Free Lecture Series: May at the Museum Series (week four), co-hosted by Friends of the
Crook County Library and the Crook County Historical Society/Bowman Museum

Doors open 6:00PM, program at 6:30, 1 hour length

Of Plants and Rocks and Peoples: A Geobotanical tour of Central Oregon
By Stu Garrett, A Botany, Agriculture Plant Science, Researcher COCC
Oregon’s diverse plant life is a result of its diverse geology. Stu will take us on a journey to
explore the wide variety of Central Oregon’s botanical treasures and learn how they relate to the
spectacular landscape that surrounds us. He will take us on an armchair tour of the stupendous
floods of northern Oregon, consider the glacial sculpting of the ice ages, and visit the dramatic

lands of lava of central and eastern Oregon. We will learn about some of Oregon’s rarest plant
species, including some only found in Crook County!
Stu Garrett co-founded the High Desert Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon in 1978.
He has been honored by the chapter for his dedication and active promotion of the values of
conservation in Oregon.
Come join us, as we learn about the amazing connection between geology and plants here in
central Oregon!

Admission is Free