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By some trick of fate, I was offered the job of director of Whitesbog Village. I came to visit in the dark and saw moss, ferns, bogs, cranberries, trees and sand all around a quaint village of cedar clad cottages. In the middle of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, they have a historic general store full of jams and jellies and other goodies and I have an office in a tiny cottage where I can look out at the birds, hikers, horse-back riders, photographers and folks who visit everyday or for the first time since they were little and came here on a school field trip.<br />
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This overhead view shows the houses, factories, sheds, barns, cottages and ruins surrounded by forest and active cranberry bogs. The red roofs on the houses are striking against the cedar siding. Each of the buildings has been painstakingly rebuilt from the rotting wood remnants left from the days it was a ghost town before Whitesbog Preservation Trust started raising funds and applying for grants to help keep the buildings from collapsing.<br />
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I started photographing my first day there and have not stopped. I started posting to Instagram and found a collection of local photographers who post their images there using the hashtag #whitesbog<br />
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New Jersey's 2nd Saturday street fair on Haddon Avenue on October 10th </div>
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Collingswood is an adorable downtown with restraunts, thrift stores, art shops, ice cream parlors, cupcake-eries, and easy parking and crosswalks. It's a fun and laid-back family atmosphere and everyone is welcome! It's just off the Patco train stop at Collingswood and about a 10 minute drive from Philly.</div>
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allison o.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10995756643076345678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053491382497795367.post-15271961133217696752015-07-06T18:40:00.002-04:002015-07-06T18:40:26.425-04:00Rain Gardens for the Bays in Dover Delaware SchoolsOn Thursday I got to install a school <a href="http://delawarestatenews.net/schools/kids-plant-rain-garden-behind-dover-elementary-school/" target="_blank">wetland rain garden</a> I designed. We had 45 volunteers show up for the planting from small children to adults and professionals, all wanting to see the planting, learn what it is about and get their hands dirty and their feet wet!<br />
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It started raining about an hour into the set up and we waited out the hardest downpour, then got busy moving plants and laying out pathways. We placed 450 plants including all native to Delaware Coastal Plain species including rushes, sedges, grasses, perennials, shrubs and trees that will provide habitat for bees, birds and butterflies (as well as some frogs and salamanders).<br />
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The rain garden filters water running off of the roof of the school building, picking up pollutants along the way, as well as oil from the nearby parking lot. The storm water will collect in the rain garden and settle before infiltrating down into the soil, getting cleaned as it goes. Having a local place for rain to go is better than it running into a street drain where it sometimes ends up polluting a waterway.<br />
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The school principal was all about getting her hands dirty and she stayed out through the rain and bugs because she's a hiker and knows how important being close to nature is for kids today. As puddles formed from the rain, kids started splashing and kicking as well as digging holes in the dirt. Everyone left soaked but excited for the plants to grow to form a living classroom where everything is constantly moving and changing.<br />
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In the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/freshwatermussels?source=feed_text&story_id=848425861903277" target="_blank">first video</a> on our Facebook Page I'm walking around in the background looking for mussels in the Brandywine River and finding lots of live ones. These are not the edible kind that come from the ocean, but they are cool little mollusks that are living creatures in our natural areas.</div>
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The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/freshwatermussels?source=feed_text&story_id=848425861903277" target="_blank">second video</a> I shot while searching for mussles in the tributaries of the Schuylkill near Reading and Kutztown in PA and they are a rarer species. The mussel in the video was full of personality and as I was carrying him along, he was spitting and making noises and had his foot out on my palm. We collect a few to photograph and then put them back where we find them, usually in sandy creek beds with some refuge from flash floods and heavy sediment.</div>
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Who knew freshwater mussels are all around us and such <a href="http://molluskconservation.org/index.html" target="_blank">cool creatures</a>! </div>
allison o.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10995756643076345678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053491382497795367.post-6918879847974040872015-03-03T13:12:00.001-05:002015-03-03T13:14:22.068-05:00Getting Out On The Water Again to Find MusselsRecently I've been thinking about getting back out on the water and in the creek. Last week I attended a talk on <a href="http://www.delawareestuary.org/freshwater-mussels" target="_blank">freshwater mussels</a> in the Delaware Bay watershed system (our whole area). The talk was put on by <a href="http://www.delawareestuary.org/" target="_blank">The Partnership for the Delaware Estuary</a> and Dr. Danielle Kreeger presented on the ecosystem services the mussels provide, how they are doing in our area and what they could be doing if we helped support them. <br />
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They have a citizen science program where volunteers can report on the mussels (if any) they find in local waterways, look up the type of mussel in their guide book, and <a href="http://delawareestuary.org/mussel-survey-program" target="_blank">upload your findings to their website.</a> The facts on freshwater mussels (not the marine type mussels we eat), make you realize how cool they are, as water filtration systems and part of the ecosystem in the rivers and creeks.<br />
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I came across some pictures from kayaking on the Delaware and it made me miss the warm weather and being out on the water even more.<br />
