South Glastonbury ~ Main St.
The greening of South Glastonbury |
In the fall of 2005, Glastonbury Partners in
Planting began the South Glastonbury project hoping to add
some ‘green’ to all the paved areas in the Village.
'Partnering with the Town Parks and Recreation Department we
planted 17 trees, including 2 disease-resistant Valley
Forge Elms, along the street and in the parking lots. Local
businesses agreed to sponsor 19 summer annual-filled planters
and 3 benches were placed to encourage walkers in the
shopping area.
GPIP also partnered with the non-profit South Glastonbury
Library to renovate the foundation plantings with
historically authentic boxwoods. Bob Shipman's landscape
design also added 5 trees including an elm. In the fall of 2006 GPIP members and
volunteers from the Library Board installed bluestone (paid
for by the Library) under the drip line along both sides of
the building to make maintenance easier for the volunteers. - Chairperson: Dale Chiffer |
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Above, a few of the 19 planters in South
Glastonbury. |
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A very special thank you to our sponsoring
partners for this project:
• Rockville Bank $1000 donation
• Ed Kamis $500 donation
Also to the planter sponsors:
• Framing by Gordon
• Carrie Draghi Photography
• Gardiner’s Market
• Harpo’s Bakery
• Brian Chiffer, DMD
• South Main Tavern
• Donna & Company Hair Designs
GPIP volunteers placed benches in front of Gardiners, near
Harpo’s and at St. Luke’s Church. The Gino Draghi Family
sponsored one of the benches in honor of his parents;
Claude-Evelyn Odiaka sponsored a bench in memory of her
brother and sister. One bench is still available for
sponsorship.
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