A slideshow of all the fun times that BSWCD staff has spent learning from Marvin Gilmour.

1. Discussing techniques
FIELD TOUR

2. Marvin’s Land:
A haven for wildlife

3. Willing to share his knowledge
PRUNELLA HARVEST

4. Graciously training others
PRUNELLA HARVEST

5. Sharing the bounty
WAPATO HARVEST

6. Checkermallow, lupine, and Oregon sunshine

7. Sharing his wealth of knowledge
COUNTY MITIGATION SITE

8. Gilmour Wetlands

9. Showing up for events
2013 THANK YOU CELEBRATION

10. 2014 THANK YOU CELEBRATION
Bringing Cindy

11. Marvin’s property along the Marys

12. Donating and processing seed
Gumweed Harvest

13. Teaching us how to clean seed
Gumweed Harvest

14. Marvin is a source of endless curiosity
One of many field trips for staff
2015 Flood of Marys River

15. Cindy Gilmour is an awesome resource too.
2015 Dirt Babies

16. The Gilmours welcome guests on short notice.
Like when Temitayo Ewemoje, an agricultural
engineer from Nigeria, visited in 2015.
A Visitor from Nigeria

18. Marvin has a name for every plant on his land.

19. Another beautiful day in Marvin’s paradise.

20. One of our favorite things about Marvin -
BAILEY

21. Fragrant Popcorn Flower

22. Bailey at the Bellfountain wetland.

23. So much seed!

24. Looking a little devious.

25. A True Friend of the Native Plant Sale.

26. Preparations at Half Moon Bend
with Peter Kenagy.

27. Marvin shows seed to Melissa and Heath.

28. Marvin and Teresa walk the wetland.

29. Wapato harvest -
Marvin and Melissa

30. Wapato Harvest with Machinery:
A modern take on an ancient tradition

31. Wapato Harvest Demonstration

32. Preparing freshly harvested wapato.

33. Marvin – the quintessential seed farmer

34. Camas seed cleaning demonstration

35. Camas seed cleaning

36. Dragonfly on checkermallow

37. Dowitchers enjoy the wetlands

38. Red-winged blackbird on cattails

39. Red-winged blackbird eggs

40. Camas

41. Large-leaved Avens

42. Bottomland Forest

43. Proud to have Marvin on the Board

44. St. Johnswort Biocontrol Collection

45. St. Johnswort Biocontrol Collection

46. Claytonia sibirica

47. St. Johnswort Biocontrol Collection

48. Marvin and a very large beaver stick.

49. Jimson Weed

50. Marvin’s sinkhole

51. Columbian Larkspur

52. Marvin’s property along the Marys

53. Marvin’s property along the Marys

54. Marvin’s Marvelous Machine

55. Gilmour Water Gun’s Intake Valve

56. Gilmour Water Gun’s Agitator

57. Water Wheel of Fortune:
a Marvelous Marvin creation

58. Crystal on the River with Marvin

59. Winter flood field trip by boat