Monday, November 14, 2011

November 9th, 2011 Workday

existing conditions of tanyard creek taken from pope st. the area to the right of the black silt fence in this picture is the site for the proposed garden.

A view of the church and playground after plant removal.

Students are deciding which plants to start on!

Jason & Andrew digging up kudzu and making sure to remove all the roots.
Jason is working hard.

Sean is digging  a small trench to delineate the garden area and keep weeds from spreading.

Haddie is working on a planting bed here.


Students are working together to remove invasives.

Andrew is hard at work making sure to dig up the entire root!

Quite a brush pile of invasive exotics!

Trash pile!
Last year's class dug out a drainage path for a rain garden. here, Hattie transplants some yarrow, a medicinal plant used as herbal "stitches" to heal cuts.
A view looking away from Ben's Bikes.

Students working together to remove the plants.


This a view of the first day's work accomplishments.

This view is looking to Ben's Bikes from the park area.


This is another view looking to Ben's Bikes.

Jason and Zach plot what move to make next.

A clean Site!

What a trash pile!



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