In July and August 2001, several Hualien artists held a driftwood installation art festival in the Meilun Mountains 'Pine Garden building. It caused many community groups and citizens to take notice of this unused space, and they joined forces to petition that Pine Garden not be sold off by the government.
2001 年 7 月至 8 月間，花蓮許多藝術創作者在美崙山上的「松園」，舉辦了一場《漂流木環境裝置藝術展》，引發許多社團及民眾對這處閒置空間的關切，並合力連署、保下松園免於政府售地開發。