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Neighbor Comments on Playfield Reclamation
The landscape committee serves at the request of the Board of Directors and welcomes the participation of all residents interested in preserving and improving our natural and landscaped areas. Committee members are all volunteers, with member-selected chairpersons. The board appoints a board member to act as coordinator and to attend the meetings. Meeting schedules and meeting minutes are posted to the web site. Please contact any of the current committee members with questions and suggestions; current contact information is listed below.
What the landscape committee does:
Proposes projects and recommends budgets to the board for needed natural area and landscaped area improvements and maintenance
Disseminates information and reports on the goals, objectives and procedures of the landscape management plan, including the use of native plants and the removal of exotic invasives
Shares responsibility for care and maintenance of trees with Capital Assets Committee and coordinates the activities of the Landscape Contractor
Organizes tasks and activities for resident volunteers participating in cluster-wide Spring Work Day, usually held in mid-to-late April, and Fall Work Day, in mid-to-late October. Whenever special projects are identified, the committee assembles an appropriate team of committee members and residents to execute an approved plan
Undertakes significant pruning projects to improve health and appearance of established plants in landscaped areas; conducts an annual hands-on pruning workshop, with a consulting certified arborist, for the benefit and education of interested residents.
Please note: ONLY committee-sanctioned pruning of trees and shrubs or removal of ground covers on cluster property is permitted.
Reviews and approves requests and plans proposed by individual residents for planting on cluster property, including the proposed maintenance of those plantings
Assists in organizing neighbors to participate in Adopt-A-Spot projects for selection, planting, and maintenance of new committee-sponsored landscaping
Active Landscape Committee Members
Other members include Bruce Geyman, Janice Collins, Laura and Bil Barber, Marge Carrico, Mike Coplen.
What the landscape committee does:
Proposes projects and recommends budgets to the board for needed natural area and landscaped area improvements and maintenance
Disseminates information and reports on the goals, objectives and procedures of the landscape management plan, including the use of native plants and the removal of exotic invasives
Shares responsibility for care and maintenance of trees with Capital Assets Committee and coordinates the activities of the Landscape Contractor
Organizes tasks and activities for resident volunteers participating in cluster-wide Spring Work Day, usually held in mid-to-late April, and Fall Work Day, in mid-to-late October. Whenever special projects are identified, the committee assembles an appropriate team of committee members and residents to execute an approved plan
Undertakes significant pruning projects to improve health and appearance of established plants in landscaped areas; conducts an annual hands-on pruning workshop, with a consulting certified arborist, for the benefit and education of interested residents.
Please note: ONLY committee-sanctioned pruning of trees and shrubs or removal of ground covers on cluster property is permitted.
Reviews and approves requests and plans proposed by individual residents for planting on cluster property, including the proposed maintenance of those plantings
Assists in organizing neighbors to participate in Adopt-A-Spot projects for selection, planting, and maintenance of new committee-sponsored landscaping
Active Landscape Committee Members
| Sheila Barrows Nancy & Roger Brown Liz Denton Joan Kenney Karen Noel, Chair Judy Over Anne Overbey Eileen Roehr Charlie Saunders Karen Wilkens | 703.318.9281 11448 OL 703.435.9671 11412 OL 405.308.1610 11426 OL 703.437.3415 11444 OL 703.437.1076 11426 WV 303.519.0613 11408 OL 703.437.0445 11472 OL 703.481.5419 11452 OL 571.375.0478 11446 OL 703.929.5465 11467 WV | smbarrows@aol.com rbrown9@aol.com lizdenton1@mac.com joan.craig.kenney@gmail.com knowitt@comcast.net judy.over@gmail.com atoverbey@comcast.net eileenroehr@gmail.com baskervyl@aol.com karenewilkens@yahoo.com |
Get Involved with our ‘Adopt-A-Spot’ Program
Please contact a committee member to identify cluster “Spots” in need of maintenance and improvement OR to learn how you can help.Current Adopt-a-Spot volunteers, as of May 1, 2012:
New plantings at North Shore entry, WV side
Committee contact: Karen Noel
Neighbors: Catherine Zipf, Prudhomme family
New plantings to replace removals due to RELAC problems, lower OL side:
Committee contact: Judy and Steve Over, Nancy and Roger Brown
Neighbors: Lynn and Phil Lillienthal, Arlene Olkin, Mike and Baba Freeman
New plantings, Upper OL
Committee contact: Karen Noel
Neighbors: Anne Overbey, Bud and Susan Burwell
Other individual residents participate in maintaining selected landscaped areas:
Raj and Jennifer Banga, Sheila Barrows, Jean Boston, Susan and Bud Burwell, Patricia DeGuzman, Liz and Jack Denton, John Fry and Cheryll Chew, Bruce Geyman, Bill and Helen Hauser, Bobbie and Dick Kennedy, Joan Kenney, Ken Kneuven, Alejo Pesce and Theresa Monturano, Brad Ripley, Charlie and Mary Saunders
There are many more spots ready for ‘Adoption’. Please contact us to get involved.
Our Contractors and Consultants
Cardinal Landscaping
Responsible for turf cutting and maintenance; hedge pruning; mulching and weeding of landscape beds; hedge trimming; poison ivy eradication adjacent to pedestrian and play areas; autumn leaf removal
Care of Trees
Responsible for tree care; removal of trees posing a threat to property and human safety; emergency services to repair storm damage; administration of our plant health care program, which includes the application of specially formulated compost teas to selected landscaped area trees
Fine Pruning / Peter Deahl, Certified Arborist
Provides specialty pruning, tree health consultation; conducts our annual pruning and training workshop
Responsible for turf cutting and maintenance; hedge pruning; mulching and weeding of landscape beds; hedge trimming; poison ivy eradication adjacent to pedestrian and play areas; autumn leaf removal
Care of Trees
Responsible for tree care; removal of trees posing a threat to property and human safety; emergency services to repair storm damage; administration of our plant health care program, which includes the application of specially formulated compost teas to selected landscaped area trees
Fine Pruning / Peter Deahl, Certified Arborist
Provides specialty pruning, tree health consultation; conducts our annual pruning and training workshop