Mill Creek Stream Extreme Cleanup Recap
Thanks to everyone that made our two-day Extreme Cleanup of Mill Creek Stream a success! We had a total of 22 people help with the stream clean up on both sides of Shady Grove Rd. We collected 24 bags of trash. See below for photos from our Extreme Cleanup. Hope you can join us next year to continue making this a successful venture to help keep our water clean! #LoveRockCreek #EarthDay2024 #earthmonth
On Friday-Saturday, April 19-20, 2024 Mill Creek Towne Garden Club and our community participated in Rock Creek Conservancy and Montgomery Park’s Earth Month Extreme Cleanup to help cleanup Mill Creek Stream for a litter removal restoration event in Rock Creek Park. Trash is the visible form of stormwater pollution, a major threat to water quality and park health and its removal makes the parklands cleaner, safer, and more beautiful for all. This annual event is a watershed-wide cleanup movement with the goal of total trash removal throughout Rock Creek, its tributaries, and surrounding neighborhoods and parklands. Information is included in this link:
Getting Ready for Spring Recap
We enjoyed the “Getting Ready for Spring” gardening presentation by Betsy Kingery, a master gardener with the Montgomery County Master Gardener Program.
This talk addresses getting ready for the Spring landscape gardening season. You will learn what to do at the end of Winter and early Spring and how to plan for later in the year. There is an overview on climate conscious gardening and diverse planting with native and non-native/non-invasive plants.
After the presentation, we enjoyed talking with guests and members and had snacks and beverages. We also admired one of members Art in Bloom floral arrangement, a continuation of our past activities where we created floral arrangements that were inspired by artist’s paintings. Allison was so inspired, she happened to discover a Matisse print that reminded her of her grandmother.Â
Here are some photos from this event.
After the presentation, Betsy Kingery sent us an informative Resource and Plant List for Gardening including online resources, recommended books, and plants for sun and shade. Click on the link to this guide below: