Hollinshead Park

This location is ideal for meetings, corporate retreats, family gatherings and small weddings with less than 110 people. Situated on 16.5 acres of, the barn is surrounded by open pastures and orchard-like groves of trees with plenty of room for beautiful photography after your event.

• Two-story historic barn with a gorgeous hardwood interior
• Seating capacity – 55 people, total capacity – 110 people
• Small kitchen, restroom, coat closet, telephone and elevator access
• Private fenced event lawn for dedicated event space
• Dedicated lot parking and vehicle drop-off access
• Central Bend location that’s minutes from Downtown Bend

Learn more about this rental. 

Care for Parks, Trails & Off Leash Areas

Volunteers help keep Bend’s parks, trails and off leash areas beautiful and safe places for everyone to enjoy!

Adopt-a-Park or Trail or Off Leash Area

Groups, businesses, schools, families or individuals can adopt a park, off leash area or section of Bend’s urban trail system. Volunteers help care for their adopted space by visiting regularly all year – picking up litter, pulling invasive weeds and keeping an eye out for vandalism, weather damage and potential safety hazards. Volunteers make at least a one year commitment and complete a monthly volunteer activity report.

Group Park Projects:

Your group can make a big impact by helping with a landscape maintenance project in a park.

Opportunities may be available in spring and fall, depending on the weather and vary based on the size of the group and current District needs. Projects are typically 2-3 hours and may include activities such as raking planting areas, spreading bark or playground chips, pulling invasive weeds and picking up litter. BPRD staff provides support for your group’s efforts and supplies any tools or materials needed for the project.

For more information about adopting a park or trail or scheduling a project for your group, contact:

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The Community Garden at Hollinshead Park began as a partnership between Bend Park & Recreation District and OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners. The Master Gardeners provide gardeners with personalized support and a wide variety of classes at the 90-plot garden throughout the growing season.

vailable garden plots are offered to the public each year in the spring. Reserving a vegetable garden plot is done via a lottery, with the winners able to choose a 10’ x 12’ plot.  The popularity of the 30+ year old Community Garden is evident in the number of gardeners who have returned every year, thereby limiting the number of available plots. After Opening Day, applicants will be placed on a waiting list. The Opening Day is typically a work day to prepare the common areas and meet the Master Gardeners assigned to assist the gardeners.

For lottery information and more, visit the Central Oregon Master Gardener Association website at www.gocomga.com  or the OSU Extension Service Deschutes County website at https://extension.oregonstate.edu/deschutes/home-garden-landscape.

WaterWise Demonstration Garden

In 2017, Bend Park and Recreation District partnered with Oregon State University Extension Service, the Central Oregon Master Gardener Association and the City of Bend to plant water conscious landscaping as part of the City of Bend’s WaterWise conservation program. Visitors can tour the WaterWise Demonstration Garden to learn more about the type of vegetation that grows sustainably in this arid region and see how to best design and maintain your own garden.

Hollinshead-Matson Historic House

The Hollinshead-Matson Historic House and the accompanying tack shed/bunkhouse are unique opportunities to step back in time.

Hollinshead Park is a former working ranch donated by Dean and Lily Hollinshead to Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) in 1984. The park retains its connection to the region’s agricultural and ranching history with the original sharecropper house that is now a museum, renovated 1913 barn that serves as a popular event facility, several original outbuildings, community gardens, irrigation canal, mature trees and open spaces.

The Hollinshead-Matson Historic House has been maintained for three decades by Sharron Rosengarth, one of the five Matson children, and her husband Tony Rosengarth, and the park district. The Rosengarths, working with the park district, restored the house to its original size and interiors, restored original wagons and buggies and created displays.

The adjacent tack shed/bunkhouse offers an important look back to the region’s agricultural past when people made do with what they had, maintained their equipment, took care of their livestock and made a living off the land. The inside of the building tells the story of the blacksmithing and farrier work that took place next to the living and sleeping quarters for the family members that worked on the farm.

Tony Rosengarth passed away in 2019, and Sharron Rosengarth continues to host tours for families and school groups throughout the year and holds an open house at the holidays, sharing personal oral histories possible only by a family member born and raised in the house.

Open hours and tours

Monthly open house hours for community members to drop in to the historic house and tack shed/bunkhouse occur on the second Saturday of each month from May to October annually from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Additionally, a holiday open house occurs in December.

2026 dates:

• May 9
• June 13
• July 11
• August 8
• September 12
• October 10
• December 12

For more information or to schedule a tour, call the District Office at (541) 389-7275.

Hollinshead Barn Rentals

The park and barn are popular locations for weddings and other private functions. Some off-street parking is available for small groups. For information on reserving the barn for your special event, visit the Hollinshead Barn rental page or call Customer Service at (541) 389-7275.

Dogs are a part of many Bendites’ lives and involved with their owners in many recreational adventures. In Bend, there’s so much to do with your four-legged friend including:

• Walk and run on the trails and paths
• Swim in the Deschutes River
• Play, walk and run off-leash at nine off-leash areas.

No matter the activity or adventure, it’s important that dog owners manage their dog responsibly so that everyone can enjoy the parks and trails.

City of Bend law and Bend Park & Recreation District rules require that:

• Dogs are to be leashed up in public except in official off-leash areas.
• Dog owners are to clean up after their dog. To help out, dog waste bags and trash receptacles are available at many Bend parks and trails.

Learn more about dog-friendly parks and off-leash areas. 

In 1982, the south end of the park was acquired from Dean and Lily Hollinshead and the north end from George and Shirley Ray. The park began development in 1994 with subsequent updates in 1995 and a master plan implementation in 2010. The acquisition and beginning development were supported by a Land and Water Conservation grant in 1984 and the historic Matson House work was supported by Oregon Heritage Commission grants in 2019 and 2023. See Homestead History & Museum for more details.