At little over a year ago, MSPC signed a memorandum of understanding with the City of Salem to help maintain the northwest corner of Bush’s Pasture Park (among other things). We’ve been busy since then. Here’s a short guide to what we’ve been up to: Landscape Bed Rehabilitation Project. The park’s northwest corner contains more…
On July 25, the Statesman-Journal published a news story on the Oregon white oaks in Bush’s Pasture Park that drew heavily on a report commissioned by Mission Street Parks Conservancy (MSPC). Since the story’s publication, there has been a debate on social media that focused specifically on the impact of Salem Art Association’s Summer Art…
The Statesman-Journal has asserted their copyright on their story and asked that we remove it from our website, which we’ve done. Interested readers can find it on the SJ’s site here. You can read MSPC’s report on the Oregon white oaks here.
The camas fields at Bush’s Pasture Park are now in bloom in the lower oak grove. These fields were managed before 1850 by the Kalapuya people who harvested the bulbs. The Camas have remerged after the park changed its maintenance procedures. You can learn more about the park’s camas and wildflowers here. Come and enjoy…