PROJECTS
2015
LINCHESTER MILL PROJECT —
BIS members were
invited to plant a garden at the Linchester Mill “Miller’s
House” on the mill campus at Preston, MD. The plot was
inundated with wire grass, so the area was sprayed with
roundup a couple of weeks in advance of preparing the ground
in July. Then we did the hard work of digging out as much of
the grass as we could before fertilizing and mulching the
garden plot in anticipation of planting irises later. We
used rhizomes that were left over from our 2nd Annual
Rhizome Sale in late August, and planted them in September.
It took three work sessions to complete the project.
We all look forward to seeing them grow and bloom as
we maintain the garden!
POTTED PLANT PROJECT
—
After we planted leftover
irises at Linchester Mill, we still had irises left.
John Iwanski and Chuckie offered to pot them up and
place them in local nurseries on consignment.
The nurseries can sell them for whatever they
want, and will pay BIS just $3 per plant that they sell.
Great idea, John, and thanks for potting them
up, you two!
FUTURE PROJECTS PRESTON POST OFFICE — The Post Office in Preston has an empty garden space in front of the building and BIS has been given permission to plant it with irises! We think a mass planting of Helen Collingwood will look great blooming in front of the brick building and plan to plant it in 2016. Maybe a border of Maui Moonlight in front.
PRESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
—
Preston School has a
neglected, traffic/parking lot island garden that the school
is anxious for BIS to renovate and plant with irises.
In the process, we hope to get a Classroom Iris
Project started at the school as well, then the students can
enter irises in our shows!
It is planned for our July, 2016 work meeting. |