Mimulus Any NW hiker who has ever traversed a seep or jumped a creek has likely seen one of the sweetest sights of spring: the monkeyflower. Shy at first, just

  Callistemon Evergreen, architectural, drought tolerant and arresting. Pale lemon to hot raspberry choices of bloom. Loves the hottest, sunniest spot in the garden where it never wilts or fades

  ‘Jenkyn Place’ rock rose   This second half of May in the swooningly lovely Wonder Garden is all about the rock rose, Cistus, one of our favorite sun-loving evergreen shrubs.

  Helianthemum ‘Henfield Brilliant’ If there was ever a month when the earth laughs in flowers, it’s May, a ridiculously giddy time in the Wonder Garden. Every day a new

        Hoffman Wins Tillamook Transient Lodging Tax Facilities-related Grant   The Hoffman is happy to share news of grant funding for a project to craft a facilities

Dare yourself to go deeper — Submit to Word & Image!  This biannual event challenges artists and writers to venture beyond their usual creative process and find inspiration in the

Hoffman Center’s New Website Dear Community, We have a new website. Believe us when we say, this is not how we wanted to spend countless hours and many thousands of

Hoffman In the News The online Oregon Arts Watch is the go-to resource for in-depth reporting about arts around the state, now reaching nearly a quarter million readers. Writer Jordan

Ovens Waddle  Photo-Mark Kuestner The genus Acacia has a bad rap for being noxious, invasive, thorny & altogether irredeemable outside of its native Australia. No argument here. Travel the world

HCA Seeking Executive Director Dear Friends, The all-volunteer Hoffman Center for the Arts has launched a search for its first paid executive director since opening in 2004. “Manzanita is growing,