Yamhill OSU Extension Service - Streamside Gardening

Do you live and garden along a stream?
As a homeowner with property along a stream, you know the beauty and value the stream adds to your home. But more than just a pretty spot or a place to fish, your streamside is part of a larger system of plants and animals that live near and within the stream itself.

Balancing your needs as a homeowner and gardener with the needs of the larger ecosystem and community for clean water is what this site is all about. Here you’ll find factsheets, video segments (coming soon) and links so that you can find the information you need to make habitat-friendly gardening decisions along your stream.

Fact Sheets & Videos
- Your Garden, Our Shared Watershed (why and how you can make a difference)
- Wildlife-Friendly Streamside Garden (tips for being wildlife friendly)
- PNW Native Plants for the Streamside Garden (why native and which ones)
- How to Care for Bare Root Plants
- Invasive Plants (tips for prevention and removal)
- Planting bare root-trees along streams (3Mb Quicktime)

Sample Landscape Designs
The possibilities for your landscape are nearly endless. We have developed three sample landscape plans to give you ideas of what may work in a variety of situations. They are 's

Sites for Further Information on Streamside Gardening

Many different groups have sites with information that may also be of use as you plan or manage your garden. Take a look.

This site has been developed by Carolyn M. Devine, Linda R. McMahan & Brad Withrow-Robinson of the Oregon State University Extension Service. Please feel free to contact the authors with your questions or comments. Email

This program was funded by a grant through Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) and is part of OSU Extension Sea Grant and the OSU Department of Horticulture.


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	Do you live and garden along a stream? As a homeowner with property along a stream, you know the beauty and value the stream adds to your home. But more than just a pretty spot or a place to fish, your streamside is part of a larger system of plants and animals that live near and within the stream itself. Balancing your needs as a homeowner and gardener with the needs of the larger ecosystem and community for clean water is what this site is all about. Here you’ll find factsheets, video segments (coming soon) and links so that you can find the information you need to make habitat-friendly gardening decisions along your stream. Fact Sheets & Videos - Your Garden, Our Shared Watershed (why and how you can make a difference) - Wildlife-Friendly Streamside Garden (tips for being wildlife friendly) - PNW Native Plants for the Streamside Garden (why native and which ones) - How to Care for Bare Root Plants - Invasive Plants (tips for prevention and removal) - Planting bare root-trees along streams (3Mb Quicktime) Sample Landscape Designs The possibilities for your landscape are nearly endless. We have developed three sample landscape plans to give you ideas of what may work in a variety of situations. They are 's Plan 1: A sample design for gardens near streamsides that have steeper banks and drier soils Plan 2: A sample design for gardens near streamsides with average sloped banks and mixed wet and dry soils Plan 3: A sample design for gardens near streamsides with gradually sloped banks and wet soils Sites for Further Information on Streamside Gardening Many different groups have sites with information that may also be of use as you plan or manage your garden. Take a look. This site has been developed by Carolyn M. Devine, Linda R. McMahan & Brad Withrow-Robinson of the Oregon State University Extension Service. Please feel free to contact the authors with your questions or comments. Email This program was funded by a grant through Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB) and is part of OSU Extension Sea Grant and the OSU Department of Horticulture.