Boone County News Release
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Boone County Commission Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (573) 886-4312
Gardeners of Boone County, we've got a plot for you
April 20, 2011
The River Fountain on the Boone County Courthouse Square is being converted into a series of container gardens. We would like to encourage Boone County gardening groups to Adopt-A-Plot and help beautify Courthouse Square.
There are five plots total, each 38 inches wide by 24 feet long. Each plot will be filled with a container mix of topsoil and compost. Adequate drainage will be installed for each plot, and water will be available from a nearby spigot.
Organizations that adopt-a-plot can advertise their participation with a sign up to 5 inches by 8 inches in their plots.
Each container will be a self-contained container garden embodying the diversity of gardening interests represented in Boone County. Some possible concepts for your plot include:
- Native plants: Install a selection of the generally drought tolerant plants that are native to Boone County's high clay content soil and climate.
- Rain garden: Demonstrate the proper way to use a rain garden to beautify an area as well as controlling runoff.
- Conifers: Show the design possibilities of evergreen plants and create a showcase for pine straw mulch, a developing Missouri agro-forestry product. Conifers are normally perennial plants, but the plants could be exchanged with others from elsewhere over time.
- Decorative: Beautify the courtyard with color, texture and design. Plant a mix of annuals and perennials, plant one section with perennials and another with new annuals each year or some other combination.
Groups interested in adopting-a-plot should contact Lamar Henderson, Boone County Public Information Officer, at 573-886-4312 or lhenderson@boonecountymo.org.
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