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KLCC GARDEN TOUR 2010
Original watercolor by Kathy Heerema
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16th Annual
KLCC In Bloom
Garden Tour
Art of the Garden
A self-guided tour of
seven splendid gardens
in Eugene to benefit KLCC
Sunday, June 27, 2010
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rain or Shine!
$10 in advance
$15 day of tour
Garden Art ♦ Live Music ♦ Massage ♦ Community Booths ♦ Coffee & Snacks
Silent Auction for
Painted Watering Cans
Tickets | Gardens | Getting There | Garden Art | Community Booths
Welcome to the 16th annual KLCC Garden Tour. We are pleased to present this collection of seven splendid works of art -- five private and two campus gardens. They illustrate how the beauty of plantings and artistic hardscape can be combined to create a display that often expands the power of both partners. Be prepared to be inspired!
We'll have a variety of locally made garden art for sale, along with silent auctions for delightfully painted watering cans. Enjoy an exhibit of plein air garden paintings, a self-guided tour of outdoor art on campus, informative community booths, tasty food and drink, live music and free massage.
Reminders
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Observe the opening and closing times.
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Be considerate about where you park.
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Wear walking shoes.
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Leave your dog at home.
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Purchase a ticket for children,except for infants.
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Bring rain gear if showers threaten.
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Bring a reusable water container.
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Bring a notebook or camera to record ideas. Ask permission if you intend to publish photographs.
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A portion of proceeds from vendors and community booths goes to KLCC.
KLCC is grateful to everyone who has opened their garden for this special event. We appreciate the care and work each of you has put into getting ready for the tour. Thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers and staff who generously donate their time so that the tour can run smoothly. Most of all thanks to YOU for coming out to enjoy the day, rain or shine. Without your support, KLCC could not flourish as your public radio station.
We're always interested in what you think about our tour. Email your comments and suggestions to gardentour@klcc.org
Advance tickets are available for $10 until ticket outlets close on June 26, the day before the tour. The option to purchase advanced tickets online through KLCC's website ends at 6 p.m. on the evening before the tour. No tickets will be sold online after 6 p.m. June 26. On the day of the tour, tickets will available for $15 at each garden or at any open ticket outlet.
Tickets purchased online will be held at WILL CALL at Garden 1, 3120 Nob Ct.
Capella Market
Dotson's Coburg Antiques
Down to Earth (2 Eugene locations)
Eugene True Value Hardware
Euphoria Chocolate Company (4 Eugene locations)
EWEB Credit Union
Footwise
InsideOut - Garden Visions (Corvallis)
Jerry's Home Improvement Centers (Eugene & Springfield)
Lane Forest Products (Eugene & Springfield)
Little Red Farm Nursery (Springfield)
The Meridian Shops
Sundance Natural Foods
A Silent Auction for Painted Watering Cans will take place at most of our Ticket Outlets through June 25. The Silent Auction will continue at Garden 6, Lane Community College, on the day of the tour where all the Watering Cans will be on display. Happy bidding!
These garden descriptions are also in our brochure, available at
ticket outlets and at the gardens on the day of the tour.
Garden descriptions by Renate Tilson.
We number the gardens to suggest a route, but you do not need to visit them in this order.
See map below.
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To Garden 1: Go to Harris St. just south of E 30th Ave. Park on Harris or E 32nd Ave. |
1. The garden of Fran Ross and John Bredesen, 3120 Nob Ct.
This evolving garden has been converted over seven years from a bank of English ivy and juniper. The entry is marked with sculpture and the music of water, which blocks out the sound of street traffic. Step down the path of water-permeable stones into the tiered back garden, passing by six varieties of blueberries. Installed just two years ago, retaining walls hold a large planter and additional beds for vegetables and perennials. Beans, herbs, artichokes, garlic and lettuces are creatively intermingled with berries, a pear tree, plum and fig. The gardener is intrigued by the development of plants and thrives on experimentation. Exit the garden passing a raspberry bed on your right and a 40-year-old Japanese red maple on the driveway's edge.
