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Hilliard Park GC Landscapes Habitat for Humanity Houses
Submitted by Jean Fender
Under the leadership of Vivian Gulden,
our new Habitat for Humanity
Landscape Chairman, Hilliard Park GC
landscaped two houses in July. The first
house located at 3405 Reynolds Road, was
landscaped on July 4. The ground was
very hard and had to be tilled first. Club
members amended the soil and put down
landscape cloth before planting one juniper,
two Dwarf Burford Hollies, two hostas,
one Encore Azalea, one dwarf Crape
Myrtle, one mounding Pocomoke Crape
Myrtle, three Helleborus foetidus and two
begonias. The begonias were in the corners
of the landscaped areas on each side
of the sidewalk and were accented with
large rocks. We not only mulched where
we planted but also mulched around two
existing large holly trees and on each side
of the sidewalk. On the large cement slab
in front of the house, we installed a black
painted half barrel with a black trellis and
Carolina Jessamine. This house was truly
transformed after our landscaping. On
July 7, the house received a lot of media
coverage at its dedication largely due to
it being refurbished by Dominion Virginia
Power. We presented the new homeowner
with a large decorated wreath for her front
door and a basket containing small garden
tools and other gifts.
The next house located at 3607 Ronnie
Avenue was landscaped on July 16.
This was also a refurbished house with
a rail porch and concrete slab extending
beyond the porch in front of the driveway.
We placed a black painted half barrel with
a black trellis and Carolina Jessamine on
the concrete slab in front of the large
blank wall of the house. On the left side
of the concrete slab, we dug up all the
grass, amended the soil, put down landscape
cloth and planted two Dwarf Burford
Hollies and a mounding Pocomoke Crape
Myrtle. In the corner of the concrete slab
and driveway, we prepared the ground as
above and planted a large Encore Azalea
with Asiatic lilies in front of it. There were
existing dwarf canna lilies in the middle
of the front yard which we transplanted
to the ditch bank by the road and added
orange daylilies and Stella de Oro daylilies
on either side. In the hole where we
removed the cannas, we planted a maple
tree. We also put a decorated pot with
an elephant ear plant on the porch on the
right side of the front door. In the back
yard, we planted a pin oak tree and in the
right corner of the privacy fence at the
house, we sprayed existing wire grass,
put down landscape cloth and planted
a Knock Out rose. On the left side of
the house where the air conditioner unit
sat, we did the same thing and planted a
Knock Out rose on each side of the unit.
Once everything was planted, we mulched
everything except the plants on the ditch
bank. The front and back yards both
looked wonderful.
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