HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2011-12-14, Page 7&replanted in Harbour Park
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Park is a step closer to it's former self.
esday, December 7., Parks crews were
g about 15 trees and 20 shrubs in the
as silver and sugar maples being planted
)ere will be chestnuts, locust, gingko and
lour. The trees are being paid for the by
tund.
ns in .the park are perfect for planting,
o Parks Supervisor Martin Quinn, with
age and humus topsoil to make the new
t at home.
the same was not true of the soil the
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donor trees was being removed from, so the plant
was dependent on what could and couldn't he dug
up.
'There is a lot more moisture inland: Quinn said.
"Here, we're fine."
Trees planted last week had up to an 8 -inch diam-
eten which was the largest the tree -spade could han-
dle. Quinn noted there will be larger trees planted
on the Square, but they will require a larger spade to
move.
The planting plan follows the perimeter of the
park and along the bluffs, and hugs the paved path,
much like they did before thistorm.
• Crews were in the park most of the week, plandng,
mulching and filling in any gaps around the new
trees.
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s and Nathan Feagan get a shrub in place along
Wednesday, December 14, 2011 • Signal -Star 5
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Parks crews were replanting Harbour
Park last Wednesday, replanting trees
and shrubs lost in the tornado.
Parks Superintendent Martin Quinn goes
over the replanting plan.
New shrubs
to be planted.
A tractor uses a lift to grab new shrubs.
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