The Columbia River Wildflower Discoveries of Lewis & Clark

1. The Columbia River Wildflower Discoveries of Lewis & Clark A presentation by Joan Hockaday Wednesday, March 13th 7:00 PM TACOMA NATURE CENTER 1919 S. Tyler Street; Tacoma, WA In one of our country’s most fortunate coincidences, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark began their canoe ride home from their Pacific encampment just as spring was breaking along the Columbia River. While Thomas Jefferson waited at the White House for news of Native American tribes and possible trading partnerships along the way, scientists in Philadelphia were waiting for something else - specimens of newly discovered plants. Joan Hockaday, lecturer and author, will discuss the lasting legacy of those Lewis & Clark discoveries and talk about the wildflowers, most remaining in cultivation today with several being named for the explorers. Joan is the author of two West Coast landscape history books, Greenscapes: Olmsted’s Pacific Northwest (WSU Press, 2009) and The Gardens of San Francisco (Timber Press, Portland, 1988). She has helped put together wildflower tours along the Columbia River for the Lewis & Clark Trail Heritage Foundation and is currently on the Humanities Washington statewide speakers’ bureau for 2012-2014. Sponsored by the South Sound Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society See www.southsoundchapterwnps.org for more info