Historical December 1997 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Beautification Committee of the SDCC met recently to plan its agenda for the coming year.
The Committee intends to apply for another grant for the McPherson Community Garden.
There is a waiting list of neighbors anxious to have a bed to plant and Committee Chair Andy Cross will try to get sufficient funds to create 10 more beds. Avid gardeners planned to assemble at the site on Nov. 1 to clean out the beds for the winter.
The Committee will start meeting again in late January to lay the groundwork for the next growing season. Kiki Chavez has spearheaded the creation of a little garden at Westminster and DesPeres, Work started this spring and the garden will soon double in size. Mrs. Chavez would love to obtain bulbs of any kind to plant in this garden. Block Unit 1035 from DeGiverville is also creating new gardens. Project chairperson Ronie Haliburton has received a grant from Operation Brightside that will enable flowers to be planted in a pocket park at the circle where Waterman, DeGiverville, and Laurel intersect, This block unit is also creating another community garden across from the Hamilton School at Laurel and Westminster. Project members plan to plant flowers and vegetables at this site. Mary Ann Rudloff and Catherine Forslund had worked on the pocket park at Pershing and DesPeres. Regrettably, an errant lawnmower removed the effects of their efforts but the Committee plans to do more work there this spring. Metropolis, a group of young adults dedicated to boosting city living, have begun a project at both the Delmar and Forest Park MetroLink stations.
On November 8 and 9 they will plant daffodil bulbs there and welcome additional volunteers to assist them. Andy Cross mentioned that the Committee is always looking for people to water and pull weeds at Four Corners.
He is grateful to those who helped this summer. Cross mentioned that it only takes about a half hour to water there.
He has also been involved In a personal project of beautification.
He has created the new mural at the Stella Maris Daycare Center at DeBaliviere and Delmar.
If you would like to join the Beautification Committee or would like additional information, call the SDCC at 862-5122.
Original photograph caption
Ready for gardening,beautification volunteers gather in the brilliant sun for a group picture. Photographer not credited.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1997.
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