GROUNDS & BEAUTIFICATION
Thank you G&B for trimming the grasses and putting up the Christmas wreath at the front entrance.
Project Coordinators:
Tammy (Adopt-A-Road) crum2@webtv.net
(CBT Grant/Tree Planting)
SUB-SECTIONS OF G&B ARE:
- Adopt-A-Road,
- Adopt-A-Pond (See photo page),
- Morse Lane Beautification, and
- HOA Open Space & Critical Areas (Includes Trail/Tree Development and Maintenance)
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G&B COMMITTEE; ONGOING/CURRENT PROJECTS:
I. ADOPT-A-POND (Pilot Program)
Thanks again to the many people who volunteered to be a part of our new Adopt-A-Pond team for Beachwood. Our community has 7 ponds, but all have not been turned over to us yet. We are hoping to start our first pond #3 & 3A near Blue Crab Court. Darin Crew of HRWA will be helping us plan a pond landscaping plan for Spring 2004. After all seven ponds are turned over to us, our hope is that the homeowners closest to each pond will maintain and monitor their pond.
Involves: Remove unsightly vines and plants; Remove trash; and inspect the pond annually to ensure proper drainage and prevent flooding; Why? Mosquitoes often breed in small pockets of water that collect in trash and debris. Your pond will look beautiful and neat with LANDSCAPED plants and flowers; MULCH IS ALLOWED, but plastic is not. Also, the ponds play a major role in your local creek's water quality (Back River) and plays a major role in keeping our air clean.
Incentives:
Free trees, plants and other supplies; team leaders will receive a free rain barrel from living classrooms; The Herring Run Watershed Association will work with you one-on-one to:
- Provide tools, materials, and technical expertise;
II. ADOPT-A-ROAD The HOA has adopted a one mile area along Morse Lane, indicated by the Adopt-A-Road signs. INCENTIVES: Gloves, bags for trash and recycling, safety brochures and safety signs are provided free of charge from DPW.
The HOA has adopted a one mile area along Morse Lane, indicated by the Adopt-A-Road signs. INCENTIVES: Gloves, bags for trash and recycling, safety brochures and safety signs are provided free of charge from DPW. We are required to provide a report to DPW of at least four clean-ups a year of this area and so we have a regular schedule for these clean-ups in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.
G&B ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
The Morse Lane Tree Plantings (May 2004 & October 2003) went very well. We started both around 8AM on a Saturday and finished planting, mulching, and clean-up by 12:30 the same day. We have a water meter and permission from Baltimore County to use the fire hydrants for watering these areas.
WATERING: Depends on weather;
MULCH: We still need help with mulch for these areas along Morse Lane. We are allowed to mulch over the unsightly rocks, up to the asphalt.
We do understand some people had prior engagements, or physical limitations, etc., but we would like to thank Donna Auvil for volunteering her wheelbarrow, and Bob Bethke, Mike Jarrett, and Charles Mason who volunteered for Sunday, if needed.
Thanks to all who helped with planting the trees and shrubs: Juan, Joe Bossalina, Paul Polasky, Tammy Crumley, John Sappington, Harry and Alex Delair, Stacy and Cortney Patterson, John and Sandy Wazalewski, Mel Noland of the Baltimore County Forestry Board, Teacher Sam Wyncoop and three students from Sparrows Point Hight School. Also thanks to several representatives from DNR and DEPRM for their guidance, and
A BIG THANK YOU TO
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TRUST,
FOR PROVIDING THE FUNDS TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT.
If you would like to participate in any way with the Grounds & Beautification Committee, feel free to contact Tammy Crum2@webtv.net and MRA.
