Storm damage to Maryland's public gardens
Juniper tree damaged at Cylburn Mansion in Baltimore. Photo by Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun
The people behind the plants at Maryland's public gardens crossed their fingers when the storm predictions grew and grew last week.
It is hard to prepare 200 acres, most of it woodlands, to withstand the snow and the wind that were predicted.
When the sun came out, the horticulturists did, too. And what they found broke their collective hearts.
Hundred-old-boxwoods at Cylburn Arboretum bent and broken under the weight of the storm. Hollies and cypress uprooted or broken in half at the Paca House in Annapolis, London Town in Edgewater. A holly split and an American pine uprooted at London Town Public House and Gardens in Anne Arundel County
And, as you might imagine, there isn't much money in the kitty these days for heavy-duty pruning and replanting that will be necessary
Here is a look at more of the damage.
The 100-year-old boxwoods are bent and buried under the snow. Photo by Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun
The hedges in the Paca Garden are buried. Photo credit: Mollie Ridout/Annapolis Historical Association.
Comments
I don't know what to do with the kitchen scraps that I collect in a bucket and keep under my sink to fill the compost bin with. I can't see my above gound pool, let alone the compost bin. Vermicomposting isn't my thing.
Notable M - I ordered plastic liners from Gardeners Supply for my counter composter...I just pull it out, tie the bag up and put it in a bucket on the snow on the deck...I figure I will see the composter some day--Susan
Posted by: NotableM | February 13, 2010 9:53 AM
These storms were incredibly devasting and we won't know the total impact until the snow melts. I blogged about the damage to my own garden:
http://2greenacres.blogspot.com/2010/02/snowmegddon-garden-damage.html
Thanks for the link! And you are right...I am afraid to look when the snow melts.
Posted by: 2 Green Acres | February 15, 2010 10:06 AM