A retail and wholesale nursery located in West Linn, Oregon offering Pacific NW natives
23311 SW Bosky Dell Lane
West Linn, Oregon
(LOCATED AT THE END OF BOSKY DELL, WE ARE NOT THE NURSERY AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOSKY DELL AND BORLAND)
503-638-5945
Fax 503-638-8047
Fall and Winter Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM boskydellnatives@aol.com Driving Directions
Check out Lory and Camp Smokey at Bosky Dell on Garden Time!
Native Tea Tasting: Tea Time with Bosky Dell - Bring your favorite tea cup, or use one of ours!
Saturday, May 11, 10am -4pm Bring your mom!
Part one of a series this spring and summer on native edibles, this time we'll have Douglas Fir Tip tea and Strawberry-Sorrel Lemonade and nettle tea to sample. Join us at Camp Smokey and stay tuned for more events featuring salmonberry, thimbleberry, elderberry, Oregon grape, cranberry, huckleberry, blueberries and more!
Join us at CAMP SMOKEY on Saturday, April 6th - 10 to5!
Guided or self-guided red-legged frog tours and s'mores! Come christen our new building with a party!
Smokey Bear themed art, t-shirts, patches, cards, and wildflowers will be for sale. All proceeds will benefit the continued restoration of Field's Creek, used for education and wildlife habitat.
It's rumored Smokey Bear and his trainer will visit from 1 pm to 2 pm on Saturday April 6th. All ages welcome. "Get your Smokey on!"
4/1 Bare root Sword Fern! Weather is starting to warm up, we're potting up the rest of our bare root sword fern for the year. Pick up 1 to 5 gallon sized Sword fern for $3 each. The best way to do large plantings, and the most economical way to fill in spots in your yard! If you were waiting, now is the time!
4/1 This week's Two Buck Deal is 4" Bleeding Heart!
To get updates of our newest TWO BUCK DEAL, like us on our Facebook Page
Looking for the Perfect gift for a plant lover in your life? We have Bosky Dell Natives gift certificates available, pay by phone and we can mail it to you, or stop by and pick one up!
We also have native living Christmas trees, decorated with a hand made card and vintage ornaments! Located in the garage. Westen Hemlock, Doug Fir, or Red Cedar.
12/4 JUST ARRIVED! 8'-12' Cascara, 1"-2" caliber. Cascara is said to attract more varieties of wildlife than any other tree that you can plant. Gourmet bird food! It's mature height is 25'-30'. It's roots are not aggressive. I have a mature one on my property here if you want to see it. This is the first time that we have had large ones available. $60.00-$75.00
JUST ARRIVED: 3 large Manzanitas $75.00 each & one large clump of Bear Grass
We still have bare root Sword Ferns available for $3. Now is the perfect time to plant!
11/11 Bosky Dell Natives homegrown trees are here! B&B 6-15' Aspen, Doug Fir, Red Cedar, Oregon Ash, Black Hawthorne, Crab Apple, Vine Maple, Western Hemlock, Choke Cherry, and two Incense Cedar. Make great living Christmas trees! $65-$150 Most of the trees qualify for Portland's Treebate program. Coupons are in the trailer.
10/31 CHEERS TO VOLUNTEERS!!!! We are currently looking for temporary part-time help at the potting table. Will trade plants for your garden for some of you time at the potting table! Call us or email if you are interested.
10/30 Don't like holiday shopping at the mall? Come do your holiday shopping at Bosky Dell Natives. Unsure what native your family and friends might enjoy? Don't worry, just play it safe and get them a Bosky Dell gift certificate! Call us, email us, or simply come in to get yours today!
9/1 THE PORTLAND TREEBATE PROGRAM IS BACK! That's right, if you plant a tree on your residential property, Environmental Services will send you a rebate of up to $40 (up to $50 for native trees). Get all the info here or if you already purchased a tree, fill out your treebate form here. Native trees that qualify include, Bigleaf maple, Grand fir, Red alder, Pacific Madrone, Pacific dogwood, Oregon crabapple, Ponderosa pine, Bitter cherry, Douglas-fir, Oregon white oak, Cascara buckthorn, western redcedar, and western hemlock. Feel free to call us or email us for current availability.
5/21 When I first started Bosky Dell Natives, I had a permit in a logging zone, and many of our plants were rescued from areas that were destined to be developed or from construction sites. 20 years ago we had a really cool tag, but we lost it! A customer stopped by with her favorite native plant book, and was using our old tag as a bookmark. We have been reminiscing about our old tag and realized we didn't have one left. We made a new one this afternoon, and we're looking for a place to have it printed. If you happen to have an original you're willing to part with, we'll give you a plant in trade! Now the majority of our plants are grown in house from seeds or cuttings. We still occasionally rescue rare and unusual plants if we hear about impending construction in time. Here's a preview of our new design:
5/5 Blueberries are in! They're beautiful! We have early, mid and late season varieties available, including Duke, Sierra, Olympia, Draper, Chandler, Brigitta, and Elliot. We also have boysenberry and raspberry plants! Keep your eyes peeled for news about veggie starts!
4/24 Check out our new sign on Borland Rd!
10/20 CHEERS TO VOLUNTEERS!!! Thanks to all the volunteers that showed up last week, Phase 2 of The Ditch Restoration Project was a great success! Many thanks to all who helped! We have posted a ditch restoration photo gallery on our facebook page, and we planted approximately 1200 Willamette Valley natives! Be sure to watch for them this spring as you drive down Borland Rd.
9/12 DITCH RESTORATION/DEMONSTRATION PROJECT PHASE 2:Saturday, October 15th 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Working with VOLUNTEERS, BOSKY DELL NATIVES, WATER ENVIRONMENT SERVICES, SWMMACC, SOLV, and JUDY BLUE HORSE SKELTON
We really need your help for this project!
