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Page 20 Local Town Pages www.hollistontownnews.com <strong>November</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Many Hands Make Light Work at <strong>Holliston</strong> in<br />
Bloom Senior Center Project<br />
Story and photos by Cherry Fenton<br />
The two-part <strong>Holliston</strong> Senior Center beautification project coordinated by<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> in Bloom was completed on Saturday, October 15. Earlier in the summer,<br />
HIB had planted and mulched dozens of shrubs and perennials along the<br />
entire length of the building and at one side of the rear entrance. For Phase 2,<br />
about 18 volunteers representing multiple organizations including <strong>Holliston</strong> in<br />
Bloom, <strong>Holliston</strong> Garden Club, <strong>Holliston</strong> Lions, Agricultural Commission, Historical<br />
Society and several residents including our State Representative Carolyn<br />
Dykema joined in on the planting on the crisp fall day. Carolyn was not afraid to<br />
get dirty and seemed very experienced with loading and dumping wheelbarrows<br />
filled with soil and stayed to help with planting and mulching.<br />
The amount of work completed in several hours by the volunteers was very<br />
impressive: a couple of overgrown shrubs were ripped out at the front entrance,<br />
sod was dug up to expand a bed near the new retaining wall at the rear entrance,<br />
a new bed was created on the other side of the rear entrance, a new bed created<br />
at the bench area surrounding the flagpole and many perennials, shrubs, and<br />
mums were added to provide color throughout the seasons. The Town of <strong>Holliston</strong><br />
delivered a load of soil for amending the new beds. Two large hydrangea<br />
bushes, Japanese holly shrubs, and mulch were donated by Ahronian Landscaping;<br />
daylilies, irises and mums were donated by HIB, and additional Proven<br />
Winners plants were donated by Pleasant View Nursery.<br />
The following Saturday, October 22, the first phase of another large beautification<br />
project along Washington Street at the Congregational Church fence was<br />
scheduled to begin. The bed was enlarged by 5 additional feet. The removal of<br />
sod and addition of compost would take place as the last project before HIB’s<br />
shovels retire for the season. Next spring, dozens of shrubs, perennials, and<br />
annuals will be added to make a new prominent display garden in preparation<br />
for the arrival of the America in Bloom National Symposium to be hosted by<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> next October 5 – 7. This fall, close to 500 mums were planted around<br />
<strong>Holliston</strong> by the Downtown Marigold Project and HIB as a dress rehearsal for<br />
next year’s Symposium.
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