Archive for September, 2015
21 Sep
Fall clean-up in the Jeffrey Fontana Memorial Garden
Thanks to the hard work of the Santa Clara County Association of REALTORS®, SCCAOR, the Jeffrey Fontana Memorial Garden continues to increase in value year after year for all our park visitors. Through their generous donations of time and money, the rose garden is a sight to behold. On Sat the 19th of Sept. a crew of volunteers swept through the garden, clipping rose bushes and pulling weeds.
Thanks also to Adopt-a-Park for providing the necessary tools to get the job done.
Jeremy and mom Grace Garland
Sunny Wagstaff & Nancy Kalashia
Dave Poeschel
Jeremy Garland, ambassador at large
Pat Wagstaff & Linda Wilson
12 Sep
Is the drought killing trees?
In the interest of saving trees we offer the following:
San Jose Mercury News 09-12-2015
Residents’ efforts to conserve may be fueling the problem
By Kevin Kelly
MENLO PARK — The city claims the heritage oak as its symbol, but the actual trees that line its streets might not feel particularly adored.
The leader of the city’s Fire Department says some trees along his route are in such sad shape that he recently brought up the idea of forming a task force to make sure they’re getting enough water during the drought, now in its fourth year. He even broached the idea of sending firefighters out in a truck to water threatened trees along the rights of way if the cities in its coverage area were unwilling to set up a system to monitor the trees’ health.
Follow the link below to view the article.
http://sanjosemercurynews.ca.newsmemory.com/publink.php?shareid=2dd02d63b
Helpful info is also provided at: http://saveourwater.com/what-you-can-do/tips/landscaping/save-our-water-and-our-trees/
MARTIN-FONTANA PARKS ASSOCIATION 