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C O M P L E T E D 2019 P R O J E C T S

2019 Project Committee Director: Dee Hubbert

SMG 2019 Projects List

City of Tuscumbia Parks and Recreation Department, Multipurpose Center- Brenda Bradford
Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation- Betty Balch
Safe Place Project- Kaye Hillis
Threadgill School Project- Cam Jones
Gleaning Project - Tim & Debbie O'Donnell
Rogersville Public Library- Audrey White

Workday: Rogersville Library, Wednesday, April 3, 2019

A workday is scheduled at the Rogersville Library on Wednesday, April 3 at 9:00. The major task will be adding some soil and spreading mulch. There are also several plants that need significant trimming. Any help will be greatly appreciated. (The Library is located on Bank Street, the first street on the left after the stop light going east.)

Workday: SMG Nursery, 9:00 am, Wednesday March 27, 2019

Dee Hubbert has requested a need for clean up our storage sheds! We need to take all the wood planks and sell them or something since we won't be needing them anymore for our plant sale. Just a lot of moving and cleaning out so we'll need a few strong backs!

Workday: Woodmont Baptist East Campus, March 23, 2019

There will be a work day Saturday, March 23 at 8:00, at the East Campus of Woodmont Baptist church. We will be trimming, raking and whatever else needed. Remember this is where we meet monthly, so we need to give back by helping out.

Workday: Ivy Green PART II, Saturday, March 23, 2019

Please join us for a workday at Ivy Green this Saturday, March 23, starting at 9:00. We will there again, this Saturday, March 23, 9:00 working to continue cleaning out the bed. We also need some help pruning the Annabelle and Limelight hydrangeas. The workday coordinator is Betty Balch.Bring your pruners, digging tools (garden forks work best), and pails or bags for rescued plants. Please park across the street from the front entrance or in the back of the property behind the stage.

Workday: Ivy Green, March 16, 2019

Please join us for a workday at Ivy Green this Saturday, March 16, 2019 , starting at 9:00. Our primary task will be to clean out and remove the perennials in the butterfly garden that we planted around 10 years ago. The garden has an abundance of red canna lilies, blue asters, bronze fennel, penta, salvia, and pink cone flowers. We will replace the perennials with low maintenance shrubs at the next workday. The workday coordinator is Betty Balch. Bring your pruners, digging tools (garden forks work best), and pails or bags for rescued plants. Please park across the street from the front entrance or in the back of the property behind the stage.

Work Day: Pat's Place Community Garden

First workday of 2019 accomplished a lot! The raised beds at Pat's Place Community Gardens on Veterans Drive got cleaned out and prepared for the 2019 growing season. The rains held off long enough that about 2/3rd of the beds were prepped. We will revisit this project soon! Thanks to John Norton for his leadership on this workday.

Dec 26, 2019 Workday: Community Gardens Decommissioned!

John Norton directs the decommissioning of the “Community Gardens” at the Extension office. Heavy equipment made short work of a very large job and easily lifted and hauled away the bed boxes.

Entrance to Spring Park - Phase I 2019, Dwight James

Recently Master Gardener Intern Dwight James ask the City of Tuscumbia if he could plant some flowers and maintain the bed at the entrance to Spring Park, what started as a planter being maintained turned into the letters on the sign being repainted. And then the city showed up and installed a new Stop Sign! Watch the progress and growth of the beautiful marigolds. Even those world famous Spring Park geese seem to enjoy the refurbished entrance to the park.

Entrance to Spring Park - Phase II 2019,

Dwight James

Master Gardener intern Dwight James started the transition of removing the dead Spring & Summer plantings of Marigolds to preparing and planting the Fall & Winter planting of Majestic Giants variety of pansies.....

Community Gardens Cleanup - July 31, 2019

John Norton, Tony Langley and Dwight James hold a morning clean up at the “Community Gardens” at the Extension office.....all of the walkways are now clear and have been weedeated and excess residue hauled away.

Tennessee Valley Art Association Museum - Lisa Maples

SMG volunteers met at the Tennessee Valley Art Association Museum of Art building May 23, 2019 to "boldly go where no Master Gardener has gone before!" The large crew made short work of the aged bed bringing them in to the 21st century. Lisa Maples coordinated this crew that included several interns. It was an excellent project that was enjoyed throughly. The before/after photos show what a major improvement was made. And the TVAA Director, Mary Settle Cooney, was thrilled and was so sincerely appreciative of the work done.

The most fantastic crew ever! Thanks bunches to each of you.

Back row: Dennis Balch, Linda Brewer, Cynthia Kershaw, Mary Summy, Paula Offutt, Paula Kelly, Preston Hillis, James Huff

Middle row: Betty Balch, Kaye Hillis

Kneeling: Lisa Maples, Barbara Walthour

Before / After

Threadgill Primary School - Cam Jones

We worked on May 24, 2019 (the 17th conflicted with the SMG trip to the botanic gardens and Lynn Wilsons great grandson’s graduation from kindergarten). It started out hot and got hotter. Priority #1 was build three 6'x3' raised beds and fill with compost. Mission accomplished! Thanks to Cam Jones for her excellent leadership and for bringing her hardworking family along to help.

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