[Lapg] Wilshire Crest Elementary Beautification & Garden

[L. Santoyo]

*This sounds like another great opportunity to get some hands-on experience
and share the knowledge... Please contact our friend Lydia if you can help
-see below

Thanks!!

Larry Santoyo*


On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:28 PM, lydia & radell <spacemkr at pacbell.net>
wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> I am doing this project at my daughters elementary school, Wilshire Crest
> Elementary School in LAUSD, to beautify the front with two native gardens.
> One is heavily shaded and will represent native plants normally in the LA
> chaparral environments typically found under live oaks, the other will be a
> full sun loving native bird & butterfly habitat. Over the next week or so I
> will need volunteers to help dig up most of the existing plants and set down
> a sheet mulch. We are going to set the days for the weekend of April 19 or
> April 26th.    Does anybody know of anyone who would like to help us?
> This project is very public because it is on Olympic/ La Brea near Miracle
> Mile.
>
> Then on May 3, 2008 we are to plant as part of "Big Sunday"  all the new
> native plants.
>
> Even more exiting is whats going to come next!  After the completion of
> this beautification,  we are going on to start a permaculture-like teaching
> garden on the campus itself.  We plan to apply for a grant in October 2008
> to execute this and begin the transformation of the campus this time next
> year.  Another school nearby, Carthay Elementary School, is helping us write
> the grant, because they were awarded money last year.  We will start
> planning for this starting late May early June 2008.
> Anybody interested?
>
> Lydia
>
> Lydia M. Olivier
> studio of h + o
> M.Arch, LEED AP
> Certified Green Building Professional
> spacemkr at pacbell.net
> 3239362390
>
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