GreenScape events ongoing in Admiral Heights

More than 30 Admiral Heights residents turned out for GreenScape 2021, a citywide volunteer effort to beautify Annapolis neighborhoods. After a year’s hiatus due to COVID 19, the volunteers found plenty of weeds, ivy and vinca vines to pull, debris to clear away, and invasive plants to replace with native ones.

Amazingly, they also saw many ferns and flowers that were planted in previous years and were now thriving.

In the past, volunteers have used rocks, mulch, plants, and wood to slow erosion. This year, some of the “yard waste” was re-purposed to make a berm. Berms prevent erosion by serving as “a sediment trapping device.”

Bags upon bags of collected weeds, vines and debris were dumped out to form the berm. Despite the dumping, the residents still dragged to the street 13 paper refuse bags of 30-gallon capacity and two recycling cans.

Although the volunteers made a great start, the GreenScape to-do list is not quite done. A second event will be held May 15 in coordination with the annual pool cleanup. Rain date is May 16. This pool cleanup event will involve removal of invasive ivy and planting some trees, shrubs and perennials on the pool grounds. Covid precautions will be in place, so no shared food and everyone should wear a mask.

Admiral Heights resident Nina Fisher, a certified master watershed steward, organized the event and supervised the plantings. Another Admiral Heights resident, Steve McKerrow, is currently attending the Watershed Stewards Academy. A special mention also goes to Grant Garcia, an Admiral Heights Improvement Association board member, who helped with the event.