JOIN US as we care for Golden Gardens Park!

Are you a frequent user of the park or perhaps a SUPER FAN? Come join us in our efforts to form a ‘Friends of’ group, though we will likely adopt another name. We will work with the City of Eugene and hope to engage you and other neighbors and fans in activities that benefit the park.

What kinds of things will we do?
See our EVENTS & SERVICES tab for examples of the kinds of activities we’ll do as a group.

Why do we need a “Friends of” group?
Golden Gardens Park, like all public parks, requires maintenance, stewardship and love from residents and frequent users of the landscape. City budgets (in Golden Gardens case) are frequently not large enough to handle all of the things needed to keep the habitats functioning for things like air quality improvement, water storage, cleansing and movement, reducing the heat island effect in otherwise paved environments – and these are primarily the human concerns. Natural environments like Golden Gardens provide space for life of all other forms – butterflies, dragonflies, plants, birds, other animals. Keeping the habitat as native as possible benefits all these groups because it builds on the relationships between them that have developed from time immemorial.