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For now I get to look at the ice and snow on the Pompeston Creek and watch the ducks huddled together on a sheet of ice as the tide goes in and out.<br />
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The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phillytreekeepers" target="_blank">Tree Keepers </a> have been busy this year, attacking the area twice, clearing downed trees and invasive ground covers from the overgrown woodland paths. <br />
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Now you can see through the trees to the amazing Art Museum and Philadelphia skyline. The clearing also lets you see the historic trees that are quite beautiful, from the enormous sycamores, tulip trees, redwoods(?) and horse chestnuts to the smaller dogwoods, holly, cedar, oak and box.<br />
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You can also spot the native trees and shrubs that were buried under vines and bushes, like the toothache trees and ferns. <br />
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There are still a number of trees with broken limbs that make the path and walking areas a bit sketchy, and all of the area could use replanting and follow up clearing of English ivy, honeysuckle, Japanese knotweed and garlic mustard. The path surface is cracked and left in chunks of asphalt and the railing has been smashed by fallen trees over the years. <br />
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The birds, though, were still abundant and I saw a large number of cardinals, white-throated sparrows, Carolina chickadees, mourning doves and a Red-bellied woodpecker.<br />
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As I was walking away, I was formulating a plan to do some replanting with native shrubs and perennials to cover the ground and provide food for the birds. I don't think we get deer in this part of the park (so close to busy Kelly Drive), so I doubt the plants would have to deal with deer browse. I would be interested to see how they compete with the invasive vines and how the natives that are in there regenerate over time. The paths and railings would be a big job and probably take a big fundraising effort. Planting a demonstration bird habitat would be perfect for the upper hill behind <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LemonHill" target="_blank">Lemon Hill Mansion</a> and fit in with the programs <a href="https://www.facebook.com/birdphilly" target="_blank">Bird Philly</a> and Audubon are undertaking across the city.<br />
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Interested in getting involved? I'll be working with the <a href="http://lemonhillneighbors.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Lemon Hill Neighbors Association</a> to help clear and beautify the area with new plantings.<br />
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I'm also happy to have birders join me for the Bird Census, Saturday, January 10th at about 8 am. I usually start at the Kidney Bean garden at Poplar Drive and Poplar St., head to Lemon Hill Mansion, wind down the wooded path and head over to Boathouse Row to check out the water fowl and warm up with some coffee and snacks at <a href="http://www.cosmicfoods.com/" target="_blank">Cosmic Cafe </a>. Afterward, I forward the bird count and photographs to Keith Russell of the Audubon Society and he tallies them all up for the annual census. If you are interested in joining me, message me at allisonostertag@gmail.com.allison o.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10995756643076345678noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2053491382497795367.post-17283245124228962422014-12-03T20:17:00.000-05:002014-12-03T20:17:50.316-05:00Etsy Cabin Cozy Collection<div style="text-align: center;">
It's been a while since I pulled some of my favorite house items from Etsy together into a collection, but now that I'm done wedding planning, I have some time to think about nesting again. I love woodsy looking living spaces and these items seemed perfect for a cabin renovation , den or basement.</div>
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I stopped by the Queen Lane Bumpouts last Monday to check on the plants and it was raining pretty steadily for the first time since I started monitoring them for the <a href="http://www.eastfallsdevelopment.org/" target="_blank">East Falls Development Corporation</a>. I got to see the water fill up the structure's first bay, spill over the dividing wall and drop out in the second bay. I was surprised how little water was exiting out the end and headed to the storm drain.</div>
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It's amazing that the trees and plants can withstand the high water to completely dry conditions at other times. The next day, Karen Melton, the volunteer I work with in the<a href="http://www.phillywatersheds.org/what_were_doing/community_partnerships/programs/soak-it-adoption" target="_blank"> Soak It Up! Adoption</a> program, had her husband check them out (she was away) and reported that they were dry and all of that water had infiltrated back into the ground. Amazing!</div>
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Wrappers from candy are also common. Dum Dums, </div>
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restaurants are not close by. A Wendy's french fries cup</div>
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would have to travel almost a mile to a mile and a half</div>
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A McDonald receipt had to come from at least a</div>
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You can see some of the trash makes its way</div>
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(how the lettuce made it over there, I don't know),</div>
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but much of the trash is that Philly tradition of</div>
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drop it and it disappears. It's like it never existed,</div>
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that's where trash goes, right? It just goes down the</div>
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drain, no need to worry about it. It's so small</div>
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it doesn't matter. When I was little I threw wrappers</div>
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on the ground and my friends and I were</div>
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for it. When we hike, we pick it up and take it</div>
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to walk by a school and I could collect plenty</div>
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They didn't disappear. They're right there. </div>
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They might wash into the drain,</div>
