A Guide to Spring Blooms in Cascadia
For many of us, staying close to home this spring has sparked a renewal of genuine gratitude for our nearby green spaces. Wildflowers especially have a way …
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April 2020 Photo Round-Up!
As another month of “Stay Home Stay Healthy” wraps up, we hope you’re finding your rhythm and maybe even some joy in exploring new ideas for living …
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Gifts of Spring: Flowering Plants of the Skagit Valley
Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes and open heart.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer A certain power …
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Subalpine and Alpine Wildflowers and Pollinators of the North Cascades: Part 2
By Lauren Ridder, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. This is part two of Lauren’s natural history project. Find part one here. The Biome: Subalpine to Alpine …
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Subalpine and Alpine Wildflowers and Pollinators of the North Cascades: Part 1
By Lauren Ridder, graduate student in the institute’s 14th cohort. Nothing can quite prepare the hiker for the beauty of a subalpine meadow in full bloom. The …
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The Practice of Presence: Responding to Inner & Outer Landscapes Field Notes and Poems (Part One)
North Cascades Institute hosted a class called Sit, Walk, Write: Nature and the Practice of Presence. Participants began their days with a sitting meditation, followed by writing …
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Hey Bud
You know when you’re waiting and waiting for your meal to be served at a restaurant so you finally get up to go to the restroom, knowing …
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But To Carry On: Ribes has Arrived!
The anticipation was torture for an amateur botanist from southern climes. It took three weeks for the tight buds to finally crack and unfurl into star-shaped flowers.
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Institute Celebrations of Spring
I think it may be safe to say that life is coming back to the North Cascades as of today, and yesterday, and even a few weeks …
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The colors of spring
I am always amazed at the difference a few days makes. I leave the learning center for five days and come home to gentians, lilies and orchids! …
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