社团概况与服务地域
Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group（WVHPG）是一个立足于美国俄勒冈州威拉米特山谷的非营利园艺爱好者组织，长期面向莱恩县（Lane County）及周边 Eugene、Springfield、Coburg 等城市的园丁开展活动。社团以 Eugene 地区的邮政信箱为通讯地址，并通过官方网站公布的联络邮箱与会员保持日常联系，定期在 Lane County Events Center 及会员私家花园举办聚会、专题讲座和年度植物展销。
宗旨与会员结构
社团宗旨是向社区普及多年生植物、灌木及各类观赏园艺植物的栽培与造景知识，鼓励会员开放自家花园相互交流，并培养一代又一代的园艺爱好者。会员资格向公众开放：单人会籍年费 30 美元、双人会籍两年合计 50 美元，会费每年一月集中收取；每年 9 月 1 日之后入会的新会员自动涵盖当年及次年两个日历年度。会员可免费参加每月例会、专题工作坊、户外考察、私家花园参观以及年度夏季野餐与烧烤聚会。
讲座计划与花园交流
WVHPG 每月举办面向会员与访客的专题讲座，最近一期现场讲座安排在 2026 年 5 月 12 日（星期二），邀请历史学家与纪录片导演 David Hedberg 演讲”Heritage Trees in Oregon History”（俄勒冈历史中的遗产树木）。除固定讲座外，社团还组织私家花园开放日、苗圃参观、田野调查等交流活动，并在夏季举办野餐烧烤，让不同年龄与背景的园丁分享种植经验与花园设计心得。
年度耐寒植物展销
社团最具人气的传统项目是每年母亲节周末周六在 Lane County Events Center 与 Fairgrounds 的 Auditorium 展厅举办的年度耐寒植物展销会，活动时间为上午 9 时至下午 2 时，由会员志愿者共同筹备。园丁办、园丁享是这一展销的核心理念——展品来自会员自家花园繁殖与培育的多年生植物、灌木、本土花卉以及耐寒新品种，旨在以亲民的价格让更多家庭将耐寒植物带回花园。
资源、联络与合作网络
社团通过官方网站与社交媒体账号持续发布讲座排期、展销公告、花园参观机会和会员专属资源，潜在会员可在官网下载入会申请并关注最新动态。WVHPG 与俄勒冈州及威拉米特山谷地区的其他园艺俱乐部、植物园与社区花园保持长期交流，共同推动北美太平洋西北地区耐寒植物知识的普及与本地园艺文化的传承。
Organisation Profile and Service Region
The Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group (WVHPG) is a non-profit gardening society based in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, USA, serving gardeners across Lane County and neighbouring communities including Eugene, Springfield and Coburg. The group uses a Eugene-area post-office box for correspondence and stays in touch with members via the contact email listed on its official website, holding meetings, talks and the annual plant sale at the Lane County Events Center and in members’ own gardens.
Purpose and Membership Structure
The group’s purpose is to educate the wider community about perennials, shrubs and ornamental garden plants, to encourage members to open their gardens to one another, and to nurture a continuing love of gardening. Membership is open to everyone: a single membership is USD 30 per calendar year, while a two-person household membership is USD 50 for two calendar years. Renewals are due each January; new members joining after 1 September are credited through the end of the following year. Members enjoy free access to monthly meetings, seminars, workshops, field trips, private garden tours and the annual summer picnic and barbecue.
Speaker Programme and Garden Exchange
WVHPG hosts a monthly speaker programme open to members and visitors. The next in-person talk is scheduled for Tuesday, 12 May 2026, when historian and film-maker David Hedberg presents “Heritage Trees in Oregon History”. Beyond the regular talks, the group organises private garden open days, nursery visits and field trips, and gathers members for a summer picnic and barbecue where gardeners of all backgrounds share experience on plant care, design and propagation.
Annual Hardy Plant Sale
The group’s most popular tradition is the Annual Hardy Plant Sale, held on the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend in the Auditorium building of the Lane County Events Center & Fairgrounds, from 9 am to 2 pm. Organised by WVHPG volunteers, the sale follows a “by gardeners, for gardeners” ethos. Plants on offer come from members’ own gardens and include perennials, shrubs, native flowers and hardy varieties adapted to the Pacific Northwest climate, bringing well-grown garden plants to local households at friendly prices.
Resources, Contact and Partner Network
The society shares its speaker schedule, plant-sale announcements, garden visit opportunities and member resources through the official website and its Facebook page; prospective members can download the membership application online and follow the latest updates. WVHPG maintains long-standing exchange with other gardening clubs, plant societies and community gardens across Oregon and the Willamette Valley, jointly supporting the popularisation of hardy-plant knowledge and the continuation of local horticultural culture in the Pacific Northwest.
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