Ready, Steppe, Go! Steppe Outside With Ernie Crediford

Virtual photo tour features shrub steppe flora
Shake off the winter blues Saturday, Feb. 8, with a photographic foray into the Columbia Basin shrub steppe. A two-hour presentation by the Columbia Basin chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society begins at 11 a.m. in the Doris Roberts Gallery of the Richland Public Library, 955 Northgate Drive, Richland. The event, which includes a Q and A session and social gathering, is free and open to the public.

Ready, Steppe, Go! Steppe Outside With Ernie Crediford features many of the native wildflowers and shrubs that bloom in the Eastern Washington and Oregon high deserts. Crediford, a chapter member of the society and wildflower enthusiast, also serves as the committee chair for the chapter’s Heritage Garden program that provides information and guidance on adding native plants to residential and business properties.

For more information about the Washington Native Plant Society — Columbia Basin Chapter, visit https://www.cbwnps.org/.