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<br /> 12/3 /02 TUE 14:3 FA% 541 682 4882 ELiGENE PW DiNTNC & POS Pw ADMIN ~ 001 <br /> v' o. o v~. <br /> December 3 , 2003- <br /> CONTACT: <br /> • Ginn Alfriend, gardener, Hendricks Park, 682-5324 <br /> • Ther se M. Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or <br /> i 682 800, therese.m.picado@ci.eugene.or.us <br /> I <br /> FOR tMME ATE RELEASE <br /> HE P PLANT NATIVE PLANTS AT THE NEW NATIVE PLANT GARDEN IN <br /> MENDRICKS PARK THIS SATURDAY <br /> Hen ricks Park staff and the Friends of Hendricks Park will lead a work party to plant <br /> native plant in the new Native Plant Garden at Hendricks Park this Saturday, January 4, from <br /> 9:30 to 11:3 a.m. Interested volunteers should meet at the F.M. Wilkins Shelter in Hendricks <br /> Park at 220 5umrnit Avenue. Native irises and other perennials and bulbs will be planted in the <br /> garden whic was dedicated last May. <br /> Plan ing began last winter. The Native Plant Garden will be constructed aver several <br /> years and II include accessible trials and a variety of the area's local native plants arranged in <br /> garden bed and natural areas for educational purposes as well as a garden attraction, <br /> Volu tears are instructed to wear warm clothes and sturdy shoes or boots. Some tools <br /> and singe will be available for use, For more information, call Sandra Austin of the Friends of <br /> Hendricks ark at 343-3452 or park staff at 682-5324. <br /> ! <br /> <br />