Volunteers to Spruce Up Rock Garden At Alton Baker Park This Weekend (2)

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02/24/04 TUE 10:11 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN 1~J001 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ February 26, 2004 CONTACT: ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 • Troy Kreger, coordinator, Volunteers in Parks, 682-4845 or 953-2388 (cell) ¦ Loren Russell, chair, Emerald Chapter, North American Rock Garden Society, 752-7558 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Volunteers to Spruce up Rock Garden at Alton Baker Park this Weekend Volunteers from the North American Rock Garden Society (NARGS), in conjunction with City parks staff and any other interested community members, will tend the Sebring Rock Garden in Alton Baker Park on Saturday, February 28, from noon to 4 p.m. The garden is being prepared to showcase to partiapants in the Western Winter Study Weekend, a NARGS annual meeting of rock gardeners from ail over the west coast being held in Eugene March 5-7. In the event of heavy rain or to complete the project, another work party will be held Sunday, February 29, from noon to 4 p.m. NARGS volunteers helped establish and plant the garden in the late 1990s with a major grant from NARGS, donations of materials and plants from the local NARGS chapter and assistance with site preparation, irrigation installation and signage from Ciiy parks cxews. The group organizes work parties to maintain the garden on a quarterly basis, with monthly weeding during the growing season. Sebring Rock Garden was featured in Rock Garden Design and Construction, a NARGS publication published in 2003. On the agenda for this work party is cleaning up and weeding the garden, top-dressing the beds, and replanting, including possibly planting heathers in the lowest bed. For more information about NARGS or the Westem Winter Study Weekend, call 345-9103 or 935-3915 or visit www.nargs.org. For more information about this and other park improvement projects, call Volunteers in Parks at 682-4845.