(Eugene, OR) Please join the Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 7:00 PM in the Unitarian Universalist Church, 1685 W 13th Avenue, Eugene, OR, for our speaker program presented by Julie Collins and Kate McInnis from Cascades Raptor Center. This month’s topic is “What We Do and How YOU Can Be a Good Wildlife Neighbor!”

For over 35 years, Cascades Raptor Center has been a local resource in Lane County and the surrounding communities. The Raptor Center has two primary areas of focus: Wildlife Rehabilitation and Public Education. With a wildlife hospital on site, they treat between 400 to 700 patients every year and are currently the only raptor-specific clinic in Oregon. Cascades Raptor Center has a Nature Center in South Eugene that welcomes tens of thousands of visitors each year and features resident education birds. Their mission is to help the human world learn to value, understand, and honor the role of wildlife. Join Julie Collins, Executive Director, and Katie McInnis, Staff Veterinarian, as they share more about their organization and how YOU can be a good wildlife neighbor!

For information about the group or this event, visit our website at www.thehardyplantgroup.org

This in-person meeting will also be broadcast live over Zoom to members who are unable to attend in person. The Zoom broadcast will also be recorded, and a viewing link will be sent to members to access within two weeks of receiving it. If you are interested in watching our Zoom broadcast and are not a member, please see the “About” page on our website to download our membership form to join.

Doors on the east side of the building open at 6:30 PM for refreshments, browsing botanical samples, and socializing. Admission is free for members and $5 for non-members.

Membership in the Hardy Plant Group is open to all and is only $30 annually. There is ample parking in the parking lot, accessible from both Chambers Street and W 13th Avenue, with additional parking in the adjacent Looking Glass Center parking lot to the north, but please do not park under their covered entryway. Overflow parking is also available in the first 20 spaces on the east and south side of Redeemer Fellowship Church, just across Chambers Street to the west.

The Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) volunteer organization for gardeners of all experience levels. The Group is dedicated to educating the community about perennials, shrubs, and other plants for use in the garden, sharing each other’s gardens, and fostering a love of gardening.