Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Landscape. Show all posts
Sunday, April 9, 2017

Spring Color in the Ornamental Pots

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Horticulturist Becky was busy this past week planting the numerous pots around the facility.   Varieties in the large pot on The Pearson Pla...
Monday, March 7, 2016

How Does Your Garden Grow? Very Nicely I Must Say Here At Glen Echo

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How does your garden grow is a presentation taking place this Saturday by our very own horticulturist Becky Edwards. Becky does outstandi...
Friday, October 24, 2014

That time of year, Deep-tine aeration planned for this Monday, October 26th.

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In an effort to not disrupt ball roll out in the late summer/early fall, I delay greens aeration until the end of October.  Well, that day h...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

Greenhouse planting

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One of the things that I established over the first winter upon my arrival at Glen Echo was to build a greenhouse and grow our own plant mat...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

First greens mowing of the year and more

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The staff rolled and used the riding greens mower on Monday, March 10th.  Since I have been here at GECC, we have mowed on 2/28, 3/3,2/18...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Mulch has arrived

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This season, we are using a dyed brown mulch from St. Louis Composting on all of our ornamental beds on the property.  Becky Edwards, our ho...
Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Horticulture 2012

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I've asked Becky Edwards, our club horticulturist to do a guest blog this week on the plantings that were completed this season on the g...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

Greenhouse Plant Sale

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The 4th Annual Glen Echo Greenhouse Plant Sale will take place on April 28th from 9-11 a.m. at the grounds maintenance building.  Becky has ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Plants going in the ground

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Becky has been doing some planting over the last few days.  Near 16 tee is a small wedge/triangle in the path that had some perennials which...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Containers in the pool area

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Becky is beginning to place plants in the containers in the pool area. From the plant material we've brought in, she has some plants wit...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Spring Has Sprung

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Some great days for the beginning of spring but some cool weather to come over the next week.  Hopefully not too far below 40 because our Sa...
Friday, March 18, 2011

New Plants(Babies) are arriving for the season

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Our new plant material is arriving for the season.  This week, we received our first of three shipments over consecutive weeks.  Time to sta...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Lucas & Hunt shoulder of road

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The main entrance to our club is kept very simple.  We have about 50 yards of shoulder on the north side of the entrance and about 200 yards...