Trip to Anne Brooks’ Hollywalk Nursery in Brookeville, Maryland

Saturday, July 11; 11:00 to 1:00 pm

For Takoma Horticultural (2009 Dues – Paying) Members

Please join us for a local trip to Anne Brooks’ delightful Brookeville, Maryland garden, also known as Hollywalk Nursery. We are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and arrive about 11:00 am. for our garden tour.

Anne has a mature, woodland garden with lovely specimen trees and shrubs. She will provide beverages, a lovely setting and maybe some plants for sale.

Anne’s address is 211 Brinkwood Rd. in Brookeville, MD 20833. It takes about 20 minutes from the New Hampshire Exit of the Beltway. Carpooling is recommended, as parking is limited.

Please RSVP to Carole cagalati@rcn.com, so we can tell Anne how many to expect.

Thanks,

Directions: Take New Hampshire Ave through Ashton (crossing Rt 108); stay on N. H. Ave 1 more mile; make a right on Haviland Mill Rd.; turn right in 2/10 of a mile onto Brinkwood Rd.; go almost ˝ mile to brick mailbox on right; street parking recommended. Make a sharp right and walk up the shared driveway. The gate of Anne’s deer fence will be open for you.

Takoma Horticultural Club's - Folks with plants to share

MoCo Park's Department "rainscape" in action, in reality, in Randolph Hills Waverly Schuylkill Neighborhood Park

The completion of this project marks the first of its kind in Montgomery County. The Department of Parks restored approximately 1,000 linear feet of an unnamed tributary to Rock Creek between Schuylkill Road and the Garrett Park Rail Station to stabilize the stream system, improve habitat and reduce erosion along the stream bank. The celebration will include live music, children’s activities led by the Girl Scouts, and a mounted police officer.

Some "in progress" photos.....and some "how not to it" photos of stream preservation/erosion prevention as done by MoCo Department of Transportation