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Adopt-a-Street cleanup on Hill Street

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

AGW’s new Volunteer Coordinator Alex Martin worked with Chamber of Commerce Adopt-a-Street volunteers to clean up Hill Street on August 20. Working with Alex were Dianna Pierce, Tim Lee, Carli Adams and 5 other Chamber staff. They set a great example for other Adopt-a-Street groups by doing very regular cleanups. They picked up 10 bags of trash and recyclables.


Creating a new community garden in the Burton Street Community

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Thanks to a Weed & Seed Grant, the Burton Street Community has been able to set up a new community garden. Asheville GreenWorks was on hand to assist:

August 10: Carolina Canopy “Urban Landscaping Update” workshop at NC Arboretum

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Join us inside on this hot summer day to learn about using edible plants in the urban landscape and integrated pest management. Landscapers, urban foresters, professional gardeners, nurserymen and plants people alike are encouraged to attend, with continuing education credits available.

This workshop is co-sponsored by the NC Urban Forest Council, NC Cooperative Extension and Asheville GreenWorks.

AGENDA

8:30 am – 9:00 am REGISTRATION
9:00 am – 10:00 am Using Edible Plants in the Landscape
Sheila Dunn, Extension Master Gardener
10:00 am – 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 am – 11:15 am What’s Up with Those Honeybees?
Diane Almond, Local Beekeeper
11:15 am – 12:15 pm Integrated Pest Management
Stephen Toth, IPM Coordinator and Extension Entomologist, NCSU
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH, provided
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Policy Update on the Landscape Contractors License,
Review of LEEDS Certification and the Sustainable Sites Initiative
Panel Discussion: Stephanie Pankiewicz, LandDesign,
Cliff Ruth, Extension Agent
and Amanda Stone, Extension Agent
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Sudden Oak Death Update
Steve Oak, Forest Pathologist, US Forest Service



The following continuing education credits are available for attendees: 2 NC Pesticide credits in categories GLNODX and ISA Credits.

REGISTRATION

Registration is $30 for NCUFC members, and $40 for non-members. Please download and print the registration leaflet and mail it with your registration fee to

NCUFC
PO Box 25852
Winston-Salem, NC 27114

LOCATION

NC Arboretum
100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way
Asheville, NC
828.665.2492 or www.ncarboretum.org

Get directions with Google Maps.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Call 828.255.5522 or e-mail Amanda Stone at NC State or Bill Hascher at Biltmore.

Tops for Shoes receives August Environmental Excellence Award

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Occupying nearly half a block In the heart of downtown Asheville, Tops for Shoes is well-known to residents and visitors alike. It receives our August Environmental Excellence Award for outstanding flowers and street cleanup.

Tops for Shoes


Summer campers replant playground at Lake Julian Park

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

As part of the Asheville GreenWorks beautification program at Lake Julian Park, Lutheridge Summer Campers visiting from Milwaukee worked to replant all around the playground.


Planting near I-240 exit in downtown Asheville

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Members of Highland Christian Church teamed up with Asheville GreenWorks and Freckle Farm Landscaping to plant above the Patton Ave. exit.


Planting and Mulching at Lake Julian Park

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Asheville-South Rotary worked with Asheville GreenWorks to plant and mulch at Lake Julian Park in July. Together with landscaper Eric Edwards, they planted sourwood, cherry and holly all around the park.



Alcan Packaging employees planting on Patton Ave overlook

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

As part of Asheville GreenWorks’ continued efforts to beautify the overlook next to the Patton Avenue I-240 exit downown, employees of Alcan Packaging Inc. volunteered to plant day lilies:


Planting the Patton Avenue exit hill

Monday, July 19th, 2010

The Patton Avenue exit to I-240 is often a visitor’s first sight of downtown Asheville. Together with local volunteers, Asheville GreenWorks has been replanting the hill above the exit. Here’s a gallery of Lake Junaluska Summer Campers planting this month:


Preserving Griffing Boulevard Neighborhood Park

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

At the Asheville Parks Examiner, Kristina Toombs writes about Asheville GreenWorks’ thirty years of maintaining Griffing Boulevard Neighbourhood Park:

An Asheville, North Carolina neighborhood and a non-profit organization preserve Griffing Boulevard Neighborhood Park as a sanctuary of roses and memorial trees. The .08 acre park, located in the median of Griffing Boulevard in North Asheville, is highly regarded around town for its rose garden. The home owners of Griffing Boulevard, Asheville GreenWorks, and the City of Asheville make a community effort to maintain the rose garden, grass, and trees…

With expert landscapers, Asheville GreenWorks ensures the park stays pristine. Colin Stone, a young landscaper, is seen regularly weeding the beds. Each spring, Melonye Trivett, former head gardener at the Biltmore Estate Rose Garden, prunes and replants any roses that need care.

“I’ve always enjoyed working with Susan [Roderick] and Asheville GreenWorks…They are willing to do what others are not,“ says Melonye Trivett. “…green spaces are good spaces.”

Read the full piece and see a slideshow of the park in full bloom at the Asheville Parks Examiner site.