WILL CALL tickets held here.
Music: David Anderson & Tara Kemp, 11:30 am-2 pm
| To Garden 2: From E 30th go north on University and right on E 29th Pl. to Baker Blvd. Park on E 29th Pl. or another side street. (Avoid parking on Baker.) To exit, drive east on E 29th Pl., turn right on Onyx to E 30th Ave. |
2. The garden of Anne & Terry Carter, 2901 Baker Blvd.
This beautiful shade garden was established by the owners 35 years ago and has been lovingly nurtured ever since. Experience the meandering walkways through the shady understory formed by tall oaks, 15-foot-tall species rhododendron and Japanese maples. The landscape is a haven for birds of many kinds -- notice the large ground-level birdbath with feeders and birdhouses nearby. Varied, interesting pieces of sculpture provide hidden surprises in unexpected locations. As you wander through the garden, note the low-maintenance, water-wise eco-lawn bordered by a bed of black mondo grass interspersed with variegated Japanese grass. Follow the shady path and you'll pass by a seating area for afternoon enjoyment formed by dry-stack stone walls. Emerge from the shade into a sunny clearing where annuals, roses, herbs and berries thrive. You will love this garden.
Music: Jerome Hobbs & Joel Lindstrom, 10 am-12:30 pm
Massage: Les Castle, LMT 1-3 pm
| To Garden 3: Take the Agate exit off of E 30th Ave. Park on Agate or Vine Maple. |
3. The garden of Carter Smith, 3624 Agate.
A beautifully blended Asian-Pacific Northwest landscape theme is present in this established shade garden. Enter by the circular driveway of pavers interplanted with low grasses. Passing by a columnar Himalayan poplar, pause to take in the view of the garden's stone-paved footpaths and mosses juxtaposed with tall grasses and varieties of bamboo. Clematis and honeysuckle vines decorate the trunks of towering oaks. Filtered sunlight accents lovely containers and a dry stream bed. The owner, wanting more space, added the back half of the garden seven years ago, built a studio, and seamlessly joined the two gardening spaces with judicious plant choices.
Music: David Helfand, 11 am-1 pm
| To Garden 4: Proceed on Agate making a slight right on N Shasta Lp. Turn left on Spring Bl and right on Spring Knoll. Park along Spring Knoll before the end of the cul-de-sac. |
4. The garden of Colene Doll and Bob Swank, 4015 Spring Knoll Dr.
Enjoy this 15-year-old garden, nestled up against a steep hillside. What began as a cottage garden has evolved into one filled with 600 individual roses climbing to form screens and hedges. Varieties of hops do their part to create bowers and privacy fences. The owners prefer shades of pink and purple, which is evident in their choices of clematis, passion vines and sculptural objects, especially flamingos. Visit the private patio, designed for outdoor cooking and eating, with its Italianate fountain and beautifully planted pots. Embedded in the discreet fencing material and gates is a very effective deer fence that protects 30 blueberry bushes and many Asian and Bartlett pear trees.
Music: David Rogers, 12-2 pm
Massage: Sayle Moser, LMT, 2-5 pm
Coffee & Snacks: Hideaway Bakery
Restroom available
| To Garden 5: After leaving Spring Knoll, turn right on Spring Bl. Follow signs to S Shasta Lp. |
5. The garden of Brian and Helen Matthews, 4510 S Shasta Lp.
This spacious back garden, originally designed by Liz Lair, offers airy vistas through tall Douglas fir trunks to the opposing South Eugene hills. A totally obscured deer fence hidden in the laurel hedge makes it possible to have a beautiful garden oasis composed of standard cervine favorites. Highlights include a substantial collection of roses, some hostas and alstroemeria. Note the Japanese-style bed punctuated by a large Tom Torrens sculpture bell. An unusual glory bower tree, with its peanut butter scent, lines the garden path. The owners, who have gardened here for 10 years call this an "ad hoc" garden. That is to say, if plants like it here and thrive, they can stay. If they don't thrive, oh well!
