W**d Identification Walk
Schedule
Sat Sep 06 2025 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
UTC-07:00Location
GrassRoots Garden | Eugene, OR
FREE Community Event - No registration neededThe W**d Identification Walks have been taking place at GrassRoots Garden over seven years. These hands-on walks cover anywhere from 10-20 common weeds, characteristics for identification, seasonal changes (life cycles), growth habit, wildlife habitat, nutrients (soil/edibility) and toxic and edible weeds.
Cameras and notebooks are encouraged to help retain some of the information that is learned. Active participation is also encouraged from the audience - as this is how learning works.
It isn’t easy to ID plants on your own. Flipping through books or researching on the internet can bring on hours of frustration when trying to properly identify a plant, let alone a common garden W**d. This walk is created with the home gardener in mind. By participating in the class, people learn about common weeds, similar to the ones growing in their own yards. Through the experience of the hands-on walk and a confident instructor to ID and teach about the weeds, the class empowers people to learn and understand what they have growing in their own yards.
The walk is a partnership between GrassRoots Garden, an important source of fresh fruit and vegetables for Food for Lane County operations to feed hungry people in Lane County since 1991, and the Oregon State University Extension, Lane County Master Gardener Program which provides science-based educational programs and information to the public.
Participants are welcome to eat a free vegan lunch in the garden after the W**d walk.
Oregon State University Extension Service prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, familial/parental status, income derived from a public assistance program, political beliefs, genetic information, veteran’s status, reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity (not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made two weeks prior to the event to the Extension Service office, 541-344-5859.
