Friday, September 9th Work Cancelled Due to Weather

Tentative Reschedule Date:
Sunday afternoon, September 25th (2-6 PM)

(More Stormwater “Garden” Plot Work)

Recent and ongoing rain throughout the week (4-10 Sept) has forced a rescheduling of plot work. It will be far too muddy and wet to accomplish the work outlined below. We need to get Plot A (by upper parking lot) prepared for planting later this fall.

We hope to have additional volunteers on the 25th and as many Raintree volunteers as possible. We will plan on working from 2-6 PM, Sunday afternoon. Come for a half hour, an hour or more. Meet at the upper parking lot. Bring gloves and sun protection. Water, Gatorade and snacks will be available.

Raintree volunteers and equipment (especially shovels and wheelbarrows) are needed.

Work will include:

  • Remove turf and weeds
  • Wheelbarrow removed material to eroded access road along soundwall
  • Screen for rocks and debris
  • Till plot
  • Mulch plot

Additional volunteer workdays for our stormwater runoff and erosion projects are:

Sunday, October 2nd, 2-6 PM
Sunday, October 16th, 2-6 PM

Possible short notice weekday work opportunity … will need 1-2 or more Raintree volunteers.

More Stormwater “Garden” Plot Work Scheduled for Friday, September 9th

Starting 9 AM, Friday, September 9th, a volunteer work group (from DC Cares Organization) will assist us in preparing the plot by the upper parking lot. We will work until 12:30 or 1 PM. Meet at the upper parking lot. Bring gloves and sun protection. Water and Gatorade will be provided.

Raintree volunteers and equipment (especially shovels and wheelbarrows) are needed.

Work will include:

    • Remove turf and weeds
    • Wheelbarrow removed material to eroded access road along soundwall
    • Screen for rocks and debris
    • Till plot
    • Mulch plot

If time is available, we will address as many sinkholes as possible. Volunteers will need to remove any trash and all plant material from each hole, then place 4-6 inches of fill dirt and tamp down (have two heavy 4 x 4’s available) and continue process until hole is filled.

This was Saturday, July 23, 2011 - staking plot at southwest corner of upper parking lot