APPRECIATE CENTRAL OREGON
SEASONAL GUIDES TO THE INTERESTING PLACES AND ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE CENTRAL OREGON UNIQUE AND WORTH PROTECTING
5 Ways to Bike More This May
May is National Bike Month, and this particular spring in Bend feels different because of our multimodal momentum: new bike lanes, a growing calendar of community events worth riding to, and a city that is genuinely becoming more navigable on two wheels.
Plant a Native Garden
Urban native gardens are certainly not a panacea to global environmental challenges, but they do make a difference locally, and anyone — even beginners with “black thumbs,” renters with only a small balcony and some pots, and homeowners with itty bitty yards — can support local wildlife by planting a native garden.