Our 27th Annual Pond Tour was June 23rd and 24th and we had great weather for this year’s tour. Aside from a rain cloud that rolled through quickly Sunday afternoon it was in the mid-80’s and partly cloudy most of the weekend. There were a lot of great water features, information, and stories shared with the public.
Bob S. presented on the state of Ward-Meade and the Tulips at Twilight event. With last year’s revenue from the event a new irrigation system was funded and has been partially installed and should be completed by March.
Other jobs have come up and the contractor’s work has not been continuous, and there have been issues with their work. There was a break in the line that flooded the garden with chlorinated water. They left a trench through a berm designed to protect the ponds from run-off water the ponds were flooded with mud and chlorine killing the fish and turning the water gray and it doesn’t seem to be settling.
The weather will be great on Saturday May the 6th, so the pond cleaning at Ward-Meade is on beginning at 9am. Come if you want to work, or just watch and see how to clean out a pond.
