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K V 4 1,— <br /> At rQs, 3/9 <br /> tggi 1111110 <br /> March 8, 2002 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Therese M. Picado, Public Information Specialist, Parks and Open Space, 682-4814 <br /> • Michael Robert, Head Gardener, Hendricks Park, 682-5324 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> RENOWN AUTHOR AND ROCK GARDENER LEADS WORK PARTY AT HENDRICKS PARK <br /> Author and internationally renowrfrock gardener Josef Halda will lead a work party to <br /> continue the work he began three years ago on the crevice rock garden in Hendricks Park, <br /> Saturday, March 9, at 10 a.m. Interested volunteers should meet at the main entrance of the <br /> Rhododendron Garden in Hendricks Park at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Skyline <br /> Boulevard. <br /> fhp, Halda has designed dozens of rock gardens in North America and in Europe. He often <br /> duplicates natural stone outcrops of the high mountains, a style known as the "Czech crevice <br /> garden." <br /> Halda has also traveled all over the world collecting seeds to create hybrids and <br /> diversify and preserve plants such as primrose, gentian and daphne. His new book, "The <br /> Genus Daphne," is about his work with daphne. Halda will speak about this subject in Eugene <br /> at the Rhododendron Society monthly meeting, Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. at the Campbell <br /> Senior Center, 155 High Street. <br /> Awarded the Marcel Le Piniec award for lifetime achievements from the North American <br /> Rock Garden Society for his pioneer work developing seed for rock gardens, Halda says, "You <br /> have to see the countries where we collect, where real nature disappears very fast and you <br /> have to protect what's left." <br /> Photos of the first phase of the Hendricks Park rock garden project can be viewed <br /> online at www.peak.org/—parsont/emerald/. For more information about the Saturday work party <br /> or Halda's stay in Eugene, contact Michael Robert, head gardener at Hendricks Park, at 682- <br /> 5324. <br /> ### <br />