February 13. 2013____________________
The port|a n d O bserver
Black History Month
Alberta
North Portland
100 Years !
Replanting for
a centennial
celebration
Portland Parks and Recre
ation and Friends of Peninsula
Park Rose Garden will welcome
volunteers to help with planting
nearly 3,200 new, hardy, dis-
ease-resistant roses in Portland’s
oldest public rose garden at Pen
insula Park.
The varieties of roses being
planted are designed not just to
be durable, but sweetly fragrant
and remarkably gorgeous.
Starting Tuesday, Feb. 19 and
continuing through Friday, Feb.
22, the massive planting will en
hance the garden ahead of the
north Portland landmark’s cen
tennial celebration this June. The
P eninsula Rose G arden and
nearby Peninsula Community
Center are celebrating 100 years
of serving Portland.
The rose garden, the first of
its kind in the city, is a world
wide tourist draw, picnic area,
neighborhood destination and
wildly popular wedding site.
Oregon State University Mas
ter Gardeners are partners in the
planting project. Baileys Nurs
ery, W eeks Roses, and Star
Roses have all donated roses to
plant, a retail value o f approxi
mately $100,000. W ilbur Ellis
donated 4.5 tons of lime, a nearly
$2,000 value - all of which has
been applied to the beds.
Portland Parks & Recreation
and the newly formed Friends of
Peninsula Park Rose Garden are
working to raise about $15,000
to install a thick mulch layer for
the new roses. The mulch will
hold moisture and provide a bar
rier against pests such as the
rose midge.
Donations are welcome! You
can send a check to the Portland
Parks Foundation, 111S. W. Oak
St., Suite 400, Portland, OR,
97204, with “Peninsula Park
Rose Garden” in the memo line.
O r you can donate online at
portlandparksfoundation.org.
me peninsula Park Hose Garden at Norti
Ainsworth Street and Albina Avenue.
v v iu in c c i ic u iu v c s uiu ru ses rrom in preparation ror repiantin
Portland’s oldest public rose garden.
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