Free Workshop, Volunteer Project at Hendricks Park May 21

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05'/x'3/05 FRI 19:48 FAX 541 882 4882 EtTGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~00~ E U G E N E PerMs aa~ ace N EONS R E i~E~S E Open Sp www ci.eugene.orus/parks May 1s, 2005 CpNTACT: • Ginny Alfriend or Jason Blazar, Hendricks Park, 682- 5324 Therese M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682-4800 'PbR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Free Workshop, Volunteer Project at Hendricks Park May 21 On Saturday, May 21, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p,m., community members are invited to team more about tl~e impact of nonnative plants at Hendricks Park and actually do some removal of these invasive species. 4luring the workshop, a group of students and their parents from Edison Elementary will be sowing seed of native grasses and forts to propagate in the park's nursery. Following the workshop, workshop partictpants wind the children will join forces to resurface the north trail in the naive plant garden, a path that connects the native plant garden to the rhododendron garden. As part of an ongoing service learning project, Edison f~m~ies have helped maintain trails in the park for the past three years. Co-sponsored by the City of Eugene and the Friends of Hendricks Park, the workshop and volunteer project are part of the ongoing effort to control invasive species in the park's forest. Participants are asked to n'teet at the F.M. Wilkins Shelter at 2200 Summit Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Pastries, coffee and juice will be provided courtesy of the Eugene City Bakery and the Friends of Hendricks Park. The workshop will focus en why non-native invasive plants are an issue at Hendricks Park, what jndividuals can do to assist in the control of these species, and how to identify the most prevalent invasive species at the park-shining geranium, heri~ Robert, false brome, lemon balm, wat) lettuce, nipplewort, I®sfier celandine, creeping buttercup, periwinkle, and English ivy. Techniques for removing non-native, invasive plants while protecting the native plants of the forest will also be discussed. "We are hopipg that once people can identify invasives, they will het1~5 us by pulling these plants as they're walking through the park," says Head Gardener Ginny Alfriend. "tt wilt take atl of us pulling weeds to keep this problem under control." For more information, ca11682~5324, 607-4866 or visit www.friendsofhendrickspark.ory.