Time for art and science fun. On Tuesday May 14th at 7 pm at Northwest Nature Shop, local landscape artist Sarah F Burns will offer a free workshop on identifying the main type of clouds and practical strategies for drawing and painting them.

Learn the 10 main cloud … Read More

On Monday April 8th, from 7-8pm, Northwest Nature Shop in Ashland will be hosting world renowned Mycologist and Scientist Michael Amaranthus who discuss spring fruiting mushrooms in Southern Oregon.
Dr. Mike recently published “Fry, Thrive or Die”, a fun pocket guide to western US mushrooms.  Edible? Medicinal? Hallucinogenic?  Poisonous? Dr Mike … Read More

Co-author of A Forest of Your Own: The Pacific Northwest Handbook of Ecological Forestry, Seth Zukerman will discuss forest management and ecological forestry on Monday June 3rd at 7 pm at Northwest Nature Shop.  From those who own forested property already to those who dream of someday having a forest to … Read More

Author and hiking guru William L. Sullivan takes us on a slide show tour of new and
changed trails he discovered while updating his “100 Hikes”; guidebooks for Oregon at Northwest Nature Shop on Wednesday June 5th at 7 pm.
We’ll visit a new “Painted Hills” preserve in Central Oregon, a boardwalk … Read More

On Monday April 8th, from 7-8pm, Northwest Nature Shop in Ashland will be hosting world renowned Mycologist and Scientist Michael Amaranthus who discuss spring fruiting mushrooms in Southern Oregon.
Dr. Mike recently published “Fry, Thrive or Die”, a fun pocket guide to western US mushrooms.  Edible? Medicinal? Hallucinogenic?  Poisonous? Dr Mike … Read More

Spend the day searching for wild fungi with local mushroom expert, Mike Potts on Saturday, June 1st. Springtime in the southern Oregon Cascades offers an abundance of beautiful mushrooms, including some of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in the world. We will encounter edible and poisonous varieties and learn identifying … Read More

Spend the day searching for wild fungi with local mushroom expert, Mike Potts on Sunday, June 2nd. Springtime in the southern Oregon Cascades offers an abundance of beautiful mushrooms, including some of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in the world. We will encounter edible and poisonous varieties and learn identifying … Read More

Spend the day searching for wild fungi with local mushroom expert, Mike Potts on Saturday, May 18th. Springtime in the southern Oregon Cascades offers an abundance of beautiful mushrooms, including some of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in the world. We will encounter edible and poisonous varieties and learn identifying … Read More

Spend the day searching for wild fungi with local mushroom expert, Mike Potts on Saturday, May 4th. Springtime in the southern Oregon Cascades offers an abundance of beautiful mushrooms, including some of the most sought-after wild mushrooms in the world. We will encounter edible and poisonous varieties and learn identifying … Read More

By Chris Uhtoff, co-owner of Northwest Nature Shop

There has been an unprecedented increase in backyard bird feeding since 2020. While feeding birds is a great way to get closer to the wildlife in our neighborhoods, it is important we do not endanger wildlife by spreading disease.  Here in Southern Oregon, … Read More