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Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 09:09:27 PST (Newport News-Times)
Port of Newport Facility Use & Design Advisory Committee: 6 p.m., Englund Marine supply, 800 SE Bay Blvd. Newport Planning Commission: 6 p.m. work session and 7 p.m. regular session, council chambers,...
Depoe Bay Group Seeks Public Input On Marine Reserves (Newport News-Times)
On-going concerns in coastal communities over the pending establishment of marine reserves in Oregon's near shore waters has prompted the Depoe Bay Near Shore Action Team (NSAT) to schedule public forums...
Kim Casebeer: 10 Steps For Creating Better Plein Air Landscapes (American Artist)
After graduating with a B.F.A. from Kansas State University in 1992, Kim Casebeer worked as a graphic designer and art director, and she created a space in her small apartment for working on pastel pa...
Police Build Stolen-property Case Piece By Piece (Salem Statesman Journal)
More than 2,400 pieces of possibly stolen property have been seized from a rural property near Gervais and are stored in a building somewhere in Salem.
Natalie Harmening Appointed New State Farm Agent (Newport News-Times)
State Farm has welcomed new agent Natalie Harmening to its agency force on the Oregon coast. The agency is located at 830 N Coast Hwy, in Newport. Harmening, a Newport resident, spent the last four years...
School Excise Tax Approved (Newport News-Times)
Lincoln County school officials unanimously approved a long-term facilities improvement plan (2007-2013) during Tuesday night's regular session in Toledo.
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Lincoln City Gardens -
Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy In Lincoln City, Oregon
Maud Wanaker, a local painting teacher, originally developed the property where
the Garden is located in Lincoln City, Oregon during the 1950's.
Some older
plants remain from this time, notably the twenty-foot Rhododendron ‘Cynthia’
near the entrance of the Garden house.
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OSU Gets $1 Million For Whale Research (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Terri Irwin, the widow of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, is giving Oregon State University more than $1 million to tag, track and research endangered whales through new studies scheduled...
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Constance Hansen, widowed at the
time, bought a share of this Garden in the early 1970's and immediately began
gardening. She had been looking for a sheltered, damp location where she could
grow her favorite plant, the "Iris", a location much unlike her previous garden
in Walnut Creek, California.. A grand garden destined to became a Bart Transit
station.
The first plantings were around the house. Connie planted
Styrax japonica and Japanese maples, as well as a Magnolia ‘Alexandria’. These
trees have grown tall now and may still be found at the Garden. There is still a
remnant of the original Garden on the East Side, near the gardening shed and
propagation area. There you will find a planting of Himalayan maidenhair fern
and Cyclamen hedearfolium with silvered ivy leaves and small pink and rose
flowers.
Connie began to plant many seeds and create beds along the
southwest corner. Between the northwest corner and the house there was a large
lawn. Mrs. Turner, a local gardener, once asked Connie, "Isn't there too much
lawn?" Connie may have been stung by this remark as she began the Garden in
earnest. She began clearing the land along the little creek, which meanders
through the Garden on the north side of the property. Here you can find iris and
primula beds, as well as many Rhododendrons and Hostas.
When Connie was
given a large collection of rhododendrons, she developed a new southern bed
towards 33rd Street. There she also planted a large Magnolia, ‘Dr. Merrill’ and
a Magnolia virginica. During the last few years of her life, Connie dug and
planted the perennial border. Many plants remain from this original planting.
Euphorbia wulfeni and various Siberian irises, as well as several ornamental
grasses and the very large and showy silvery Cardoon can be seen
today.
It was in late in 1986 Connie acquired the adjoining lots to fill
out the southeast corner of her garden. She had casually pushed her garden into
this vacant property, but with its acquisition she was able to expand her Iris
collection, planting her Japanese Iris Creek, a stately flow of colors from
white through deep purple.
Through the some twenty years of gardening at
this site, day in and day out, she consumed nearly all the property into
planting beds, with only paths to pull along her rusty garden cart.During the
final years of Connie's life, the Garden fell into neglect due to Connie's
illnesses and advancing years. Several months before her death in 1993, Connie
sold, and moved from her residence at the Garden. Few gardens outlast their
owners, but the feeling in the community was to preserve the Garden and thus,
The Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy was born. Generous bequests allowed the
Garden to be purchased from a real estate investor in October of 1994, and today
it is maintained entirely by volunteers. As the trees, rhododendrons and other
plants grow, the Garden becomes more mature, more shady and darker. But with
annual pruning and plant replacement, the Garden continues to be maintained with
an eye to Connie's intentions and plans.
With the passing of Connie, the
Garden took on a new life. Its history continues and thrives.
"Connie"
(Constance P. Hansen) was a well-loved and respected member of the national and
regional horticultural community. She hybridized irises and maintained an
exchange of seeds and starts with other plant enthusiasts. She belonged to
numerous plant societies and supported local garden clubs. In 1973, Connie moved
to Lincoln City, Oregon, and spent her last two decades sculpting the garden on
33rd Street. In all kinds of weather, from early morning until last light,
Connie could be found working in the Garden. As a botanist trained at the
University of California at Berkeley, Connie knew plants intimately. As an
artist, Connie created a delightful arrangement of colors and textures.
Her Garden has been visited by thousands of people from all over the
world, many of whom make their pilgrimage every year and remember with fondness
their connections with the woman who developed it. The Garden has been featured
in the Fine Gardening Magazine, Sunset, Better Homes and Garden Quarterly, and
other publications. The Conservancy’s mission is to restore, preserve, maintain
and continue the development of the Garden, to promote gardening interest, and
become the focus of gardening in the area. The Garden itself is an urban coastal
garden and is utilized for the education and enjoyment of the public.
The volunteers who maintain the Garden are merely stewards in the
horticultural, artistic and ecological style, as well as the spirit, of the late
Connie Hansen. We provide a focus and facility to encourage educate and nurture
gardening and garden related arts through community education and
involvement.
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College Basketball: Hawkeyes Shock Spartans, 43-36 (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Tony Freeman scored 22 points and lowly Iowa (8-9, 1-3 Big Ten) stunned No. 6 Michigan State (14-2, 2-1), 43-36, in Iowa City.
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