Winter greetings to lovers of Green Lake …
Members of the December 2018 work party. Two months earlier, dense arcs of Himalayan blackberry cane hid this view of the lake!! Special Note: there is no work party scheduled in January. February work party is the second Daturday, Feb. 9, 2019 – 9 am to noon. March work party will be the third Saturday, March 16, 2019 – noon to 3 pm.
A NEW YEAR
Winter is a good time to look back on the past year and think about goals for the new year. In 2018 we had 12 work parties that attracted 125 volunteers who pitched in a total of 333 hours of weeding and digging. That is nothing to sniff at. Our work this year focused a lot on maintenance: the weeding and watering of our two restorations sites. Late in the year we began opening up a new restoration site for future planting. In 2018 was significant in that Garet Munger stepped away from active participation as co-lead with Andrea Watts. We miss Garet who moved away from the neighborhood and is now volunteering elsewhere, but he does stop by occasionally to spur us on. Dan Kujawinski and Rob Hutcheson have joined Andrea in organizing and leading the work parties. We wish Garet the best and thank him for his years of involvement with Green Lake.
For 2019 our goals are 1) continued maintenance to the give new plants in the restored areas a chance against weeds and invasive plants and summer drought and 2) open a new area on the west side (adjacent to Aurora Ave) where the Himalayan blackberry canes are at their densest.
Our March work party will move to the third Saturday for a special planting event:
We have over 60 barefoot plants to get in the ground that are being donated by the King Conservation District.
We need lots of help!
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