Aloha Wright Grants for 2008
Downtown Kingston Association - April 2008
The Kingston Garden Club
has awarded a $500 Community Beautification grant to the Downtown Kingston
Association. The money will be used to purchase ground cover and plants to
beautify the planting strips along West Kingston Road.
Perennials, which will receive the excess water from the hanging baskets, will be planted near each lamppost and the remainder of the planting strips will be filled with a ground cover called Rubus calycinoides or Ornamental Raspberry. This drought tolerant ground cover turns a vivid red in the fall and sports white flowers with amber fruits in the late spring.
The planting and maintaining of the parking strips will be a group effort by several organizations including the Downtown Kingston Association, Kingston Rotary and the horticulture class from Spectrum High School. Several businesses have contributed to the project, including Savage Plants, Emu Topsoil and McClain Landscaping.
Aloha Wright Grants for 2007
David Wolfle Elementary – 2007
Develop a native plant garden with raised beds in the shape of the sun. The area is going to be used as an outside classroom to enforce math and science objectives. Plants and trees will be tagged to teach students our native plants and ethnobotany as well as a love of gardening. This area will also provide an alternative for students who prefer to sit in quiet surroundings to read and/or write.
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Aloha Wright Grants for 2006
Stillwaters Environmental Education Center – 2006
Remove non-native invasive plants in the watershed of Carpenter Creek and replace with appropriate native plants. This is one portion of a larger, funded project to place large woody debris in the salt marsh and along the lower section of Carpenter Creek.
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David Wolfle Elementary School - 2006
Renovation of nature trail and outdoor education classroom, including clearing, widening trail, re-establishing pond, paving trail for wheelchair/handicap accessibility.
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Richard Gordon Elementary - 2006
The school planted bulbs and plants along the pathway from Barber Cut-Off Road to the entrance of the school.
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