A local field guide for the neighborhood built on the former Fairview Training Center site, focused on what grows here and what moves through it across the seasons.
Each section focuses on observations from Fairview in Salem, Oregon, with the former Training Center site as the shared setting.
Garden
Browse perennials, bulbs, herbs, and other garden plants growing across Fairview.
Trees
Browse the trees shaping shade, structure, and habitat across the former Fairview Training Center grounds.
Wildlife
Browse species observed around Fairview gardens, trees, and open spaces through the year.
Featured entries offer a quick cross-section of what is currently documented around Fairview.
Gladiolus L.
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae).It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually called by its generic name (plural gladioli) The genus occurs in Asia, Mediterranean Europe, South Africa, and tropical Africa. The center of diversity is in the Cape Floristic Region.
Apple trees combine spring blossom, edible fruit, and manageable scale, giving neighborhood gardens both orchard character and practical abundance.
Spinus tristis
American goldfinch is a bright, active finch that follows seedheads and open weedy or meadow-like plantings through the growing season.