Glendower Gardens Well Tended by Local Master Gardeners

Volunteers from the Warren Couny Master Gardener Association

The large gardens and picturesque trees at our very own Glendower Mansion have been under the devoted care of several local volunteers from the Warren County Master Gardener Association in recent weeks.  Several garden beds have been weeded and the day lilies on both sides of the allee have been raked and tidied up for the fall.

One of the biggest jobs that this group has tackled has been cleaning out the existing drain tiles that lie on the east and west side of the lily-lined allee.  This time-consuming job has several steps: uncovering the stone tiles by shoveling the dirt that lies over the tiles into a wheel barrow; taking the weeds and grass out of the just-shoveled dirt; pulling out the stone tiles themselves and shoveling the just weeded dirt into where the tiles were; and lastly putting the stone tiles back in place back on top of the weeded dirt.  

This method was the brainchild of Janet Maney who uncovered the west side of the drain tile; Dan Pawlowski is using this same method to uncover the east side of the drain tile.

All of the large trees in the front of Glendower were trimmed by Jim and Rae Lynn Beck. 

We at WCHS are thankful to all of the dedicated volunteers from the Warren County Master Gardener Association who have given their time this season to the hard work of upkeeping and beautifying the gardens at Glendower.  We are so grateful for their green thumbs!