Thoughts of Spring!!!
by Alice Salmans, Chairman of the Clubhouse Landscaping Committee
Just picture a hillside bursting with the color of daffodils and hyacinths! Come spring at the Yankee Lake Road side of the clubhouse, this picture will become a reality.
Cathy Dawkins and I have just finished planting 100 King Alfred daffodils (giant yellow trumpets), 100 mixed variety daffodils, and 100 Wood Hyacinths (white, pink, and purple). Along with the variety of blooming ground covers, our corner will be something to smile at. A picture of this display will be entered in the Sullivan Renaissance flower display competition. Who knows? Maybe we will win and get more grant funds for more flowers!!
I hope you have been enjoying your rain garden and the new trees and shrubs planted along North Shore Drive. Thanks to the Sullivan Renaissance grant funds this year, as well as your support and donations, we have been able to continue to make incremental improvements to the clubhouse property.
Next year we are taking a big step and entering one of the competitive categories in the Sullivan Renaissance Grant Programs, which may involve two landscape/hardscape elements: a flagpole and a patio area. I welcome volunteers to help put together the grant application, which includes the design of the elements, as well as support to implement the plan in the spring.
If you are interested, please contact me by clicking this link, or call 845-888-5777.
A Rain Garden at the YLPA Clubhouse
An environmental grant of $500 has been awarded to the YLPA to build a rain garden to help with the erosion that we are experiencing at the top of North Shore Drive. Information on how to build a rain garden can be found at this link, but you can follow along with our plan as we build our own. A pictorial progression along with our plan follows. If you have any questions, please call Alice Salmans at 888-5777 or click this link to send me your questions.
Lower
Level Terracing
Laying
Stone for the Walkway
