Lowcountry Master Gardener Projects -Beaufort

BEAUFORT PROJECTS
Current Projects:

Beaufort County Buffer Demonstration Garden
Enviroscape
Habitat for Humanity
TCL Walking/Exercise Trail

For more information contact Beaufort Area Projects Coordinator: Wendy Wilson at wendywilson@hargray.com.

Hello Master Gardeners and Interns,

Happy Holidays everyone.......well need to work off those extra calories and the Buffer Garden project is just the place.  We really need your help, so please try to come.  Many hands make light work!!

We have scheduled our first work day(s) of the new year for Friday, January 18th, and for those who cannot come on that date, for Saturday, January 19th, from 9:30 until noon.

We will attempt to have a truck load of mulch to spread, but there is still a great deal of work to be done in removing the myrtle that has become so invasive, as well as weeding, pruning, and relocating some of the plants and shrubs.

We have made great inroads in reclaiming the Garden, but we still have a lot of work to do. 

The fire ants dont seem to have hibernated this year, so wear appropriate shoes and socks.  Bring your wheel barrows, loppers, pruners, chain saws, shovels and spading forks.  Whatever works for you.

Hope to see you then.

Sandra Educate and Carolyn Adelman

MASTER GARDENERS DIG IN WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TO BEAUTIFY BEAUFORT LANDSCAPE

        Beaufort, SC, 1/31/08—The Lowcountry Master Gardener Association (LMGA) is partnering with Lowcountry Habitat for Humanity in landscaping two newly completed projects in the City of Beaufort.

     On Feb. 6^th at 9:30 AM, local Master Gardeners will be joined by members of the Dataw Garden Club to install plants at the recently completed Apostles Build Home on the corner of Prince and Hamar Sts.  Additionally on Feb. 9^th at 10 AM, LMGA volunteers will share their time and expertise with residents of houses renovated in the Northwest Quadrant through the City of Beaufort’s Block-by-Block program.

For More Information:
CONTACT   Bobbie Bryson
DAYS:     843-705-3820
CELL:    914-629-7484
EMAIL:    lmgapress@gmail.com

Beaufort County Buffer Demonstration Garden
Can you DIG it? LMGA goes native.

Would you like to learn more about native plants? The Lowcountry Master Gardener Association is restoring the Beaufort County Buffer Demonstration Garden, located at the Beaufort County Municipal Complex on Highway 21 and Ribaut Road.   Planted in 2002 through a grant from the State Forestry Service, the Buffer Garden demonstrates how native plants are used to create a natural habitat for our wildlife, provide a beautiful natural vista, and protect our waterways by minimizing storm water run-off.  The landscape design incorporates 48 species of native and tropical trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennials.

Martha Jamison, Jim Lorenz, Laura Lee Rose, Ed Pappas, Dora Sauls, Sandra Educate, Scottie Dudley, and Bill Moss still smiling after a hard day of work!

Master Gardeners and Interns have spent more than 170 hours removing salt myrtle and other invasive plants.  What once was an impenetrable screen of shrubbery is now shaping up to be a natural garden with a view of beautiful Battery Creek.  Volunteers have uncovered innumerable treasures including saw and dwarf palmettos, African iris, beauty berry bushes, cassia, firebush,  rain lilies, rabbit tobacco, thryallis, and many more.   We are working hard to mark each of these “treasure” plants so others will get to enjoy them.  The goal of the Buffer project committee is to restore the main area of the Buffer to its original form and to establish a maintenance program.
 If you would like to learn more about native plants or simply want to join the fun, e-mail Carolyn Adelman at carolyn_adelman@msn.com, or Sandra Educate at silkroads@sbcglobal.net. 

Martha Jamison and Scottie Dudley haul off brush.	Ed Pappas compacting debris.  This is one of 15 truckloads removed from the site.
Jim Lorenz, Laura Lee Rose, Marian Rollings, and Ed Pappas spread mulch	Gloria Cartwright and Martha Jamison do the heavy work while Dora Sauls supervises