Hinsdale Garden Tour
Saturday/May/01 /2010 Filed in: News Flash
WHAT: O. HOWARD HINSDALE GARDEN VISITS
WHEN: THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010
12:00 NOON TO 4:00 PM (later if needed)
WHO: ARS MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WHERE: Approximately 5 miles east of Reedsport on Highway 38, opposite the elk viewing area. Parking area along the south bank of the Umpqua River reached by a single lane road immediately east of the garden.
OTHER: Parking is limited and carpooling is encouraged. The eastern portion of the garden is a fairly easy walk from the parking area. The larger ‘island’ part of the garden is not ADA accessible, and will require walking inside the highway guardrail, negotiating concrete steps and crossing a low footbridge. While care should of course be exercised, low growing vegetation will have been cleaned up before our visits for better viewing and easier walking among the plantings.
GENERAL: Now well over fifty years in the making, this garden is one of the oldest large rhododendron collections in Oregon. It also contains a significant assortment of large camellias and other companions, including many magnolias. You will be rewarded with a mature garden at this remarkable and beautiful location against its scenic river backdrop. Restoration is well underway through major investments by the Bureau of Land Management, with advice and some physical assistance by our members, and financial support for plant replacement from the ARS Endowment Fund. Improved plant health and bloom from these efforts over the last several years is more and more evident. The BLM has kindly agreed to two visits a month apart to accommodate more visitors and, for those who can go on both dates, enjoy a greater range of plant material in flower.
The garden is not yet open to the general public, but you may bring family members and interested friends. Good turnouts will help bolster continued progress, and you are cordially encouraged to take advantage of these special opportunities in a trip to relish both the garden and the panoply of ongoing springtime awakening along the way.
Gordon Wylie
OK, who is this Gordon Wylie guy?
Oregon native grew up in a then rural area of Eugene on a nut farm - walnuts and filberts, and sometimes people. Retired lawyer. Outdoor enthusiast: hobbies include exploring Oregon’s wonderfully diverse geography, camping, drift boating, fly fishing, hunting, photography, other travel and gardening. Member of the American Rhododendron Society for thirty plus years. Past president of the Eugene Chapter, District 4 Director and ARS President. Two Bronze Medals and a Gold Metal.
He along with other ARS members, Gene Cockeram, Bob MacIntyre and Galen Baxter are examples, have helped BLM in identifying rhododendrons and other plants at the Hinsdale Garden. Gordon may even be more involved than the above!
WHEN: THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2010
12:00 NOON TO 4:00 PM (later if needed)
WHO: ARS MEMBERS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY
WHERE: Approximately 5 miles east of Reedsport on Highway 38, opposite the elk viewing area. Parking area along the south bank of the Umpqua River reached by a single lane road immediately east of the garden.
OTHER: Parking is limited and carpooling is encouraged. The eastern portion of the garden is a fairly easy walk from the parking area. The larger ‘island’ part of the garden is not ADA accessible, and will require walking inside the highway guardrail, negotiating concrete steps and crossing a low footbridge. While care should of course be exercised, low growing vegetation will have been cleaned up before our visits for better viewing and easier walking among the plantings.
GENERAL: Now well over fifty years in the making, this garden is one of the oldest large rhododendron collections in Oregon. It also contains a significant assortment of large camellias and other companions, including many magnolias. You will be rewarded with a mature garden at this remarkable and beautiful location against its scenic river backdrop. Restoration is well underway through major investments by the Bureau of Land Management, with advice and some physical assistance by our members, and financial support for plant replacement from the ARS Endowment Fund. Improved plant health and bloom from these efforts over the last several years is more and more evident. The BLM has kindly agreed to two visits a month apart to accommodate more visitors and, for those who can go on both dates, enjoy a greater range of plant material in flower.
The garden is not yet open to the general public, but you may bring family members and interested friends. Good turnouts will help bolster continued progress, and you are cordially encouraged to take advantage of these special opportunities in a trip to relish both the garden and the panoply of ongoing springtime awakening along the way.
Gordon Wylie
OK, who is this Gordon Wylie guy?
Oregon native grew up in a then rural area of Eugene on a nut farm - walnuts and filberts, and sometimes people. Retired lawyer. Outdoor enthusiast: hobbies include exploring Oregon’s wonderfully diverse geography, camping, drift boating, fly fishing, hunting, photography, other travel and gardening. Member of the American Rhododendron Society for thirty plus years. Past president of the Eugene Chapter, District 4 Director and ARS President. Two Bronze Medals and a Gold Metal.
He along with other ARS members, Gene Cockeram, Bob MacIntyre and Galen Baxter are examples, have helped BLM in identifying rhododendrons and other plants at the Hinsdale Garden. Gordon may even be more involved than the above!