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but then they end up in the creek and river.</div>
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I see them when I walk near the banks by </div>
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The ducks are swimming in the trash and</div>
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I'm glad the trash in the bumpouts is minimal and that</div>
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In my most recent research into the garden at Grumblethorpe House </div>
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in Germantown, I found more images, including the one at top of a woman</div>
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in Victorian dress walking in the side yard. Closest to her is the Overcup Oak,</div>
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described by a visitor to the garden in 1904, that was taken down </div>
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In my online searching I found a collection of photographs taken by </div>
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Alfred Hand in 1920-21 that is part of the Library Company of Philadelphia's</div>
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<a href="http://lcpdams.librarycompany.org:8881/R/?func=collections-result&collection_id=1174">collection</a> They show the garden and the house including the old porch </div>
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overhang (now removed), the carpenter's shop, the observatory<br />
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You can also see some of the trees and the grape vine and<br />
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These are some designs in progress for posters to be displayed<br />
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the farm and the bee keeping activities that include funny<br />
comments from the Wister family, which included<br />
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Historic Grumblethorpe on Germantown Ave. built in 1744 (photo source: www.nj.com)</div>
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I began my internship with Grumblethorpe in April with the task of bringing some order to the herb garden, designing a pollinator garden for the students who come to learn about caterpillars and butterflies, </div>
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It has evolved into a mystery solving expedition for me: </div>
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What plants were grown here by the Wister family historically? </div>
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curiosity with weather, rare plants, minerals, bees, forests, and astronomy </div>
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that was a part of the Wister homestead?</div>
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After reading Suzanne Wister Eastwick's compilation of the family garden records, </div>
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the mystery only deepened with descriptions of family ties to Academy of </div>
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Natural Sciences collections, the first person recollections of the wild garden filled </div>
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the "Beemaster" with 25 hives who brought a swarm 9 miles to the house in a wheelbarrow, </div>
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the amateur astronomer who built an observatory to watch eclipses and the transit of Mercury, </div>
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I began searching for historical descriptions of the garden from visitors and found </div>
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Today the garden is well maintained and much effort has been put into </div>
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Today the gardens are a mix of historic formal beds, kitchen herb gardens and crop </div>
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Here is more on the market, though this posting is woefully old, the information is pretty accurate:</div>
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For some basics on the house:</div>
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It's been a very busy semester, and I added a new Saturday class to my roster: Public Horticulture </div>
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Tama, a wild forager and author, had us try her sumac spice at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve</div>
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Scott's Arboretum at Swathmore College. I had no idea how vast the collection was, how old the trees and I love how it connects to nature trails and winds around the small cottages.</div>
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Tyler Arboretum, not far from Media, is another collection of plants including one of </div>
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the (if not the) largest Tulip Poplar on the East Coast. It is right next to Ridley Creek </div>
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I was searching for and Andy Goldsworthy book called A Collaboration with Nature and found Whole Earth Provision Co.'s post about his birthday, the paintings of Church and several ecologist/writers/activists I haven't heard of before, but who I want to learn more about.</div>
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I'm so excited to be participating in the Woodbury, NJ Fall Arts Fest on September 29th from 11-6 pm. The location looks beautiful and the music and vendors will be amazing.</div>
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I've been busy getting prints made and framing new images taken at Bartram's Farm, the Spring Gardens Community Garden and the Ambler Arboretum. As a grad student at Ambler, I get to walk the grounds in every season so I began photographing the woodlands and formal gardens with my square format camera during breaks in classes. It's a beautiful setting to study in.</div>
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Spring Gardens Community Garden, Lamb's Ear</div>
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Lots of local trips to farms and small towns, as well as camping and hiking will influence my booth, as well as the terrarium making we are engaged in for my Forest Ecology class. I also worked in a clay studio again this summer and some of my newest pieces may make an appearance at my table as well. </div>
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Pesto Time! This is the second batch from the basil in the garden. I have 4 plants of different sizes and I've been picking off all of the top leaves every other week for more pesto. I use the basic recipe I learned years ago and guestimate the amounts.</div>
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Blended in the blender (food processor would be a bit easier)</div>
