05-May

HIGHLIGHTS

🔆May 23 workday - no one melted, but we all got wet!  Not before spreading wood chips for an hour creating a gathering space.  7 conservation volunteers contributed almost 6 hours for a $93 match.

🔆May 9 workday - fabulous greenspace workday.
Weather 💯 Laughter 💯 Neighbors 💯 Nature 💯
10 community volunteers tackled winter creeper and multiflora rose invasives.
Area prepped for replanting natives - started with native Rose Mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) along the edge of an area that gets storm water runoff. Mallow can thrive in moist areas and can get the most sun along the edge of the planting zone. Bees and pollinators enjoy the nectar from the blooms throughout the summer from this large perennial. These 10 volunteers worked over 26 combined hours, contributing $395 to our grant's required match. 

🔆First of many arborist chip drops!  Thanks to Megan Siefert at Bartlett Tree Experts. 

🔆Greenspace Tour with Pace Cooke-Emmons, Waterways Lex Administrator and Andy Mead, President, Trees Lexington. 

 https://bobolink-greenspace.com/greenspace-newsletter-8 

04-April

HIGHLIGHTS

🔆On waitlist for CAIP (County Agricultural Investment Program) which still means there is an opportunity to be funded.  Otherwise, I will submit annually. 
🔆Secured 50 small trees and shrubs for planting May 9. They are grown by Jannine Baker for the Wolf Run Watershed each year.  This is a no-cost benefit to our greenspace. 
🔆Published a 5-year conservation plan, updated the big picture goals, and added management zones to the website. 

 https://bobolink-greenspace.com/greenspace-newsletter-8 

03-March

HIGHLIGHTS

🔆Celebrated Water Week & Earth Hour with an event - Explore our Streams!
🔆 Application for NRCS EQIP submitted
🔆Application for CAIP (County Agricultural Investment Program) submitted
🔆 Met with KU Transmission & Distribution Arborists
🔆 Lexington crew cut up trees fallen over the creek causing blockages & stagnant flow 

 https://bobolink-greenspace.com/greenspace-newsletter-7 

02-February

HIGHLIGHTS

🔆 Started our Neighbor Survey - How do you use the greenspace?

🔆Learned about Water Testing at the Division of Water Quality 

 https://bobolink-greenspace.com/greenspace-newsletter-6 

01-January

HIGHLIGHTS

🔆 Started "Big Picture Dreaming"
🔆Started the Neighbor Survey - How do you use the greenspace? To gather community input for the Big Picture Plan

 https://bobolink-greenspace.com/greenspace-newsletter-5