Phase 1 of Preuss Post Office Gardens

Dates Saturday March 19th

Time: 9am to 4:30pm

Hosted By: South Carthay, Carthay Square, Carthay Circle and Wilshire Vista Need Your Help!

Background: About 5 years ago a group of volunteers from neighboring communities organized an effort to help raise efforts from neighbors and surrounding businesses to make a financial contribution, donate plants, materials, labor and sweat effort to help beautify the post office. After many years (an substantial overgrowth) the communities efforts paid off and many of the donated plantings have survived.

We need to keep the efforts moving forward and are planning to do a phased effort in our attempt to start the pruning and clean up of the post office planters as part of Phase 1.

We will be focusing on the main front triangle, garden area on Alfred and small section on Pico. The good news! The SPRINKLERS WORK IN THESE PLANTERS!

List of things to be done:

Trim lantana in front triangle

Weed and remove any dead plants on the front three focal points

Dig area around edge of garden area
Remove grass from the sidewalk cracks
Plant 10 Lavender bushes - Size 5 gallon
Plant several Soft agaves in the bare areas of the triangle garden

Plant Elephant plants in the small section along Pico
Spread a layer of mulch to help the plants
Put down a weed barrier with garden stakes
Spread a thick layer of wood chips

Things required for this project 4 - 5 green bins (to be used the returned to move mulch and wood chips....more efficient than a wheelbarrow)

Tools - metal rakes, shovels, pitchforks, pick axe, tree trimmer, brooms, and metal tool to remove grass from sidewalk

Stakes and hammers for the weed barrier

Garden Edger