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it takes a village

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Pingree Park Garden:  Spring cleanup,
​March 2022 : many hands 


At this time of year we think of Spring being just around the corner.  We anxiously await bulbs to pop through and the forsythia
to sprout their yellow blooms. 


On Saturday, March 26, a large group gathered to prep the garden for spring. They brought clippers and buckets and went to work! Many stayed for a ​pruning workshop with Matt Martin.  
He guided us through basic pruning, demonstrating on a few different shrub types, answered questions and provided some take home information.




​Pingree Park Garden     
came to be through the efforts of many
A warm thank you from HWGC
to those who made this garden possible

We are deeply grateful to the Town of Wenham, particularly to Peter Lombardi, Town Administrator and the Wenham Board of Selectmen for believing in us, and providing us with not only the location but also the full support of the Wenham Department of Public Works.
As we all know, it truly takes a village to create something that will stand the test of time.  Although this is a new project and will be ongoing with a two year plan, five year plan and eight year plan, it will be a project that will be maintained by HWGC for many years down the road.  
These are the many folks who have shared their enthusiasm
and support for the start of this project. 
We are truly grateful!
Town of Wenham
Peter​ Lombardi, Town Administrator
Jack Wilhelm, Chairman, Board of Selectman
Catherine Harrison, Vice Chairman, Board of Selectman
John Clemenzi, Clerk, Board of Selectman
Bill Tyack, Director, Department of Public Works
Travis Good, DPW Group Leader
Shawn Davis, DPW Parks Foreman
Keith Carter, DPW Foreman
This project will be catalogued with information left here on our website and at our Public Library, so future generations can see the steps taken and make changes over time to accommodate the needs of the day. Although we are applying for grants to help support this venture, we would greatly welcome any additional support you may wish to share.  Please feel free contact us at any time. We’ll keep you updated as this project continues … in the meantime; we’d like to express our thanks to the many folks who have already contributed by way of conversations or by offering their time, expertise and/or materials.

A very sincere thank you to these folks for their most recent contributions. 
​Without their gift of volunteer time, talent or funding, we would not have reached the completion of our Phase One which included:  
  • Digging garden shape, paths and installing path materials
  • Finalizing tree and shrub clean-up
  • Donations/funding to bring the plant foundation design to life 
  • Digging and installation of foundation plantings 
  • Delivery and placement of boulders 
  • Mulch/mulching to prep for winter
Peter Britton, Brick Ends Farm (Nate and John, too!)
http://brickendsfarm.com/
Steve Calef, Corliss Brothers Garden and Nursery
http://corlissbrothers.com/
Gretel Clark, Conservation Consultant/HWGC Conservation Chair
Catherine-Carney Feldman, Shamrock Acres,
                       Ecologically Responsible Landscape & Gardening

https://www.massaudubon.org/our-conservation-work
Ann Molloy, Neptune’s Harvest
http://www.neptunesharvest.com/
Ditty Mulry, Landscape Designer
http://dittydays.org/ditty-days/
Win Mulry, Landscape Designing with Nature Planners, Inc.
http://landscapeplanners.us/
Greg Horner, Hamilton-Wenham Community (Vegetable) Gardens 
David Phippen, Landscape Specialist
Frank Todd, Landscape Architect
Kristen Z. Noon, Wenham Museum
http://www.wenhammuseum.org/
Sally Muspratt, Sally Muspratt Landscape Design, Inc.
http://smmgardens.com


Paula Bartlett
Alex & Dana Begin

Dianne Bucco
Kevin Butler
Steve Calef
Nancy Cannon

Keith Carter
Althea Cranton
Shawn Davis
Gerald Donnellan
Gayle Faro

Cathy Felton
First Church in
     Wenham

Steve Flynn
Travis Good
Michelle Granese
Rob Guest
Susan Guest
Jean & Paul Fucillo
Institution for Savings


Annette Janes
Veronica Johnson
Joanne Kennett
Heather Kent
Max King
LuBeth Kuemmerle
Peter Lombardi
Rosemary Loring
Mardi Lowery
Tracy Lutz

Jake Maier
The Maier family

Nancy Mann
Candy Martinez
Catherine McLaughlin
Woody Merriman
Enid Mingolelli
Linda Morey
Ditty Mulry
Win Mulry
Michael Murphy

Moya Murphy
Gail Murray
Candy Martinez
Sally Muspratt
New England Biolabs
Nicci Roebuck

Gay Roland
Stephen Ryan
Linda Sarkisian
Antonio Sesin
Andrew Spofford
Rosemary Swenson
Bill Tyack
Janet Wasileski
Town of Wenham
Wenham Boy Scout
​                  Troop 28

Jeanne Whitman
Tim Whitman
Carol Zepp

… to be continued!
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  • HOME
  • who we are
    • who we are
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    • events overview
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      • awards
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    • pingree park garden overview >
      • it takes a village
      • PPG history
      • then & now
      • perennial plant list
    • conservation
    • scholarship
  • give