YESC Seattle at Golden Gardens
About 25-30 high school students from YESC Seattle (YMCA Earth Services Corps) joined us at Golden Gardens on Saturday, Jan. 30. We removed ivy and blackberry along the bottom of the stairs that go from the middle parking lot up to the dog park. Altogether, we cleared and mulched about 2500 square feet. A good day!
Doug Gresham, the forest steward, lays out the work site.
After some introductory words up by the dog park parking lot, we moved down to the work site to learn about the tasks of the day.
Everybody is always so eager to get to work.
The work party ran from 10 to 2, with a break for lunch. But the enthusiasm didn’t dim, and the students dug into finishing up the work and getting a solid load of mulch down (about 5 yards).
The initial ivy removal happened in the morning. In the afternoon, we had the tougher task of grubbing out the roots and underground bits.
As the time to leave drew near, we all pitched in to a vigorous but satisfying bucket brigade to get the mulch onto the site.
Just a few minutes left before the supposed end of the work party, the leaders decided to push through because we were so close.
Here we are about eight minutes to two. By the time they finished, this site was completely mulched.
A good, hard working time was had by all. The next work party at Golden Gardens will be on February 13. We hope to see you there!
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