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Work Session
Thursday May 9, 2019 @ 8:30 am – 10:30 am
Extra work session, May 2nd was rained out.
Serious rain will cancel. Or a rain call will be made by 7:30 am.
Work Plan: Mulching, with the help of DPW interns, in bare areas throughout the gardens.
UPDATE ON WHAT WAS DONE: Area 3 & 4: We began the cutting back of some overgrown mountain laurels in area 3 and 4 in the lawn oval. Area 3 and 4 at the lawn oval has invasive plants but we will remove them next year when there are red flowering dogwoods and white dogwoods and more mountain laurels and Korean Azaleas to infill the existing ones. Area 3 and 4 is cleaned and planted and mulched. Rabbits are eating the cotoneaster and have begun chewing on the bark of the old azaleas.
Area 2: This weekend we planted:Dogwoods among the pines in Area 2
Area 7:This weekend we planted: Thunberg’s spirea and blueberry and mock orange in Area 7 mixed in with existing other spirea. Arrow wood Viburnum behind the Kentucky Coffee Tree. We also put up a rabbit fence. We will extend the mulch to the yew hedge when the mulch is available. We agreed the Sargent Crabapple that is trained as a standard needs to be replaced because it is the wrong shape, and it has a large wound on the main trunk which will lead to disease.
Area 5 The elm trees will be planted in the lawn oval.
Parking: We provide free parking permits for parking near the Carriage House
Wear gloves. Bring water and hand tools if you want. We have long-handled tools and garden carts.
Emily’s cell / text:617-750-0106