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As
we reported in our last newsletter, late summer will
find members of the Providence Garden Club of Pennsylvania
planting native grasses, perennials and shrubs in the
meadow behind the public use wing of the Cusano Environmental
Education Building (CEEC). The club approved up to $600
to purchase plants that will complete the planned landscaping
on this tract. Additional funds will come from the Friends
of the Heinz Refuge, should they be needed.
Following
a landscaping plan developed by Andropogon Associates
as part of the design phase of the CEEC, the garden
club will begin its work during the second week in September.
The Fish & Wildlife Service will assist by helping
to prepare the area during the week prior to the planting
date. Help will be needed on Saturday, September 14th
by Trail Tamers and other interested volunteers as hundreds
of plants are put into the ground.
Nurseries
supplying plants for the project are North Creek Nurseries,
and Octoraro Native Plant Nursery.
An
interpretive brochure on the types, and benefits of
native plants included in this landscaping project,
will be produced after the planting effort has been
completed, and will be made available to visitors within
the year. To register to participate in this event,
please contact the information desk at the CEEC. (215-365-3118)
This
event will occur on our regular "Second Saturday"
trail maintenance day.
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A
Floating Gift
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Friends members Jim and Nancy Curley talk with
Friends President Jean Diehl about the canoe they
donated to the Friends.
Photo
By: Bill Church
In
our last issue we published a request for the
donation of a canoe to replace the one which was
so badly damaged that it needed to be scrapped.
Almost immediately Friends member, Nancy Curley
called to tell us that she and her husband, Jim,
were about to grant this wish. Thanks to the generosity
of the Curley's, our canoe fleet is back up to
full capacity, ready and waiting to go when we
have our next refuge canoe tour in October.
Walmart
Supports
Environmental Education
The
Walmart store in Eddystone recently donated $500
to the Friends of the Heinz Refuge, with the funds
to be used for the Earth Stewards program. Store
Manager, Reggie Smith, worked with Board Member,
Marie Koegel to facilitate the donation.
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