The Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy
Open from Dawn to Dusk Daily
Free of Charge
Your donations keep the garden alive!
We welcome you to stroll through the garden any time each day from dawn to dusk. There are many enchanting pathways, some wheelchair accessible.
The Garden House is open every day of the week from 10am - 2pm.
At present, access to all grassy areas and many of our pathways is limited per Oregon Dept. of Agriculture regulations due to a pathogen that has targeted the Rhododendron and Azalea plantings. The pathogen is spread through contact with wet foliage when spores are present. Please observe all signage indicating no access and keep any pets in your vehicle or leashed under strict control on permitted pathways only
Admission is free but we welcome the appreciative support of visitors through donations, plant purchases and gift shopping.
Hinoki Cypress
Chamaecyparis obtusa
A confierous evergreen tree from southern Japan.
Located in Bed #1 - just off the sw corner of the front portch
About our Hinoki Cypress
There are many cultivars of this fine, easily grown species of Chamaecyparis. It is from southern Japan, broadly conical in form, with dark green, scaly, fanshaped leaves and dark reddish bark. Although we have not determined which ours may be, it is relatively slow growing and may be a dwarf variety. Careful thinning and tip pruning annually now keep our tree in perfect shape.
Why significant to us
It seems that Connie was so enamored of what must at the time have been a fairly recent acquisition, that when she made the move to Oregon from her home in Walnut Creek California, she had the young tree dug, potted up and brought, with no small effort, to her new garden. She planted it close to the house so she could monitor its progress daily.