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Flowerbeds get a facelift
How
do you give a facelift to flowerbeds? With support from our students!
Senior High Student Council provided the funds and Ecology Club
provided the labor for new flowerbeds to be planted in front of the
building. The raised flowerbeds were built by our maintenance
department. Beautiful plants and bushes were planted creating a
welcoming enviroment.
Perennial plants were purchased from the Flower Barn in Ilion (Spirea, Hydrangeas, Rose Bushes, Black-eyed Susans, Coral Bells, Boxwoods, Purple Fountain Grass. In the fall, bulbs will be planted (tulips and daffodils) bringing more color to the area next spring. Annuals (marigolds) were planted by the marble sign, which we hope to continue planting for several years to come.
Ecology Club made an effort to plant only non-invasive plant species. Barberry (a reddish shrub) and Burning Bush (turns bright red in the fall) are both commonly used in gardens and are both invasive. Their seeds can be spread to forests by birds and insects and they can take over and displace native woodland plant species.
A special thank you goes out the the Ilion Central School District Maintenance Department. Working as a team, the retaining wall was built over the course of a few days. Final touches were added this week topping off the project. It looks great and the project could not have been executed without their hard work.
Below are photos of the new flowerbeds.
