Taylor Park is about Family, Community, and Conserving the Natural Beauty of the Santiam Canyon.
The coming years at Taylor Par will be new for everyone involved, a time when recreation and reconstruction are firmly joined together. Below you will find a pdf from Oregon State University, in it is a list of plants that will be mostly approved of by Taylor Park management. Please use it to prepare for the upcoming season by starting the growing or purchasing of these plants for transplant into the Park once the sites have been opened for reconstruction. All of these plants can be kept dormant in an unheated garage or shed, and would require minimal watering before being placed into your site.
Below is a list of plant nurseries that sell native Oregon/PNW plants:
Bosky Dell Nursery: Located in rural West Linn, I have worked with the owner several times for projects establishing native landscapes.
http://www.boskydellnatives.com/
Terra Gardens Nursery: They come highly regarded by other landscapers. Dan
Seven Oaks Nursery: Located in Albany, they appear to have a large online catalog.
Mahonia Nursery: Located in Salem, they have useful newsletters and a Oak rescue program!
Yarnell Nursery: Located on North 1st street in Stayton.
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These are just a handful that promote native plants, there will be others that might carry natives, but the knowledge factor regarding them might be lacking.
If a group of you go in on a large purchases, then wholesale nurseries might be the way to go for more expensive specimens.
If your are in the market for trees, I would recommend nothing larger than a 10 gallon specimen, as anything larger will be more difficult to transport and install, they also more early life pruning that can greatly lengthen the lifespan of these plants. Larger trees may also suffer a longer transition period if the soil types are very different, whereas a smaller specimen has less initial time in its nursery mix that is intended to maximize initial growth, and more vibrant colors for a more attractive specimen. When large trees have spent several season at a nursery, they may lack the strength to successfully transition to the more nutrient depleted soil at the park.
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Lastly I would recommend not buying too many Doug Firs or competitor (species), as they will be supplied by the park for border plantings. In the meantime, if you have any plant specific questions, feel free to ask on Facebook!
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Once the workload for the re-opening slows down, a conversation can be started about the much needed topsoil an humus replacement, as we cannot regrow a forest without the food and symbiotic relationships like fungi and pollinators. If you are so moti