From its inception, LFGC has focused on the care and beautification of traffic islands and other public spaces in Lexington. This work continues today.

 

The liaison to the Board this year is Deb Heaton and Sara Moorman.

 

The Civic Gardening effort is overseen by a committee of dedicated volunteers who each have specific tasks to ensure things run smoothly. Volunteers are available to help stewards with garden design and plant suggestions focusing on pollinators and native plants.

 

The Civic Gardening Committee has created new guidelines for the creation of new Civic Gardens. Please follow these procedures if a request is being made.

 

Procedure for designating a new civic garden:

  • The garden must be
    • Fully able to be accessed by the public,
    • In a prominent place or near an important civic building,
    • Be able to be worked on by a group safely,
    • And have its own water source.
    • All requests must be made in person at a regular meeting of the Civic Gardening committee.
  • The request must contain
    1. the name of the site,
    2. the designated steward,
    3. the list of volunteers who will help care for the site,
    4. estimated costs for the site (one-time and yearly).

N.B. All stewards and volunteers MUST be LFGC members at the time of the request.

  • The CG committee will then decide if the request can move forward to the full Board of the LFGC.
  • If moved forward, the Board will decide, at one of its regular meetings, if the request can be sustained by the LFGC. The requesting party must be present at the meeting. The decision of the Board is final.

The work on various sites is coordinated by stewards, some of whom have planted and cared for the same space for many years. Stewards are always looking for additional help, and we invite you to par­ticipate. Working on civic gardening projects provides an excellent opportunity to improve your gardening skills while working with old and new friends. If you are interested in a particular garden, please contact the garden steward listed below.

Additionally, there are one-time opportunities each season in which every garden club member can participate, such as garden workdays. Watch the newsletter for more information if you are interested in helping on garden workdays. We have listed the current criteria for what a civic garden is and how one can be added to our list.

 

Sites Stewards

Memorial Garden at Buckman Tavern Carla Fortmann

Cary Library Garden Deb Heaton

Emery Park at Depot Square Chris Kochanski

Hancock-Clarke House Herb Garden Mary Kay Carone

Lexington Community Center (LCC) LCC staff

Minuteman Statue Meg Himmel

Munroe Tavern, Antique Rose Garden Nancy Trautman

Munroe Tavern, Colonial Flowers Barbara Morgan

Munroe Tavern, Garden of Native Flowers Alison Burke, Preeta Banerjee, and Joanne Fray

Saint Brigid’s Mary Garden Regina Sutton

 

Traffic Islands

Cedar St. at Hill St. Shirley Ament-Bergey

Fairfield Cul de Sac Bert Beander

Grove St. at Burlington St. Ellan Siegel

Hancock St. at Adams St. Anne Lee and Vicki Blake

Hancock St. at Burlington St. Susan Mason

Hancock St. at Revere St. Marlene Stone and Sue Amsel

Lincoln St. at Marrett Rd. Judy Minardi and Donna Smatlak

Lowell St. at Summer St. Shelly Henderson

Marrett Rd at Middle St. Kathryn Roy

Mass Ave. at Maple St. Chris Kochanski

Mass Ave. at Woburn St. Sara Moorman

Reed St. at Bedford St. Ellan Siegel

School St. at Marrett Rd. Judy Minardi and Donna Smatlak

Worthen Rd. at Basketball Courts Rose Xu