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)K L 610 re,r�-( 4t � ?, `(V A- L-l 3/oy iN rvi .c ) } cam, ,? C' rN , a newe-rWea oe ._1(.4:1)E /( /A7 P i / a7 May 2, 2002 Tk '` r, FIs 102, • CONTACT: Therese Picado, City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, 682-4814 Jerry Blakely, Native Plant Garden, 343-3728 Michael Robert, Hendricks Park Head Gardener, 682-5324 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW NATIVE PLANT GARDEN UNVEILED SATURDAY AT HENDRICKS PARK The new Hendricks Park Native Plant Garden will be dedicated at a ceremony on Saturday, May 4, at 1 p.m. The event, sponsored by the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division, will take place at the F. M. Wilkins Shelter at 2200 Summit Avenue. Featured speakers include Eugene Mayor Jim Torrey, City Councilor David Kelly, noted Los Angeles landscape architect Jin Chen, who designed the native plant garden, Jerry Blakely, who helped organize community II' support for the garden, and representatives from the newly formed Friends of Hendricks Park. Creating a native plant garden was one of the top action priorities that emerged from the 4Iw Hendricks Park Forest Management Plan, adopted by the Eugene City Council in January theplan outlines a long- term experts and local citizens, 2000. Developed with the help of ecosystempg vision for Hendricks Park, including a garden that showcases the variety and horticultural uses of plants native to the southern Willamette Valley. This vision is becoming a reality through a partnership between the City of Eugene and private citizens. Last year, Jerry Blakely decided to help fund a native plant garden as a living I'I memorial to his wife who was dying of cancer. A fund was established with the Oregon Community Foundation, enabling the community to match City funds, and work has begun on the garden. "Through this project we hope to increase public support and interest in Hendricks Park and demonstrate what can be accomplished in a community through public/private partnership," says Blakely. For more information about the native plant garden, call 343-3728 or visit the Hendricks Park webpage at www.ci.eugene.or.us/PW/parks/hendricks.