Site/garden work party coming up this Saturday!

This Saturday from 9-3, we'll be holding a site/garden work party at the University Campus. For those of you interested in knowing what we'll be doing, here's a draft "punch list" of tasks that I've assembled. Please keep in mind that this list can (and likely will) change as we get closer to the actual day. I hope you can join us, as we have a long list of tasks, and hope to make a huge difference in the feel and functionality of the site.

K/1 playscape

Demo

-Remove boat

-Remove hay bales

-Cut back any plant that is extending into the walking space defined for children

-Prune grape vines, native plants bushes, lemon tree, apple tree, all other plants

-Remove and compost any rotting apples/ lemons

-Remove plywood scraps at the south end

-Remove all debris at the north end by the metal shed

Build

-Repair/oil vises for woodworking station

-Build a fence where the hay bales and wine barrels currently are

-Put a small table (or other item) off the back of the berm to break up the path

-Design a “create with nature zone” at the south end

-Install shade cover over outdoor classroom arbor, similar to the one above the Laurel Creek back door (corrugated plastic cover)

-Plant butterfly attracting flowers along the west fence

-Organize the trash, compost, and recycling.

-Create a more definite boundary b/n woodchips and sand

Middle School Deck

-Store all aquarium components in the shed (tools/filter from the very edge of bed closest to the stairs; tank; lights and hanger; nitrogen canister)

-Compost all dead plant next to disposal bins

-Remove the standing rectangular bed (formerly a water garden)

-Repurpose the barrels that have nothing growing in them

-Move the blue rain barrels to the storage area north of the K/1 playscape

-Remove the plastic pots that are sitting on the table near the shed

-Plant in the planters

-Remove rusty chairs

-Straighten out/arrange picnic tables for visual aesthetic

Other spaces

-Lincoln logs: create a station to cut these (Kate has template), and a storage unit outside the West wall of the art room

-Path between art room and cerrito - make it a rain garden: loosen the compacted earth and amend the soil (don’t damage the irrigation system!)

-fence off the area under the south stairs behind/around the playhouse

-Create improved privacy/barrier on fence behind building 1 using bamboo sheeting.