We will be restoring the ditch that runs from Bosky Dell Lane to the Fields Creek Bridge on the downhill side. This project is designed to be a demonstration of how important ditches are.
phase 2 will be planting the ditch and a follow up removal of invasive species that snuck back in after Phase 1 (see below). DON'T DITCH THE DITCH. Please help in any way if you can! We will be serving some snacks and at the end of the party we will be giving thanks for the opportunity to restore the ditch. Please show up in comfortable clothes you can work in and get dirty, and please call me at 503-638-5945 if you have any questions. It is volunteers like you that help us keep our rivers and streams healthy and clean!
9/12 PART TIME SEASON HELP NEEDED - Must be a native plant enthusiast and be available on Saturdays! Call 503-638-5945 or email if interested.
7/31 Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory Video featuring Bosky Dell! Read the story here!
Working with VOLUNTEERS, BOSKY DELL NATIVES, WATER ENVIRONMENT SERVICES, SWMMACC, SOLV, and JUDY BLUE HORSE SKELTON
We really need your help for this project!
We will be restoring the ditch that runs from Bosky Dell Lane to the Fields Creek Bridge on the downhill side. This project is designed to be a demonstration of how important ditches are. They act as a channel to divert water and direct it downhill to our streams and rivers. I want to bring awareness as to how much ditches can and do help with keeping our rivers clean by trapping sedimentation and impurities that travel downhill, off the pavement with the rain. We want to plant this ditch with lots of sedges, rushes, ferns and wildflowers. The idea is that it will be beneficial to wildlife, beautiful for people to see as they drive down the road, protect fish and wildlife, and help clean up our rivers and streams. These plants have a big job ahead of them to trap all of these impurities and protect the streams and rivers. With years of filtering and collecting debris, the lower end of the ditch may need to be scooped out and replanted to enable it to continue to cleanse the water path. If this needs to be done, it's just a good indicator as to how beneficial the plants were in protecting the stream. I hope that this ditch project will educate the public and inspire others to do what they can, with ditches everywhere. Phase 1will be the removal of invasive species, while phase 2 (this fall) will be a follow up removal of invasive species that snuck back in, and planting the ditch. DON'T DITCH THE DITCH. Please help in any way if you can! We will be serving some snacks and at the end of the party we will be giving thanks for the opportunity to restore the ditch. Please show up in comfortable clothes you can work in and get dirty, and please call me at 503-638-5945 if you have any questions. It is volunteers like you that help us keep our rivers and streams healthy and clean!
Friends of Field's Creek and all of the Creek's inhabitants would like to thank Lambs Palisades Market and Palisades customers for supporting Field's Creek. All of yourefforts and assistance has been greatly appreciated by many! Please continue to support Fields Creek and Palisades by visiting our display at 1377 McVey Rd, Lake Oswego, OR
See the newest article featuring Bosky Dell Natives, Practicing_What_She_Preaches, from the magazine Perspective
Beginning March 1st, Bosky Dell Natives will be Open 7 days a week!
VOLUNTEERS WANTED: Share your time, knowledge, and love for native plants! Fields Creek needs some extra TLC, and any help would be greatly appreciated, not only by us, but the native residents that reside here! Even an hour or two makes a difference! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO HELP US, YOUR TIME IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
This years field grown trees, B&B, and qualify for Portland's Treebate Program. Including Oregon Ash, Red Cedar, Western Crabapple, Black Hawthorne, Choke Cherry, Bitter Cherry, Quaking Aspen, Vine Maple, and Western Hemlock.
ATTENTION FARMERS: Increase crop production and pollination by placing any of these bee attractants next to your crop. Keep your bees happy, and keep your crops plentiful!
BEE BUZZ! My friend Rian has worked with me at Bosky Dell since he was a young kid. He is now a berry farmer & helps me during his off-season. He learned about bee attractors working with native plants at Bosky Dell and applied that knowledge to increase his crop production. He says the neighboring farms have bee boxes for bees. Rian invested in native bee attractive plants & has integrated them into his fields of berries. He has much better pollination than the neighboring farms because he knows what it takes to "bee attractive!" The bees may live at the neighboring farms, but they spend their days buzzing their favorite blossoms at Rians. GO NATIVE - BEE HAPPY!
FEELING SLUGGISH?! HOW ABOUT A QUICK LESSON IN NATIVE SLUGS.....
Above is a photo of the colorful Pacific Banana Slug. These large slugs are in the family Arionidae and the subfamily Ariolimacinae. While the Pacific Northwest is home to a variety of slugs, not all of them are native. The native species play an important ecological role in the natural environment, but exotic species tend to ravage our crops in an often irritating and sometimes expensive manner.
Looking for an inspirational day trip....try Crater Lake!
NEW PHOTO GALLERIES - Check out our new photo galleries from all around Bosky Dell. Photo prints on archivial watercolor paper available upon request via email.
6/24 The Oregonian Features Field's Creek Video!
Seven native plants benefit the garden
How to Create a Rain Garden
Click HERE and HERE for more infor on Rain Gardens!
Ever wonder what happens when you don't get the proper permits before beginning construction? Read this to find out why nobody is exempt from the law, and why you should always have the proper permits first!
A huge thanks goes out to Carlos Alcibar for donating his time and effort to put this video together for us! Thank you Carlos!
100% cotton heron Hoody's, T-shirts & bags have arrived. Limited quantities. This design features a custom watercolor painting of a heron in a wetland transformed into a vibrant screenprint. Come check them out before they're gone!
JUST ARRIVED! Trillium Lake painting - High on Hood screen prints on 100% cotton T-shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, Organic cotton grocery store tote bags - limited quantities - many one of a kind!
Field's Creek Greeting Cards are currently available for sale online here.
