Botany in the Blues series is co-sponsored by the Washington Native Plant Society. We will facilitate a “close-up” look at the plant diversity of our local Blue Mountains.

Construct an insect hotel to support the beneficial insects living in your own backyard.

On this 2 part field workshop, co-sponsored by a grant from The Washington Native Plant Society, we will get a “close-up” look at the amazing native plant diversity of the Blue Mountains. Participants will become familiar with the tools and resources needed to recognize and identify the flowers, other plants and lichens they will encounter while on their own future mountain ramblings.

The Wild & Scenic Film Festival inspires environmental activism and a love for nature through film. Blue Mountain Land Trust is proud to host the Wild & Scenic Film Festival for the 5th consecutive year, bringing a collection of films to our community that illustrate the challenges facing our planet and how communities are responding in order to protect the places we love.

Join us for a winter cross country ski social at Horseshoe Prairie!

Join us for a wonderful evening of art, wine, and nature-inspired poetry.

Join us for a winter snowshoe exploration at Andies Prairie!

BMLT’s Speaker Series brings creative, pragmatic, and practice-based environmental professionals, scholars and community leaders to the Walla Walla Valley to promote awareness and stewardship surrounding important nature-related topics.

Ever wonder what it was like to stand inside of a snow globe? Join us at McNary Wildlife Refuge on February 14 to find out!

Enhance your scientific observation skills through drawing.

Join BMLT to enjoy our 2019 commemorative documentary film that details the rather remarkable story of The 1919 Walla Walla Tractor Show.

PLEASE NOTE THE TIME CHANGE FOR THIS EVENT. THE EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 7 AM - 1 PM. Join professional photographers Bill Rodgers and Mark Hussein for a fall photography workshop.

Following Kate's introduction workshop on how to design a bee friendly garden, this workshop is designed to highlight the next steps in how to construct a bee friendly garden. Kate will discuss 10 easy steps from site analysis and design, soil development, plant selection and everything in between.

Enjoy a film on Charles Erskine Scott Wood with special guest Laurence Cotton, film co-producer and public historian.

Enjoy a film on Fredrick Law Olmsted with special guest Laurence Cotton, film producer and public historian.

Join us for an introduction to watercolor nature painting under the tutelage of Joyce Anderson.

Join us for a guided tour of Walla Walla’s historic cemeteries.

Visit the Umatilla Hatchery Satellite Facility operated by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation to learn about the fascinating life-cycle of Chinook salmon and witness the hatchery spawning process.

Join BMLT for a family fun Farm Day to learn about and celebrate the 1919 Tractor Show, a historical event known as one of Walla Walla’s best kept secrets.

Spend an evening exploring Jasper Mountain with Mike Denny from the Blue Mountain Audubon Society.

Join Chris Howard from the Blue Mountain Audubon Society for an adventure-filled hike into the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness of the Blue Mountains.

Dive into the depths of deep space with a tour of the Hanford Laser Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO).

Join us to tour both Hayshaker Farm and Frog Hollow Farm to celebrate this year’s bountiful harvest, followed by a spectacular Sunday Brunch prepared by CIA chef, Chris Lueck.

Join David Droppers from the Washington Butterfly Association to learn about the wonderful world of moths through a night-time excursion at Rooks Park.

Join Andrew Bassler from Tri-State Steelheaders for a crash course on the basics of fly fishing.

Join Katy Rizzuti from Outside the Line Art Studio to create prints, impressions, and impermanent sculptures inspired by nature.

Spend the afternoon paddling the lower Palouse River on a stand-up paddle board or kayak with Adventure-Fit. 

This event is sold out. Please contact Lauren Platman at lauren@bmlt.org to be put on the wait list.

Planting bee-friendly gardens helps support pollinators of all varieties, ensures your vegetables are pollinated, and can help perpetuate plants that depend on pollination- over 90% of the world’s plants. 

This event is sold out. Please contact Lauren Platman at lauren@bmlt.org to be put on the wait list.

On this second field workshop, co-sponsored by a grant from The Washington Native Plant Society, we will continue our “close-up” look at the amazing native plant diversity of the Blue Mountains. Participants will become familiar with the tools and resources needed to recognize and identify the flowers, other plants and lichens they will encounter while on their own future mountain ramblings.