XENIA -- Greene County Master Gardeners have been awarded a $5,000 grant from the Greater Dayton Conservation Fund of the Dayton Foundation to landscape the Little Miami Scenic Trail in Spring Valley,
âWeâre so excited and so appreciative of the grant award that will allow multiple organizations to partner for creating improved landscaping through the Village of Spring Valley on the Little Miami Scenic Trail,â says Greene County Master Gardener Barb Fouke.
The goals of the project, she said, are to unify the character of the trail in the Village; relieve the visual blight using native perennial plants on the north intersection of the Trail and Main Street as well as in Foundersâ Park; educate the public about the usefulness of native plants with signs and factsheets; and invite the public to use Foundersâ Park with signage, water foundation, benches, etc.
Partners in the project include Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Friends of the Little Miami State Park, Spring Valley Village Council, Spring Valley Association of Community and Township Services (ACTS), Spring Valley Township Park Board, Spring Valley Township Trustees, Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce and adjacent landowners/businesses along the trail.
The project is tiered with current projects planned annually until 2015.
Currently, invasive honeysuckle has been cleared and several beds developed with tree plantings installed.
For more information on the project, call OSU Extension-Greene County at 937-372-9971.
Photo courtesy Greene County Parks & Trails: Volunteers work to chop and chip invasive honeysuckle that is blocking the view of Walton Park as seen from the Little Miami Scenic Trail.
âWeâre so excited and so appreciative of the grant award that will allow multiple organizations to partner for creating improved landscaping through the Village of Spring Valley on the Little Miami Scenic Trail,â says Greene County Master Gardener Barb Fouke.
The goals of the project, she said, are to unify the character of the trail in the Village; relieve the visual blight using native perennial plants on the north intersection of the Trail and Main Street as well as in Foundersâ Park; educate the public about the usefulness of native plants with signs and factsheets; and invite the public to use Foundersâ Park with signage, water foundation, benches, etc.
Partners in the project include Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Friends of the Little Miami State Park, Spring Valley Village Council, Spring Valley Association of Community and Township Services (ACTS), Spring Valley Township Park Board, Spring Valley Township Trustees, Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce and adjacent landowners/businesses along the trail.
The project is tiered with current projects planned annually until 2015.
Currently, invasive honeysuckle has been cleared and several beds developed with tree plantings installed.
For more information on the project, call OSU Extension-Greene County at 937-372-9971.
Photo courtesy Greene County Parks & Trails: Volunteers work to chop and chip invasive honeysuckle that is blocking the view of Walton Park as seen from the Little Miami Scenic Trail.