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<br /> 10/$:2/02 TUE 18:2 FA% 541 682 4882 EUGENE Pw MNTNC & POS Pw ADMIN X1001 <br /> i <br /> O p ~ p <br /> October 22 2002 <br /> CONTACT <br /> • Bru Newhouse, Native ~ Plant Society, 343-2364 <br /> • Mic ael Robert, Head Gardener, Hendricks Park, 682-5324 <br /> FOR IMME LATE RELEASE <br /> CITY AN NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY RECOCyNIZE DOWN TO EARTH GARDEN CENTER <br /> FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARbSHIP <br /> On hursday, October 24, at 3 p.m., Down to Earth will receive the Native Habitat <br /> Stewardshi Award from the City of Eugene and Emerald Chapter of the Native Plant Society of <br /> Oregon. Th award will be presented by Bruce Newhouse of the Native Plant Soaety, Parks <br /> Maintenan Manager Tim Rhay, and Hendricks Park Head Gardener Michael Robert at Down <br /> to Earth's d wntown store at 532 Olive Street in the Farmers Union Building. <br /> The Eugene-based gardening. store was selected for this award because of its efforts to <br /> help prote sensitive natural ecosystems. Down to Earth recently demonstrated its <br /> ~ commitmen to environmental stewardship by voluntarily removing from the store's inventory all <br /> plants appe ring on the Native Plant Society's list of invasive gardening and landscaping plants <br /> of the south rn Willamette Valley. <br /> The last society publishes a list of non-native, invasive species annually as a way to <br /> educate the public about plants that can cause significant damage to the area's natural <br /> ecosystem. own to Earth's response to the most recent edition of the list, published in June, <br /> was unexpe ted, but welcomed by the City and the Native Plant Society, who have both <br /> launched paigns to control the spread of invasive species. "We are putting a lot of energy <br /> and resour into the management of invasive plants on City land," says Rhay. "It is <br /> enormously helpful to have this sort of preventive action taken by a local business." <br /> "Do n to Earth's decision shows that a successful business model can include <br /> environmen al stewardship," adds Heiko Koester, member of the Native Plant Society. <br /> For ore information about the City's efforts to control invasive plants, call 682-4824. <br /> Por mor® in rmation about the Native Plant Society's list of invasive gardening and <br /> j landscaping plants, visit www.erneraldnpso.org or call 343-2364. <br /> i <br /> <br />