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Lebanon Garden Club secures $2,500 Pacific Power voucher; schedules Riverview plantings and workdays
Summary
The Lebanon Garden Club reported a $2,500 Pacific Power voucher for street trees, invited applications citywide, and scheduled volunteer planting days at Riverview Park to install hundreds of cuttings and shade trees.
The Lebanon Garden Club told the Parks Advisory Committee it has a $2,500 voucher from Pacific Power for street trees and plans fall planting and a multi-date riparian planting at Riverview Park.
“We have a $2,500 grant from Pacific Power, thanks to Jason, for for street trees,” Garden Club member Linda said.
Club volunteers said they initially targeted a planting strip on Second Street and sent applications to nearby homeowners but received few responses. They are expanding outreach across the city and said the Foursquare Church has offered space for at least one tree and a resident on William Street requested a tree. The club asked the city to accept applications from residents citywide; city staff said the city will process applications and will check utility maps before approving planting sites.
The club also described a planned riparian project at Riverview Park following guidance from the South Santiam Watershed Council. The Garden Club said the plan calls for roughly 700 cuttings, with an expected survival rate near 40 percent for bare cuttings. Two volunteer workdays are scheduled for Oct. 25 and Nov. 1; the club also plans a planting day in February to receive additional cuttings from the watershed council. The club discussed buying rooted stock from the Small Woodland Association if higher survival is needed.
Linda and other volunteers raised maintenance questions, including temporary fencing to protect young plants and who will provide summer watering for newly planted shade trees. City staff and community partners suggested volunteers, neighborhood residents and BLT volunteers as potential waterers; the club noted Jim McKinnon and BLT have helped water in other locations.
The Garden Club said it may apply next year for a National Garden Club grant of up to $2,000 if the program can be opened to residents citywide. The club said wholesale pricing from Blue Heron will keep per-tree costs low.
Committee members encouraged the club to expand outreach, coordinate utility checks with city staff, and use partners for planting-day labor.
