Alaska Eagle River Garden clean-up, spring 2020

I adopted a garden in Eagle River, Alaska, along with several of the ladies from the Greater Eagle River Garden Club (see link below). The garden is part of the "forgotten" gardens reported in the Echo in 2018 (see below). Two of us ladies adopted the garden know as number one. There are over 30 gardens scattered throughout Eagle River but only about ten that are currently being taken care of.

We have our work cut out for us. For instance, many of the gardens have been overrun with grass, weeds, and tree and bush runners. The pictures below show almost four hours of work done to clear the bed at garden one. The before and after show clearing the drain rocks of grass and weeds; as well as, clearing some of the Iris bed. Today we pulled seven bags of debris from the garden area. This past Tuesday we cleared over ten bags of debris. I will post a separate post on the work we did on Tuesday after I get pictures.  We anticipate the clean-up to take most of the month since the garden is so neglected. There will be many more posts on this clean-up so stay tuned.

This garden (Garden one) is situated in the same area as Eagle River Blue Star  Marker and the Eagle River Garden sign. 

To learn more about AK ER Garden Clubs and our efforts please visit the following URLs:

Eagle River, AK Garden club
https://www.alaskagardenclubs.org/eagle-river or Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/greatereaglerivergardenclub/

Forgotten Garden article
https://www.echoak.com/2018/05/greater-eagle-river-garden-club-forgotten-gardens/

 Rock drain after

Rock drain  and Irises before

Irises after

Before