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Topped with sliced tomatoes from the garden, a sprinkling of salt and heated up for a minute. What a summer treat, these are amazing!</div>
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It inspired me to plan a trip to Providence, Rhode Island just for biking and I found some beautiful trails, but getting to those trails proved to be a bit dicey and confusing. Each person we asked had different directions on how to get to the trailhead and they all said, "It's a little confusing, but then you follow the signs and you'll eventually find it" It ended up taking us over an hour of following bike path signs that led us in the wrong direction, calling the bike shop, and finally we happened to be in a spot where we saw a biker taking the path up an over the bridge to get to the trail. There were kiosks with nothing posted on them and trails that led nowhere and we decided ultimately, the bike path was designed for drivers who parked in the adjoining lots, not for bicyclists who were traveling from town out to the paths.</div>
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When we finally made it to the <a href="http://www.riparks.com/eastbay.htm" target="_blank">East Bay</a> path, it was so beautiful! Great views of the water, rocky islands, lighthouses, marshes, railroad tracks, smooth paved paths, great people, varied terrain and ice cream! <a href="http://www.traillink.com/trail/east-bay-bike-path.aspx">http://www.traillink.com/trail/east-bay-bike-path.aspx</a></div>
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I had what I'm calling a "good fall" on my bike yesterday, because I didn't get seriously hurt and it was instructive to know how not to carry your tote bag on the bike! I was riding a friend's bike around a little suburban neighborhood with my tote on the handlebar when I felt the front tire go out and I got launched head first at the ground. I managed to put both hands out and keep my head from hitting the ground, and the bike came down with my legs tangled in it, but I only made impact with my right knee, a little sore and bruised, but no damage. The tote had gotten pulled into the spokes under the frame and the wheel just stopped turning. Luckily we were right behind a drugstore, so we could grab disinfectant and Band aids right away.</div>
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I came home and went for a ride on <a href="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Schuykill-River-Banks-Kelly-Drive-West-River-Drive-Loop" target="_blank">Kelly Drive</a> and though my knee was a little sore, it felt good to get a good ride in after the fall.<br />
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After my trip to Ricketts Glen last week I am in love with woodland ground covers: lichens, moss and ferns, so when I walked by Meadowsweet Vintage on Main St. in Manayunk today, I had to check out their groundcover collection. They had a great selection of boxes and old drawers to choose from, and ferns, mosses, sedums and salvias to plant in them. This one will need a shady spot, so not technically a "window" box, more of a shadowbox :)</div>
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Last night they had their Schmooze and Booze for gardeners, and sustainably-minded professionals and community members to check out one of their amazing gardens, see what the youth program has been creating in their photography display, meet some gardeners and staff.</div>
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Every inch of the garden has be decorated with paint, sculptures, seating areas, lush plantings and the mature trees offer dappled shade which is perfect for relaxing. The winding paths and garden rooms make for a kid friendly space for exploring and creating. A kitchen, pig roasting pit and chicken coops show that cooking is an essential part of the garden.<br />
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Sometimes a cultivated community garden plot or park space goes to seed and you're left with something like this:</div>
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Now, some of these plants are edibles, some are great herbs and fruits, but many of the tall ones are a pain because they flower and send there seed everywhere and then every neighbor in the garden has them coming up (like mine does now).</div>
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Behind the oregano, though is a huge section of mint, which is awesome for Mojitos, not so great for community gardens. It spreads and even when you rip it out, it comes back again and again. If you want it in the garden, it's better to keep it in a pot with a solid base so the roots can't spread and not to let it go to flower. It's great for tea and Middle Eastern dishes. I think it's on our garden's do not plant list.</div>
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Flowers are in bloom and everyone seems to have some really bright flower going right now.</div>
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The regular rain and muggy weather has everything growing double-time, so this potato has tripled in size in three weeks. Hopefully the soggy weather won't lead to blight on the tomatoes and zucchini.</div>
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On April 26, the birthday of Frederick Law Olmstead, the profession he founded, Landscape Architecture celebrated with events across the nation including cake and a meet and greet with professionals from OLIN and Temple University graduate students. Mayor Mike Nutter spoke along with Adam Supplee, ASLA chapter president, Deputy Mayor Michael DiBeradinis, head of the Philadelphia Parks and Recreation department, highlighting the impact of landscape architecture as a profession that can lead us to sustainable growth in cities and more livable environments. </div>
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The John Collins Park, where the event was held, was recently renovated and reopened to the public with refurbished gates, signs and a functioning fountain. John Collins, a professional and teacher at Temple designed many plans for outdoor spaces in Philadelphia including the Schuylkill Trail, numerous pocket parks, and innovative tree nursery and farm plans for schools. </div>
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I had a chance to share the recent work of Temple University students along with fellow graduate student Rebecca Lotka, including the Francisville neighborhood plan which won an ASLA award last year and the Pop Up Garden design and project with professor Baldev Lamda. </div>
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More information is available at the ASLA website: <a href="http://www.asla.org/design/">http://www.asla.org/design/</a></div>
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