GDHS Landscaping Project

Original 4/21/2005	Preparation 5/8/2005
Original 4/21/2005	Preparation 5/8/2005	Finished 9/9/2005

The GDHS Archives Building Landscape Committee began planning the design and execution of the planting beds surrounding the Archives Building at Alda Ketterman Park in the Dover Borough in May, 2005. Over the course of the next five months, the committee volunteers with the support of other GDHS members and the community saw the project through to completion. Several area businesses – Sweet Woodruff Farm, Stauffer’s of Kissel Hill and Meadowbrook Landscaping – donated supplies and perennials. A number of society members contributed items such as compost, dogwood trees, lilacs, daffodil bulbs, ferns, hostas, hibiscus and a variety of other perennials. In spite of the long, dry summer, the plantings are thriving. Next spring, we can look forward to a garden full of white, yellow, and lavender highlights on a backdrop of green.

The Landscape Committee members are Shelby Bushey, Lucia Hrinyak, June Kinsey, Audrey Thompson, Judith Worley and Randolph Worley. Additional assistance was supplied by Charles Drawbaugh, Jan Eisenhart, Susan Forrey, Gayle Heagy, Bradley Lentz, Robert Merkert, Madelyn Shermeyer, and Harry Shermeyer. These members donated over 86 hours to the landscaping project.