2014 Park Pot Contest Winners Announced!

Pots were judged on the morning of July 21st, and the winners are: Drumroll.....

Best in Show - Vicki Bucher
Judges' Choice - Kathie Bard
Most Artistic - 1st Pat Buckley; 2nd Kate Quimby
Best Use of Color - 1st Barbara Pennell; 2nd Sue Kalnasy
Best Use of Texture - 1st Wanda Heise; 2nd Tucker Susskind
Most Whimsical - 1st Kathleen Bard; 2nd Kelly York
Most Unusual - 1st Terry Bachman; 2nd Carl Marshall
A new category this year - Most Coveted - was won by Carol Lopus, whose pot mysteriously disappeared a week before the judging.
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all for their efforts to beautify Bellevue Park by planting and displaying their pots. Thanks as well to the two Master Gardeners who spent a morning judging the pots.

Thank you volunteers!

Bellevue Park reservation areas underwent a spring cleaning on Saturday, April 5th, 2014! On your next walk, notice that we shoveled out gravel from the ponds, cleaned up the banks and planted on both sides of Mish Run and the ponds, cut ivy from tree bottoms, cleaned up Pentwater mud gully, cut up branches and limbs in Manning Reservation, lined and stabilized with RR ties along Community Building driveway, cleaned up and planted pansies at Community Building, spread wood chips along pond walking path, cleaned out Hillside and Briarcliff Triangle, and placed limbs on hillsides to help control erosion. 

A special thank you to 29 people who helped.

Kathy Bard 
Dale and Janell Neff
Carl Marshall
Mary Warner
Steve MacDonald
Vince Fogarty
Tucker Susskind
Paul Martz
Christine Quimby
Kate Quimby

Rich De Stanislao
Dan Deibler
Elizabeth Johnston
Pat Buckley
Bob and Barbara Pennell
Carol Lopus
Gretchen Yarnall
Ray Lewis 
Mike Spangler
Dave Dwyer

Joy Knohr 
Simon and Scarlet
Alex Miller
Mike Sullivan
Dave Laughery
Allen Lengle
Terry Bachmann (donated pansies) 
Aaron Carlson (donated coffee from Lil Amps)