Music: Brook Adams, 12-3 pm
Massage: Toni Breslow, LMT, 10 am-12:30 pm
| To Garden 6: Return to E 30th Ave by taking S Shasta Loop to E 43rd Ave to Spring Blvd and follow signs to E 30th Ave (right on N Shasta, right on Firland, left on Spring) and head east on E 30th. Take the first exit to LCC (Gonyea Rd) and park in Lot B, the large parking lot on the west side of campus. |
6. The gardens of Lane Community College, 4000 E 30th Ave.
LCC's main campus is a beautiful, naturalized learning environment, due to efforts over the past decade of head groundskeeper Frank Drengacz. This self-sustaining landscape of more than 450 new trees and 60% native plantings is a Certified Wildlife Habitat. The grounds are studded with several individual highlights, including ornamental, culinary, and indigenous gardens for relaxation and education. Pick up the separate LCC brochure for details on their extensive gardens and outdoor sculpture.
Music: Elizabeth Willis & Meg Graf of Cascade Harp Ensemble 10 am -12 pm; Oregon Tuba Ensemble 2-3 pm
Coffee & Snacks: Hideaway Bakery
Garden Art
Community Booths: All organizations except Lane Country Beekeepers Association
Restrooms available: Buildings 17, Building 19 (3rd floor outside), Long House, Art Department, Cafeteria, PE Building (2nd floor) and Performing Arts.
| To Garden 7: Park in Lot M on the east side of the LCC campus and walk east into the Oak Hill campus. |
7. The garden of Oak Hill School, 86397 Eldon Schafer Rd.
Oak Hill School, a K-12 college prep school features an experimental garden, as well as nature trails, wildflower and native plant areas. All students participate in ongoing projects and learn gardening fundamentals. The garden uses compost made from food waste, in addition to locally made fertilizer. It includes a small pond for aquatic life study, a greenhouse, and a bird, bee and butterfly foraging center. Garden beds are not only for food production, but also for science projects in plant nutrition and soil and water studies. Student ambassadors will be on hand to take visitors on a tour of the grounds.
Music: Sweet Papa Lowdown 2-5 pm
Community Booth: Lane County Beekeepers Association
Written directions and a map are printed in the Garden Tour brochure, available at ticket outlets. Written directions are also listed above, between the Garden Descriptions. Click on the map to open a full size PDF for printing.
Enjoy the tour!
Garden Art
All located at Lane Community College (Garden 6)
A portion of proceeds from garden art goes to KLCC.
A Silent Auction for Painted Watering Cans will take place prior to the tour at many of our ticket outlets, and continue on the day of the tour. All Watering Cans will be on display at Lane Community College (Garden 6). Bidding closes at 5 p.m. on June 27.
Also visit Nature Nurture: Preserving Our Plenty, a stunning show of vegetable images by Eugene horticultural photographer Robin Bachtler Cushman, in the David Joyce Gallery on the second floor of Building 19.
Be sure and view the varied collection of outdoor art on the Lane Commuity College Campus (Garden 6). Pick up the separate LCC brochure that shows the locations of the works.
Visit the information booths of participating community organizations,
all located at Lane Community College (Garden 6) except...
Lane County Beekeepers and Camas Educational Network at Oak Hill School (Garden 7)
Eugene Tree Foundation
EWEB Water Management Services
Lane County Audubon Society
Lane County Beekeepers Association
LCC Sustainability Group/Learning Garden
Mt. Pisgah Arboretum
Native Plant Society of Oregon/Emerald Chapter
OSU Extension Service Lane County Master Gardeners and Compost Specialist Programs
School Garden Project of Lane County
Slow Food Eugene
WREN/West Eugene Wetlands
YouthGrow (Northwest Youth Corps)
Refreshments
Coffee & Snacks from Hideaway Bakery
Water donated by McKenzie Mist
A portion of proceeds from vendors and community booths goes to KLCC.
For more information, contact our business office
at 541-463-6000 or 800-922-3682 or send an email to gardentour@klcc.org
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