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- May 2024 UPDATE – Garden Home History
- Ernest and Melba Cook, one of the earliest families in Garden Home
- Visit the notable Rich and Charold Baer rose garden in Garden Home
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- Wobbling Into My Past by Kit Bowen
- December 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History
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- November 11, 2023 Veteran’s Day bell ringing at Trader Joe’s
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- Garden Home School class photos
- October 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History
- Early Grocery and Retail Stores of Garden Home
- Library display of Kent Haley watercolors depicting the Oregon Electric Railway – September 30, 2023
- Patrick Michael “Pat” Cronin obituary
- Garden Home History Timeline
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- Garden Home Library 40th Anniversary – June 3, 2023
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- The search for Cora – May 8th, 2023
- CENTURY HOMES: Robert Pearson
- Lee, Zak, and Lois Hyslin, 8285 SW Garden Home Road
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- March 2023 UPDATE – Garden Home History Email
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- December 2022 UPDATE – Garden Home History Email
- Dorothy Mae Johnson (Papadakos) (White) Stevens obituary
- Larry Monk obituary
- November 2022 News
- Patty Bonney obituary
- Barbara Ann Green obituary
- Helen Winberg obituary
- October 2022 UPDATE – Garden Home History Email
- September 2022 News
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Tag Archives: Garden Home School
Garden Home School class photos
This is our collection of class photos for Garden Home School, from initial opening (1911) until its closure (1982). If you have Garden Home School class photos, we’d like to scan them! See The history of Garden Home School, 1911 to 1982. … Continue reading
Cafeteria favorites
When the Garden Home School opened in 1912, students brought their lunches or went home for lunch. Later Mrs. Merrill made the main dish at home, loaded it into a little red wagon and pulled it to school. Later benches … Continue reading
The history of Garden Home School, 1911 to 1982
Garden Home School was established in 1911 and officially closed in 1982. The facility is now the Garden Home Recreation Center operated by the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District. See also: The Closing of Garden Home Elementary School Cafeteria … Continue reading
Patty Bonney and son Ken Woodard
By Elaine Shreve, July 10, 2018 Patty Bonney brought her three children to Garden Home in 1960 when she married Bill Bonney. Patty, Ken, Keith and Carolyn all joined Bill in his home on two acres on SW Oleson Road … Continue reading
Posted in Memoirs, People
Tagged Bonney, extension, Garden Home School, Lintner, Mapes, Seiffert, SW Oleson Rd, Whitford, Woodard
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May 18, 2018 Reception Honoring Virginia “Ginny” Mapes
Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting of the Washington County History Societies Roundtable, and following reception honoring Ginny Mapes on May 18, 2018 at the Garden Home Recreation Center. [Editor: Virginia “Ginny” Mapes authored the first book … Continue reading
Photos from the Five Oaks Museum
We recently acquired a trove of historical photos of Garden Home courtesy of the Five Oaks Museum (formerly the Washington County Museum). We’re still working on stories for some of these photos, but we’re too excited about them to not … Continue reading
Posted in Early History, Historic Events, People, School
Tagged Five Oaks Museum, Garden Home School, Trains
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August 13, 2016 Beaverton High and Garden Home School Reunion
On August 13, 2016, about a hundred former students joined us for the Beaverton High and Garden Home School Reunion on a lovely summer day, outside, under the covered play area at the old Garden Home school, now the The Garden … Continue reading
April 2016 News
Welcome to our website about historic Garden Home. In the People and Places pages, you’ll find over a hundred stories and hundreds of photos of vintage Garden Home and residents attending our events. Upcoming Events We begin each regular meeting with a … Continue reading
Posted in Events, News
Tagged Century Homes, Garden Home School, gardens, Maplewood, Steele
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Yvonne Brod
I was a PE teacher at Montclair Elementary School from 1975 to 1999. In 1982 when Garden Home School closed, I remember there was a lot of pressure on the families who had to move their kids to Montclair and Raleigh … Continue reading