The Grantsburg Library garden project is moving along. The sculpture of two children reading a book on a bench, donated by Bruce Erickson of the Friends of the Library, was installed this spring by the Village maintenance crew and a rain garden was begun with the help of Matt Berg's high school science class (see photos at the end of this post) after which edging bull nose pavers and mulch were installed by the Village maintenance crew. A path to the sculpture intended to give children easy access without stepping on plants was put in by Pam and Georgianne using flagstones donated by Georgianne. All this was done in time for the Library addition open house on April 21!
Now we move on to Phase II, getting the woody ornamental in, or at least most of them. Georgianne and Pam visited WRGC on Thursday, April 30 to select plants. After a brief rest and lunch they set to work laying out and planting.
Setting out pots to see what works. Hope we made good choices!!
Georgianne planting Juniper
Georgianne working hard on the other end of the garden!
Isn't this a great pot? We are hoping Linnea will want to put her vast container garden talents to work planting this wonderful planter we found at WRGC!!
Pam stopping for a water break! Being the photographer is hard work!
Piles of earth everywhere!
Still more to plant? Oh my gosh, will we ever get done? Burgers at Dreamers tonight!
Check out these pictures of the kids that came to help us get the rain garden drainage rock in place.
The students, Matt, Georgianne and Pam.
It was a chilly day but perfect for hard work. The front end loader helped a little too!! Matt's class had been learning about water sheds and the importance of providing an alternative to letting rainwater- runoff wash pollutants from our streets into the Wood and St. Croix Rivers. Putting in the drainage pit for our rain garden was the perfect project!
The first shovels full of earth were removed. A rain spout coming off the roof of the building and draining into the garden space made this a perfect spot for a rain garden.
The kids work hard digging a big pit by hand that was then filled with pea gravel and larger river rock to drain away rain from the drain spout to keep it from flooding the garden and running off into the street. Thanks kids, we couldn't have done it without you and thanks Georgianne for your wonderful idea to get Matt's class involved in this project! We couldn't have done it without them The kids even documented the project with photos and video!
Phase III of the Library garden project will be getting herbaceous ornamentals selected and planted! Donations of plants are being accepted!
Drive by the library and check it out. Let us know if you'd like to lend a hand. And stay tuned for the latest updates!
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