GreenScene features sustainable living tools, nature notes, stories about outstanding people and places, and news from the front lines of the regionwide effort to protect natural areas and water quality. Plus you'll find hundreds of nature activities, paddle trips, bike rides, bird walks, volunteer opportunities and natural gardening workshops offered all around the region.

In this issue

Cooper Mountain Nature Park opens June 27

Overlooking the Tualatin River Valley, the new Cooper Mountain Nature Park sits on the southern edge of Beaverton. Get ready to explore 230 acres of rare habitats, 3.5 miles of gravel trails, a demonstration garden and a Nature House. Enjoy guided tours, garden workshops and environmental education programs all summer...More

Above the clouds

When Metro began purchasing property on Cooper Mountain in 1997 as part of its Natural Areas Program, it was easy for Dave Green to get caught up in the enthusiasm of the volunteers that showed up on weekends to restore the native prairie and oak woodland habitats. Learn how this Cooper Mountain neighbor helped shape the nature park and continues to serve as a volunteer site steward... More

Splash into Blue Lake's spray ground

There's no better way to cool off and have fun than with water that sprays, gushes, dumps and pours from colorful and whimsical devices. Designed especially for children ages 1-10, Blue Lake Regional Park's water spray ground is fun and interactive... More

Free guided walking tours

Explore Walk There! routes on a series of free guided walking tours this spring and summer. Participants receive a pedometer and learn about points of interest from expert tour guides, including walking guru and local history buff Laura Foster. Go to the calendar

Natural wonder in the garden of Lisa Albert

Lisa Albert’s passion for natural gardening is matched only by the beauty of her home garden. This summer Lisa will be a host on the Lake Oswego area Gardens of Natural Delights tour... More

Summer calendar

GreenScene provides a comprehensive calendar of nature activities, gardening workshops and volunteer ventures offered by Metro and more than 100 other organizations. Some of the highlights include Fourth of July fireworks at Blue Lake, Sunday Parkways, Bug Fest and Oxbow Explorers...More