Free Workshop, Volunteer Project at Hendricks Park May 21 (2)

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Ob/la/05 FRI 19:49 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 E U G E N E Parks and a en s ace N E fin/ S R E L E A S E p p www.ci. eugene.ocusJparks May 16, 2005 CiONTACT: • Ginny Alfrfend or Jason Blazer, Hendricks Park, 682- 5324 • Therese M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Speaalist, 682814 or 682-4800 FOR 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 learn more about the Impact of non-native plants at Hendricks Park and actually do some remove! of these invasive species. Dluring the workshop, a group of students and their parents from Edison Elementary will be sowing seed of naive grasses and forts to propaga#e in the park's nursery. Following the workshop, workshop participants and the children will join forces to resurface the north trail in the native plant garden, a path that connects the native plant garden to the fiododendron garden. As part of an ongoing service learning project, Edison f~mllies 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 p~ojed are part of the ongoing effort to control invasive species in the park's forest. Participants are asked ttp meet at the F.M. Wilkins Shelter at 2200 Summit Avenue at 9:30 a.m. Pastries, coffee and juice will be pdraovded courtesy of the Eugene City Bakery and the Friends of Hendricks Park. The workshop will focus on why non-native invasive plants are an issue at Hendricks Park, what irhdividuals can do to assist in the control of these species, and how to identify the must prevalent invasive species at the park-shining geranium, herb Robert, false brome, lemon balm, wall lettuce, nipplewart, i I~sser 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 he1~ us by pulling these plants as they're walking through the park," says Head Gardener Ginny Alfriend. "It will take a[I of us pulling weeds to keep this problem under caontrol." For more information, call 682-5324, 607-4068 or visit www.friendsofhendricksoark.om.