Hollinshead Park Gardens: Friday Flowers

The Hollinshead Park gardens in Bend, Oregon include a community garden and a water-wise garden.

Hollinshead Park Gardens – Community Garden

The community garden at Hollinshead Park is managed by a cooperative agreement between Oregon State University Extension Service, Central Oregon Master Gardener Association, and Bend Park and Recreation District.

Local gardeners grow fruit, vegetables, and flowers on 90 reserved plots.

Hollinshead park gardens

Gardeners plant in concise or freeform patterns. Some use various supports or covers.

Hollinshead park panorama

It’s a great place to take pictures throughout the year.

Let us (lettuce)

You can see pale green wall-of-water plant protectors in the foreground below. They help protect the plants from freezing temperatures.

Community garden

The flowers in bloom can change from week to week.

Hollinshead Park gardens

This looks like a very healthy zucchini plant.

Zucchini

The community gardens are scattered throughout Bend and nearby towns. In fact, they are so popular some use a lottery system to select potential gardeners.

Hollinshead Water-wise Garden

The Hollinshead Water-wise Garden focuses on landscaping plants that require less water. This garden is supported by the same organizations as the community garden, plus the City of Bend.

Hollinshead park gardens

I like how plants are clearly labeled in this garden. Seeing these plants in person can help you decide if you want them in your yard.

Blazing star

This weeping Norway spruce was huge! We have one in our front yard.

weeping spruce

I always think of Spirea as a plant for wetter environments, but there are varieties that do well with less water.

Spirea

If you’re looking for a variety of scents in your garden, you can check out fragrant plants as well.

Fragrant Abelia

You can find more examples of plants that grow well in Central Oregon at the Extension Service Garden at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond, Oregon. The Central Oregon Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Madras also has labeled plants.

Friday Flowers

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