![We Love Our Business Supporters – Finnesterre](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/finnesterre.jpg)
We Love Our Business Supporters – Finnesterre
Thank you Teri Desaro, Fred Kassab, and Matt Gray of Finnesterre! In 2018, the three Finnesterre partners Terri Desaro, Fred Kassab, and Matt Gray decided to become major sponsors of
![We Love Our Business Supporters – Polaris](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/polaris_blk.jpg)
We Love Our Business Supporters – Polaris
Thank you J Scott Wilson of Polaris! In 2019, Scott Wilson of Polaris Gallery became one of the major event sponsors of the Hoffman Center Annual Fundraiser for the second
![We Love Our Business Supporters](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/LRR-Close-8072.jpg)
We Love Our Business Supporters
Thank you Living Room Realty! In late 2018, Living Room Realty in Manzanita named the Hoffman Center for the Arts its Loving Room Fund recipient. The designation was a three-year
![New Board Member – Terri Desaro](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/terri-desaro-for-web.jpg)
New Board Member – Terri Desaro
Terri Desaro of Neahkahnie has joined the Hoffman Center for the Arts’ board of directors. Original co-owner of Vino Manzanita, and current co-owner of Finnesterre, Desaro said, “I think having
![September 25th Attendance Broke All Records](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/oct_blooms.jpg)
September 25th Attendance Broke All Records
Attendance broke all records at our most recent Wonder Garden Wednesdays program. Standing room only! Plaintively pink flowers, weeding with tweezers and plants that thrive on neglect were among the topics
![Wonder Garden Heads into Late September](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/floriferous.jpg)
Wonder Garden Heads into Late September
Life in the WG remains remarkably floriferous, with thanks due to the month’s early downpours. Such delicious sustenance no doubt reassured our weary perennials that life was indeed a venture
![And The Winner Is…](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/gladious_muielae.jpg)
And The Winner Is…
Meet Gladious murielae, the peacock orchid, star of the late summer border! The first bulb opened at the back of the WG early August and the long blooming season promises to
![Earth Laughs In Flowers](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/hort_8_12_2019.jpg)
Earth Laughs In Flowers
Gardeners – at least those who don’t grow dahlias – are typically at their wits’ end by mid-August. So many plants are past peak bloom and their leafy remains do
Writing Contest Opportunities
Local writers should check out these contest opportunities (with cash prizes for the winners) for their work. Hurry because deadlines are coming up! Oregon Writers Colony is holding its fiction
![A New Look for the Wonder Garden](https://hoffmanarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bully.jpg)
A New Look for the Wonder Garden
Yes, it was a bit scary to host heavy equipment in the Wonder Garden, believe you me. But the time had come to upgrade the existing hardscape in order to