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3rd Annual Lupine Field Days
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
 
Thanks to all those who visited us during the 3rd Annual Lupine Field Days!
 
The endangered Kincaid’s Lupine (lupinus sulphereus kincaidii) was the center of attention at the third annual Lupine Field Day event, a celebration of the plant’s unexpected resurgence in Washington with a large plot present on the Mallonee Farms property. The free, educational event was held beginning at the Baw Faw Grange Hall, located in Washington’s Boistfort Valley, on Saturday, June 20, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 330-acre Mallonee farm is home to Washington’s largest concentration of the rare flower and represents the northernmost range of the Kincaid’s Lupine, a flower normally found on the dry upland prairies on the Western side of the Willamette Valley.
 
Following a presentation by Joe Arnett, rare plant botanist for the state of Washington, a noontime lunch compliments of Organic Valley Family of Farms was held at the Baw Faw Grange Hall. Following the luncheon, visitors were led on a pasture walk tour through five acres of lupine fields and were able to see other rare plants on the Mallonee property. 

Baw Faw Grange Hall is located 20 miles south of Olympia, Wash. and 80 miles north of Portland, Ore.
 
995 Boistfort Road (near the Boistfort School)
Curtis, Washington
 
 
Video and pictures from the 2008 Lupine Field Days

Video from the 2008 Lupine Field Days

2008 Lupine Field Days Photos
 
Baw Faw Grange Hall, Boistfort Valley, Washington State
 
Botanist Joe Arnett from the Washington State Natural Heritage Program chats with visitors
 
Some of the visitors to the Mallonee Farm for Lupine Days
 
Patch of Kincaid's Lupine
 
Camas plant, used for food by the Indians years ago
 
"Mule's Ears," so named for the shape of the leaves. Genus Wyethia.
 
A field of daisies on the Mallonee Farm
 
Daisies up close
 
Folks gather around an interesting specimen