Our entrance raised beds at Rudy Park administrative office (stone house) need some love and care! While this garden is packed full of lovely native (and a few ornamental) perennials, there are also a lot of unwelcome plants showing up. If you want to help keep this pretty spot looking nice, please register for this opportunity.
Supplies You Might Need:
Weeding Targets:
- Each spring lots of baby Norway maple seedlings germinate in this garden. Try to get them out!
- Purple Dead Nettle (this edible and medicinal herb is okay to forage and take home from this garden)
- Lawn Grass
Weeding Logistics:
- Throw pulled weeds into the big green trashcan right outside the office. If the trashcan is full, you can ask the office staff for an extra trash bag. Leave trash bag next to the green trashcan. You may need your own weed bags if you are volunteering when the office is closed.
- If you aren't sure if something is a weed, try to identify it using apps like Seek and iNaturalist; ask staff at the Rudy office; or email a photo to NixonCountyPark@YorkCountyPa.gov and we'll try to help you!
- Log your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal! Click "Track Hours" from the drop down menu in the top right corner.
