Stewardship by many volunteers has continued, including the Delta Rotary, who from 1999 to 2004 spearheaded a major renovation of the garden. This original collection has expanded into a panorama of more than 4,500 roses of over 400 varieties. Shortly after Owen's donation of property, the Eugene Rose Society donated the original 750 rose bushes. It was the first parcel in a series that now forms the section of riverfront park stretching from the Ferry Street Bridge to the Greenway bike bridge near Valley River Center.

Owen, a former Eugene city councilor and lumberman, donated five acres with his house to the city. Whether you're straight or gay, or LGBTQ, whatever you are, no matter who's in the audience, that was our goal.Nestled next to the Willamette River near the Washington Jefferson Street bridge is the eight and a half-acre park known as Owen Rose Garden. That's because it's very rare to have a movie make you laugh out loud from start to finish. 'Ultimately, our goal was to make a movie that really gave people a good reason to leave their house and go to the movie theater. At the end of the day, it's wall-to-wall jokes and physical comedy - and there are some more thoughtful, poignant moments in it. Sometimes, I get worried that that message gets lost that this is ultimately a big comedy. 'At the same time, you don't sit down to write a historic movie, or even a gay movie - you sit down to write a hilarious, smart, and heartwarming movie.

And those are important discussions to have, and this is obviously a historic moment for major studios. I think that whenever you have a movie that centers LGBTQ characters, it's so rare that you end up having a lot of very serious discussions about representation. BE: 'There's a lot of focus on the film being historic, for good reason.

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