Blue Spruce County Park Garden Planting
Fri, May 4, 2012, 8:00 am
Blue Spruce County Park
Description
It is now the time of year when most of us start to work in our own gardens to provide a "dinner table" for our feathered friends. As most of you are aware, the Todd Bird Club is participating in our own bird-friendly garden project at the entrance to Blue Spruce County Park. This project is being completed under the direction of Kristy Helfer, an Ameri Corps worker who is currently employed by Indiana County Parks and Trails.
This past week, Gloria Lamer, Margaret Higbee, and Anne Raver met with Kristy to work on finalizing plans for the garden. Our area of planting will focus around the water feature. Plants to be purchased include winterberry holly, dwarf fothergilla, red-osier dogwood, sweetfern, and lowbush blueberry. If you have been pricing nursery stock, you know that planting an entirely new garden is an expensive project. We are fortunate that Kristy is able to purchase plants for us at a very reasonable cost. Now, we are asking for your help. In order to extend the garden entirely around the water feature, we will need to purchase or have donated the following plants: black-eyed susan, globe thistle, purple coneflower, New England aster, bee balm, sweet false sunflower, foxglove beardtongue, meadow sage, tickseed, lillyturf, and catmint. Any plants you can donate from your garden or purchase for this project will be greatly appreciated. Please contact me if you are able to donate or purchase additional plants.
The initial planting of purchased plants has been set for May 4 at 8:00 with a rain date of May 7. We would like as many members as possible to participate on these days. The dates for planting the additional donated or purchased plants have not been set but have been planned for some time in June. Please check our website for additional information and updates. Let�s all get involved in this worthwhile project to benefit our birding community.
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