by friends | Jun 5, 2021 | Volunteer Opportunities
Over the past past month, volunteers in the Rhododendron Garden have made great headway weeding beds along Skyline Dr and in the McCready Arbor area. They freed several rhododendrons, big and small, from encroaching snowberry. Others have spread yards of mulch around...
by friends | May 7, 2021 | Volunteer Opportunities
It’s remarkably beautiful right now at Hendricks Park. The rhododendrons and companion plants are bursting with color, native plants are slowly unveiling themselves, and the trees are fuller with every passing day. The first park-wide volunteer May Day celebration was...
by friends | Apr 13, 2021 | Volunteer Opportunities
This past month has been a busy time in the Rhododendron Garden. With spring arriving, there has been weeding galore throughout the garden. This included areas around Rock Creek where some volunteers pulled celandine, while others removed tired-out rushes. The beds...
by friends | Mar 19, 2021 | Volunteer Opportunities
In recent weeks, volunteers have weeded, edged, mulched, and then weeded some more around the main loop of the Rhododendron Garden and down Barto’s path. Last week, they moved to the xeric meadow and rock creek bed to keep sprucing things up for spring. In the Native...
by Katie Brady | Feb 11, 2021 | Volunteer Opportunities
Last week a crew of twenty-five, including seven young men from a UO fraternity, weeded, mulched, and dug their way up the Summit Path. This coming Tuesday, Feb 16, in the Rhodie garden, volunteers will help beautify the garden areas along Barto’s Path, one of...
