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.

 

 

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