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A passion for plants.


Byline: The Register-Guard

City gardener Ginny Alfriend points out one of the many native wild plants in Hendricks Park Hendricks Park (32 ha / 78 acres) is the oldest city park in Eugene, Oregon. Just blocks away from the University of Oregon campus, it contains mature forest, a world-renowned 12-acre rhododendron garden, and a native plant garden.  on Sunday morning Sunday Morning may refer to:
  • "Sunday Morning (radio program)", a Canadian radio program formerly aired on CBC Radio One
  • CBS News Sunday Morning, a television news program on CBS in the United States
  • Sunday Morning (TBS TV series)
 during a wildflower wildflower

Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed.
 garden tour, sponsored by Eugene Parks and Open Space. Flowering dogwood (left) was one of the many trees in the native plant garden that about 30 people were shown during the hourlong tour.

A rhododendron rhododendron (rō'dədĕn`drən) [Gr.,=rose tree], any plant of the genus Rhododendron, shrubs of the family Ericaceae (heath family) found chiefly in mountainous areas of the arctic and north temperate regions and also of the  garden tour was held in the afternoon. For more information on the weekly tours, call 682-5324.

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City gardener Ginny Alfriend points out one of the many native wild plants in Hendricks Park on Sunday morning during a wildflower garden tour, sponsored by Eugene Parks and Open Space. Flowering dogwood (left) was one of the many trees in the native plant garden that about 30 people were shown during the hourlong tour. A rhododendron garden tour was held in the afternoon. For more information on the weekly tours, call 682-5324.
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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:Apr 15, 2002
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