1467 Chuckanut Drive N
Bellingham
WA 98229
The Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society regularly hosts educational seminars and field trips, typically free and open to the public. **Registration is required for this event.** Visit our calendar linked with this event listing for more information, meetup location, and registration instructions.
These two shoreline parks are gems in our Chuckanut neighborhood. Highlights will include amazing views of the San Juan Islands, honeycomb weathered sandstone, beautiful Pacific Madrone trees, and gnarly Douglas-firs–among other remarkable trees. One of them is the only native oak tree in Washington, the Garry Oak. This tree needs sunlight and drier soil and is mostly found on rocky outcrops such as these headlands or on the San Juan Islands.
From the meetup location, we will hike the Interurban Trail to the steep descent to Teddy Bear Cove. Going down will be easy, coming back up not so much. After checking out all that’s to see at the cove we will go back the Interurban Trail to the Woodstock Farm and amble the grounds looking for all the interesting plants before we return to our cars at about 5:00 pm. All in all we will cover about 3 miles and 800 ft elevation gain.
