Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden Springtime Tour

Join us as we tour the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden in the height of its springtime glory. Head-gardener Emily Aune leads us through the garden, highlighting not only it’s stunning diversity of rhododendrons, but also some of the deer-tolerant and beautiful trees, shrubs, and ground-covers of Eugene, Oregon’s most prestigious garden.
Located in zone 8.
Filmed in Early May.
Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden was created in 1951, thanks to a collaboration between the city of Eugene and the Eugene Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society. As the famous quote goes: “You [city] provide the site and irrigation, we’ll [ARS] provide the plants!”
Head-gardener Emily Aune works diligently to manage the azalea lacebug infestation currently present in the garden without the use of neonicotinoids. Her ultimate long-term goal for the garden is to replace susceptible varieties with resistant ones, which means discovering what those resistant varieties are. For those of you interested in a more in-depth dive into this subject, as well as a list of the resistant varieties she had discovered up until its release date, please check out the April 2021 issue of the ARS Newsletter’s article by Aune entitled “Meeting the Challenge of Lacebugs” I’ll put a link to it in the top pinned comment.
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Here is the link to Emily’s article in the April 2021 American Rhododendron Society Newsletter “Meeting the Challenges of Lacebug” img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/217b6e8c-e436-4f53-ad39-49d769914513/downloads/2021%2004%20April.pdf?ver=1715396648406

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What a wonderful tour 😍 I have learned so much…the enthusiasm and joy of Emily is contagious….the tour is excellent…thank you for all the knowledge and joy this tour provides. ❤

[@zeamays]

Excellent video! Emily is a treasure!

[@liweilihui]

Very informative and mind blowing garden tour! Thank you two.

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[@PeggyMills]

Great tour!

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@darlenencambria]

WOW, I just found your channel. My granddaughter and family just move to Forest Grove. I will definitely have to tell her about this beautiful gardens. Can you bring a dog on a leash. I grow a few Rhoddies in my zone 10 on the central coast of California. I have a soft yellow Rhododendron called sunset. Looking forward to more videos

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No dogs allowed

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Oh that is wonderful, I hope your granddaughter likes living in Oregon. Your soft yellow rhododendron sounds beautiful! When you come to visit Hendricks, you can bring a dog on a leash to the native plant garden and surrounding forest, but unfortunately in the rhododendron garden dogs are not allowed. Thank you for watching the channel!