Scenes from this weekend’s clean up and winterization…Special thanks to volunteers: Lindsay, Brie, Cara, Helen, Julie, John, Rebecca, Liza, Ledra, Severn, Nikko, Lila and her mom, Ella, Jonny, Kaspar, Ms. Irene, Mr. Tony and our special guest stars, Marie Vulcain from Greenthumb and Che Cooper from Grow to Learn. PS 372’s garden community rocks! –Denise & the Garden Committee
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- A “before” shot, taken around 1045am on Saturday 11.7.
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- Planters as seen before everything gets pulled.
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- Strong root systems take time and effort to remove.
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- Sunflower roots are a pain but can be very good for contaminated soil. See Power of The Sunflower: http://inclusions.org/sunflower-roots/
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- Rebecca and Liza attack a stubborn weed tree growing alongside and within the fence.
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- It does not go gently.
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- Liza, holding the remnants of the weed, explains it is an ailanthus altissim, aka the Tree of Heaven; it’s the tree from Betty Smith’s novel “A Tree Grows In Brooklyn”
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- A few earth worms were kind enough to relocate.
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- Marie carts the sage planter from Denton Pl to the transplant the herbs into the new sensory garden bed.
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- Milo and Ella consult with Lila.
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- Salvaged sunflower seeds add up!
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- Severn and Kaspar take home bags and bags of yard waste to compost…in their Prius, of course.
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- Tree pits get in on the action, too–with new fencing and mulch. Ella + Jonny’s dad, John, will customize wooden posts for them.
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- Julie plants cover crop seeds that will help replenish the soil with nitrogen and other nutrients.
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- We moved some of the grasses and herbs in the corner to the teaching bed and into planters.
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- After shot…the fabric covers newly planted cover crops such as crimson clover, buckwheat and hairy vetch.
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- For 2016, the teaching bed will house many of the fragrant plants for the sensory garden.
Related: Final 2015 Harvest; Sunflower Roots Creep Deep