Friends of Birkenhead Park Blog

Paul K weeded areas of the Boothby Ground Bed.

Paul K planted campanula in the Boothby Ground bed and did some weeding of dandelions and groundsel.

Paul K dug up two rosemary blooms and replanted them in the warriors root bed, Pauline weeded the same bed and helped with the rosemary blooms, Marion planted herb plants, sunflower seeds and marigolds.

Worked on herd garden, planted seeds. Marion and Paul K planted Japanese Anemones in the warriors root bed.

I picked up herb & ardem

cut dogwood and litter picked.

Barbara and Pauline B litter picked. Paul K cut back dead stems and dug out some silvery green leaved plants in the bootby ground bed.

Some litter picking. Cleaned up edges of Lily Lobe Lake with Hannah, Glenn & Derek cleaned up and dug over the wild flower bed nearest the visitor center and started bed of wildflowers near the Lily Lobe Lake.

PS. Glenn planted down the doors in the bowling pavilion. Sheila gave up waiting for the contractors to do the job after the doors warped in the flood last time.

15 or so volunteers worked on the shrubs in the boothby ground and edged the branches. the arising were left in big piles for the heritage gardeners to shred.