On Tuesday we had our fifth garden installation (sixth group gardening day) at Katie’s!
Katie opted for a boulevard garden–the first one on her block– so first we removed the sod. Like many yards in Corcoran, hers had the soil replaced in the 2000s because of arsenic contamination. We found some netting under the grass–evidence of the sod replacement.
After a thorough watering we planted about 15 species of plants, including spiderwort, ironweed, echinacea, bee balm, liatris, anise hyssop, yarrow, rudbeckia, and virginia waterleaf. All the plants were donated by neighbors (thanks, Julia, Kim M., Dillon, Cynthia, and Marissa and Lindsay!).
Although early August is not the ideal time to transplant, hopefully with a little extra watering most of these tough prairie plants will do just fine.
Corcoran Pollinator Project 