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<br /> OQ/0/45 WED 15:52 FA% 541 882 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~J001 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> ParNs and <br /> open space N E ~~V S R E L E A S E <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/patics <br /> ,April 20, 2005 <br /> CpNTACT: <br /> ¦ Stacey Janssen, Skinner City Farm, 344-8322, scf~~efn.org <br /> ¦ Mutt McRae, Volunteers In Parks Coordinator and t;ommuniiy Gardens Manager, 682-4845, 912-2142 <br /> (Dell), volunteersinnarks~ci.euaene.or.us (e-mail) <br /> 'FIR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> New Community Gardens Holds Volunteer Work Party <br /> Lend a helping hand at Eugene's newest community gardens site, Skinner City Farm at Skinner <br /> Butte. Park, at a work party on Sunday, Apri124, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers will help plant a cover <br /> cry~op of flax and red clover around the garden's living fence, as a natural way of controlling weeds along the <br /> perimeter of the site. The site is located at the west end of Skinner Butte Park (east of the I-105 overpass) , <br /> between Washington and Lawrence on Cheshire Street. Ail volunteers should bring a water bottle and dress <br /> fc~r the weather. Tools wiN be provided. <br /> Skinner City Farm offers individual and organizational garden plats. For more information about <br /> o~ga~hizational plots or educational programming at the farm, call344-8322 or visit www.efn.org/~scf. For <br /> more information about rentals of individual plots, cafl 682-4800 ar visit <br /> w?wvr.ci.eugene.or.us/PARKS/howto/commgardens.htm. <br /> <br />