PLANTING A COMMUNITY

The South Park South Site was bustling with activity Saturday, May 22. Habitat families, volunteers, staff, kids, dogs, and even the sunshine came out to help plant trees, shrubs, and flowers. Sierra Online and Home Depot partnered together with Habitat to help landscape the South Park neighborhood. Sierra worked with the Habitat homeowners donating the use of their new software, The Complete Land Designer 3-D, to help families choose plants and design their yards, while Home Depot provided the plant materials and ground cover. Teams of volunteers from both companies came out Saturday and worked in the dirt alongside the families digging, gardening, and planting seeds of a community.

SPRING PLANTING AT LEXINGTON PLACE

Last month, an energetic crew of homeowners and volunteers spread topsoil over the yards of the two recently dedicated homes. The monolith of topsoil was enough to intimidate anyone, but our resilient army of helpers, armed with shovels, rakes and wheelbarrows, made short work of it.

Habitat VISTA volunteer, Ben DeGain was single-handedly responsible for ensuring great weather for Habitat's recent spring planting. Ben arrived prepared for the worst. Expecting rain and mud, Ben arrived with wet weather gear just short of a diving suit, guaranteeing sunshine. Sure enough, the only mud encountered was created by our enthusiastic volunteers.

Meanwhile, another crew made the trek to Madison Park to retrieve the plants donated through Lease Crutcher Lewis Contracting by a client. Rose bushes, hydrangeas, heathers, and the occasional freeloading dandelion made their way back to Lexington thanks to the volunteers with big trucks. Shovels were swinging, and dirt was flying. The yards looked less like a construction site with each new plant that went in the ground.

Thanks to everyone who was there to help and to Lease Crutcher Lewis Contracting for the donation of the foliage. The yards look great!