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July 2012 Rove Among the Roses at Osage Park
Scouts Set
By Jody Morgan The breathtaking display of roses accessible free of charge at Danville’s Osage Station Park beckons visitors of all ages. Memorial beds along the jogging path display 1417 rose bushes, and 104 climbers adorn fences and arbors. The Veterans Memorial Circle at the north parking area honors all who have served, are serving, or will serve in our armed forces with another 91 roses. Roses near the tennis courts off Orange Blossom Way also cause passersby to pause.
Danville Garden Club
Thanks to the symbiotic relationship between Danville’s park superintendent John Teixeira and three volunteer groups (Diablo Women’s Garden Club, Alamo-Danville Newcomers Club and Danville Garden Club), the roses are pruned, fed, weeded, and deadheaded so that the public can enjoy their heady fragrance and wealth of blossoms without lifting a finger. In January the town does the hard pruning. “Some people wait until we prune to do their own roses,” John notes. A handful of gardeners also stop by to collect cuttings of their favorite roses to root. The next step is applying a systemic insecticide to prevent aphid damage on new growth, followed two weeks later by the application of a triple 20 fertilizer. A second application of fertilizer is done later in the year. The newest planting, designed and built in 2004, forms a triangle behind Charlotte Wood Middle School. Vicki Brown, who began volunteering at Osage with the AlamoDanville Newcomers group in 1997, took charge of the space when it was installed and now has more than 60 eager volunteers on the roster of Nancy Goreth trims Osage Park Roses her Danville Garden Club aka Petal Pushers. The enthusiastic response of visitors to their
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Serving Danville Bounty Garden Boxes on Site
By Jody Morgan
Under the direction of Eagle Scout candidate Matthew Bertha, scouts from BSATroop 228 moved 24 boxes into place on June 9th to set The Bounty Garden (TBG) on track to begin planting in early July. Irrigation is in place. The smaller barn at the site Scouting brings Brian, Matthew, and Rachel Bertha has been renovated together to install TBG boxes. and now lets floods of light into the storage and gathering area for TBG volunteers. Over the course of the summer, visitors to Hap Magee Ranch Park can watch the first crop grow in its certified organic soil mix. Once the initial harvest time is apparent, a date for the Grand Opening ceremony will be announced. All of the food produced will be donated to the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County. Eagle candidates are required to demonstrate their leadership and organizational skills in the course of completing their Eagle Projects. Heidi Abramson, co-founder of TBG, expressed her appreciation of Bertha’s ability to rally his workers when a major issue halted progress. The ground was so hard the scouts couldn’t dig holes deep enough for the legs of the boxes.
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From left to right: Troop 36 Committee Chair David Dotzler, Unit Commissioner Rich Richmond, Assistant Scoutmaster JP Salgado, and Scoutmaster Thomas Dittrich
Rich Richmond Honored for a Lifetime of Service to the Boy Scouts rd
At the June 3 meeting of Boy Scout Troop 36 based in Danville, Rich Richmond was honored for the many roles he has played volunteering for Boy Scouts of America. Rich became a Boy Scout in the 1930’s, and for over 50 years he has held key leadership positions within the Boy Scout organization, including serving for 38 years as Troop 36 Unit Commissioner, presiding over more than 100 Courts of Honor ceremonies, attending monthly District Roundtable meetings, and guiding and mentoring adult Scouters in a number of different courses and activities. He and his wife Jean raised three sons, all of whom have become Eagle Scouts. Troop 36 was founded in 1969 and is sponsored by St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, located at 1550 Diablo Road in Danville, which welcomes boys of all denominations.
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