Many local organizations, businesses, and schools donated time, materials, and services to help create and maintain the Water Wise Garden in Eugene, Oregon. Donations included sod, irrigation supplies, landscaping design, concrete work, mulch, and volunteer labor. The garden features over 60 drought-tolerant plant species to demonstrate water-efficient landscaping techniques.

1. Water Wise Garden Benefactors
All About Quality Sod: donated sod
Water Wise Landscape
Braun Landscape, Inc. : donated some time and materials for irrigation system
Ewing Irrigation Products: donated supplies for irrigation system
Green Ridge Concrete: concrete work at reduced rate
Demonstration Garden
Hunter Industries: donated supplies for irrigation system
John Deere Landscapes: donated supplies for irrigation system
JTI Supply: discount on cistern and supplies, free delivery and expertise
Plant List
Lane Forest Products: discounted mulch
Lane Community College - Water Conservation Technician Students: designed and installed rainwater
Alton Baker Park
catchment system
Mid Valley Gravel: donated six to seven tons of basalt rock Eugene, Oregon
Network Charter School: volunteer labor
New Roads School: volunteer labor
Schelsky’s Landscape & Irrigation: donated labor for part of the irrigation system
University of Oregon - Urban Farm Students: volunteer labor
Water Wise Garden Partners
EWEB: project coordinator, garden maintenance contract, irrigation system and signage
City of Eugene:
Parks & Open Space - contributed labor, materials, equipment and land
Stormwater Education Program - provided plant materials and graphic design
Waste Prevention and Green Building Program - provided funding for rainwater harvesting system
LandCurrent Landscape Architecture, Anita VanAsperdt - Principal: donated landscape architecture design
and consultation
Nearby Nature: provided volunteer labor, planning, support, and water feature.
Schirmer Satre Group : donated landscape architecture design and consultation
Updated: 12/9/2011

2. Plant List for Water Wise Landscape Demonstration Garden Genus Species Variety Common Name
32 Lupinus polyphyllus Bigleaf Lupine
Genus Species Variety Common Name 33 Mahonia aquifolium ‘Compacta’ Compact Oregon Grape
1 Acer circinatum Vine Maple 34 Mahonia nervosa Longleaf Mahonia
2 Amelanchier alnifolia Western Serviceberry 35 Maianthemum dilatatum False Lily-of-the-Valley
3 Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’ Dwarf Strawberry Tree 36 Myrica californica California Wax Myrtle
4 Arctostaphylos columbiana Hairy manzanita 37 Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ Black Mondo Grass
5 Calamagrostis acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ Feather Reed Grass 38 Osmanthus delavayi Delavay Osmanthus
6 Camassia quamash Common Camas 39 Oxalis oregona Oxalis
7 Carex densa Dense Sedge 40 Parrotia persica Persian Parrotia
8 Ceonothus thyrsiflorus California Lilac 41 Perovskia atriplicifolia Russian Sage
9 Cercis canadensis Redbud 42 Philadelphus lewisii Mock Orange
10 Cistus pulverulentus Rock Rose 43 Polystichum munitum Sword Fern
11 Cistus pulverulentus ‘Sunset’ Sunset Rock Rose 44 Rhamnus purshiana Cascara Tree
12 Cornus sericia ‘Isanti’ Red Twig Dogwood 45 Rhododendron occidental Western Azalea
13 Deschampsia caespitosa Tufted Hair Grass 46 Ribes sanguineum Flowering Currant
14 Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ Elijah Blue Fescue 47 Rosemarinus officinalis ‘Huntington Carpet’ Huntington Carpet Rosemary
15 Fragaria virginiana Wild Strawberry 48 Rubus parviflorus Thimbleberry
16 Garrya elliptica Coast Silk-Tassle 49 Salvia officinalis ‘Berggarten’ Common Sage
17 Gaultheria shallon Salal 50 Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’ Purple Culinary Sage
18 Helianthemum nummularium ‘Dazzler’ Sun Rose 51 Santolina chamaecyparissus Grey lavender cotton
19 Helictrotrichon sempervirens Blue Oat Grass 52 Sarcococca ruscifolia Red berry sarcococca
20 Hemerocallis sp. ‘Hyperion’ Daylily 53 Sisyrinchium idahoense ‘Idaho Blue’ Idaho Blue Eyed Grass
21 Holodiscus discolor Oceanspray 54 Spiraea douglasii Western Spirea
22 Hypericum calycinum St. John’s Wort 55 Spiraea betulifolia Birchleaf Spirea
23 Iberis sempervirens ‘Purity’ Evergreen Candytuft 56 Teucrium camaedrys Wall Germander
24 Iris tenax Oregon Iris 57 Thymus praecox arcticus Creeping Pink Thyme
25 Juncus tenuis Slender Rush 58 Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Berkley’ Berkley Highbush Blueberry
26 Kniphofia uvaria ‘Flamenco’ Flamenco Red Hot Poker 59 Vaccinium corymbosum ‘Blue Ray’ Blue Ray Highbush Blueberry
27 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Alba’ White English Lavender 60 Vaccinium ovatum Evergreen Huckleberry
28 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Provence’ Provence Blue Lavender 61 Vaccinium parvifolium Red Huckleberry
29 Lavandula angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ Hidcote Lavender Vancouveria Hexandra Northern Inside-out Flower
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30 Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’ Gayfeather
31 Linum perenne ‘Sapphire’ Blue Flax Plant taxonomy confirmed by http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/1plants.htm#cadi and Water Efficient Plants For the Willamette Valley a
publication produced by a partnership between Clackamas Community College, City of Corvallis, Eugene Water & Electric Board, Oregon
State University Extension Service, Regional Water Providers Consortium, and South Fork Water Board.