May 2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

New Search

CITY BEAT/EUGENE City: Hendricks Park's Public invited to tour rhodies now in bloom inside of Public Works Continued from Page Dl Head gardener Mickael Rob- ert describes the scene thusly: BY JOE MOSLEY stormwater management and "The canopy of magnolias, The Register Guard ongoing maintenance. crowning over the rhododen- Employees throughout the drons,appears as a cloud of pas- Take your child to work day?At the Eugene Public department will be on hand to tels,and the early rhododen- Works Department,they're taking almost every answer questions about their drons add to a circus of color in one's children to work. responsibilities,as well as edu- conjunction with the many Swarms of kids—an estimated 1,800 of them—from cational requirements for vari bulbs and perennials on the schools all over the city will converge on the department's ous public works careers. ground." public works yard at 1820 Roosevelt Blvd.on Thursday for WOw. an annual open house. Specialist to discuss Robert and the park's other But participants don't have to arrive on yellow buses gardeners are offering tours on —everyone's welcome,young or old. Invasive plants Sundays through May 18,with In addition to the usual information about careers in Crabby about your crab- discussion of all the floral sur- public works and demonstrations of all manner of heavy grass?Mourning the incessant roundings as well as park histo- equipment,this year's offering will feature a presentation creep of morning glory?Seeing ry and recent restoration on recently completed street improvements on West 11th red over purple loosestrife? projects. Avenue from Terry Street to Danebo to illustrate the Find some company in your Tours of the native plant gar- range of public works services. misery,and maybe even some den and park forest begin at 11 The demonstration will follow the project from plan- yard and garden strategies,at a a.m.at the F.M.Wilkins Shel- ving and construction management to erosion control, lecture at 7 p.m.Monday in the ter,and tours of the rhododen- Tykeson Room of the downtown dron garden start at 1 p.m. Please turn to CITY,Page D3 library. Participants are urged to The talk by invasive plant wear comfortable shoes and specialist Marjolein Schat will dress appropriately for'the identify common pest plants,of- weather. fer tips for dealing with them Call Hendricks Park at 682- and sum up the importance of 5324 for more information or for holding them in check. special accessibility accommo- Schat recently completed �"' dations. her master's thesis at Oregon State University on control of purple loosestrife—an aggres- Mosley can be reached at sive plant that has escaped gar- 338-2384 or jmosley@ dens and now threatens natural guardnet.com. ecosystems in many areas. Monday's gathering is part of a spring and summer lecture series sponsored by The Friends of Hendricks Park. Other lectures in the series include a July 14 talk by Dan Gleason on the birds of Hen- -'Ole, Kegis}Cr- &yard dricks Park and a Sept.15 pre- sentation by Alan Dickman on Sunday, May it, 2003 forest ecology. All of the discussions are free and open to the public. Tour Hendricks Park's vibrant display of colors Speaking of Hendricks Park, what's up with all those rhod- ies? Well,it's their time of year, and those in the rhododendron garden at Hendricks Park are making quite a splash. Balt it isn't a one-act show, either.