In this edition: July 4th parade in Garden Home, tour of Fogelbo, Garden Home Library History Display Case, Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Garden Home Library, remembering M. Lowell Edwards, and discovering the cob wall on SW Alden St.
July 4th in Garden Home
It was all red, white, and blue along SW 89th and Carmel Court streets! Great fun for young and old! Thanks to professional photographer Patrizia Montanari for taking wonderful photos of the event. Here are a few of her photos. To see the rest of the photos (over 100!), visit the gallery on her website:
https://patriziamontanari.pixieset.com/gardenhome4thofjulyparade/
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – flying girl
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – fun for the ladies
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – Kajatani family
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – fun sunglasses
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – big parade
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – festive decorations
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – collector car
July 4, 2023 Garden Home parade – TVFR fire truck
Fogelbo tour
Our Garden Home History Board was invited to tour Ross Fogelquist’s home, Fogelbo, on SW Oleson Rd next door to the Nordia House. Ross and two docents shared with us hundreds of Scandinavian artifacts. We’re all looking forward to the Troll project and what surprises that will bring.
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – Ross speaking to group
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – Esta, Kevin, Jan, Ann, Sandy, Mickey
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – Kitchen
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – living room
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – group on the patio
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – Charlie, Sharon, Esta
July 16 2023 Tour of Fogelbo – back yard
Garden Home Library History Display Case
We’re celebrating Gardening in Garden Home! Thanks to early platting of many large lots, we’re enjoying…and working in… our gardens. We’d love to see photos of your garden: send to GardenHomeHistory@gmail.com Thanks to all of the Garden Home Gardeners for their work in the Oleson medians, including the memorial garden at SW 80th. Barb Stroud organizes the group and works on the corner median at the intersection. Thanks to Stan Houseman for his work, and photos, on the long median next to the Recreation Center.
Garden Home Gardens – Library History Cabinet, July-Aug 2023
Garden Home Library’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
The 40th Anniversary of our Garden Home Community Library was celebrated on Saturday, June 3, 2023 in the field behind the Garden Home Recreation Center. The Garden Home History Project had a booth where we served ice cream cones and played the History Spinner. There was a petting zoo with baby goats, a bouncy house, a juggler, henna painting, face painting, pop corn, Starbucks cake pops, and other attractions.
Thanks to the history volunteers who worked our booth at the outdoor Library celebration: Stan and Susan Houseman, John and Marie Pacella, Esta Mapes, Sharon Vedder, Elaine Shreve, Patsy VandeVenter, Sandy McKiernan, and Mickey Lindsay. We scooped 5 gallons of chocolate and vanilla ice cream into the sugar cones, had fun guessing with Stan at the big wheel, thumbed through various old school photos and other displays. We also enjoyed the many other booths and meeting Garden Home friends.
Click here to view all the event photos.
Susan and Stan Houseman, and Sharon Vedder with the History Spinner – Garden Home Library 40th Anniversary June 3, 2023
Esta Mapes, John Pacella, and Patsy VandeVenter serving ice cream- Garden Home Library 40th Anniversary June 3, 2023
Talented juggler playing invisible catch with kids – – Garden Home Library 40th Anniversary June 3, 2023
Changes in our Board of Directors
We have some changes in our Board for our Garden Home History Project.
Mickey Mistler Lindsay is our new Chairperson, and Esta Mapes continues as our Vice-Chair. Susan Houseman is our new Treasurer. Marie Pacella will continue to keep up our 500 subscribers mailing list and send out our UPDATES and Gazettes. Stan Houseman leads our Century Homes program. Elaine Shreve will continue as Editor, doing interviews and publications. Interested in conducting interviews or writing? Email: GardenHomeHistory@gmail.com
Remember Garden Home!
You’ll recall that M. Lowell Edwards started his research and development of artificial heart valves with Dr. Albert Starr, right here in Garden Home in the building now occupied by Power Plumbing on Multnomah Boulevard. This led to the founding of Edwards Lifesciences, a multi-billion dollar company now headquartered in California. We recently found a wonderful multi-part history of Lowell Edwards on the OHSU website and recommend it highly. In Part 2: A Fascination with Pumps, it shows the buildings on today’s Power Plumbing campus.
See our story on Miles Lowell Edwards, heart valve inventor.
M. Lowell Edwards at his Garden Home laboratory, 1955
Discover Garden Home!
Discover the cob wall on Jon McCollum’s property where SW Alden meets SW Oleson near Garden Home Park. This wall was developed in 2010 and 2011 by Jeremy Krehpiel with assistance from volunteer parties and finally Jon McCollum who lives there now. The “cob” includes straw, sand, clay, some horse manure and also linseed oil mixed with the deep red paints on the wall. The paint on the wall has darkened over time, and parked cars often limit the view. The wall is extended by the huge tree trunk stumps from trees taken down on the property.
Jeremy Krehpiel applying plaster coat, 2010
Cob wall – gate before
Cob wall – gate after
Cob wall – window before
Cob wall – window after
Cob wall – long wall before
Cob wall – long wall after
Cob wall – planting
Get Involved
Our Board of Directors continues their monthly meetings. Call to attend. Current subjects include displays in the Library and bulletin board, Century Homes program (we have some 39 Century Homes in Garden Home), Historic Garden Home street signs, new businesses, our newsletters, program planning with the Garden Home Library and more! More Garden Home History walking Tours. We welcome new volunteers to our committees; let us know your interest. Call Mickey at 503-805-5518 or Esta at 503-246-5758.
John Pacella, Susan and Stan Houseman, Jan Fredrickson, Kevin Mistler March 2022
Sharon Vedder, Esta Mapes, Elaine Shreve, Marie Pacella March 2022
Historic Garden Home street sign
Historic Garden Home street signs: We currently have over 40 of the Historic Garden Home street sign toppers in our community. Click here to view photos of the signs and for information about sponsoring a sign.
Our generous donors permit us to replace the Historic Garden Home street signs once for signs that disappear.
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