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<br /> 03~0~/05 TUE 19:00 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> ~'UGEN E <br /> I <br /> Pettis and <br /> open space N E~NS~ R E LEAS E <br /> Vvwv~;ci.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> March 8, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Matt McRae, Eugene Community Gardens Manager, 682-4845, 912-2142 (cell) <br /> Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> ~F4R IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> REGISTRATION FOR EUGENE'S COMMUNITY GARDENS PROGRAM BEGINS MARCH 17 <br /> Bring your rake and hoe and sign-up for a piece of fertile ground at one of Eugene's six community <br /> hardens. Registration begins Thursday, March 17, at the Parks and Open Space Division office at 1820 <br /> ~2goswelt Boulevard in Eugene and will continue any time during regular business hours from 7:30 a.m. to <br /> 5 ~.m until the plots are filled. There are plots available at the following garden sites (For information about <br /> the availability at speafic locations, call 682-4800.): <br /> Amazon at 27th and High, <br /> i? Mathews at 15th and Hayes, <br /> » ' Whiteaker at the end of North Polk, <br /> River House at 301 North Adams, and <br /> I Skinner City Farm at the west end of Skinner Butte Park. <br /> In the last year, close to 70 more plots were added with the addition of Skinner City Farm and the <br /> ~x~an~ion of Alton Baker Community Gardens. In addition, new amenities were added such as wheelchair- <br /> accessible plots at the new Alton Baker site and larger, organizational sites, gardening demonstrations and <br /> $d~cational programming at Skinner City Farm. <br /> "With the addition of more plots and a whole new garden, we're hoping to give even more people the <br /> c~p~ortNnity to join the community gardens family," says Matt McRae, the program's manager. <br /> Rent is $60 per year fora 20-by-30-foot plot and includes access to tools and water and a garden <br /> shit 'II m na er. E ' <br /> ~ g ugene s Commurnty Gardens Program has been offering residents the opportunity to <br /> qul}ivate a plot of land since 1978. For more information, call 682-4800 or visit <br /> vWwhw.ci.eugene.or. us/parks/howto/commgardens.htm. <br /> <br />