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Carlisle Center Park


Snail Roll Seed Starting for Center Park
A new technique for starting seeds promises to nurture seeds and seedlings while dramatically reducing the need for potting up seedlings...
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Mar 72 min read
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Aug 29, 20240 min read
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Attractive edging stones revealed in front bed
Emily Richardson did one side last week, and Cynthia Maxwell (pictured) and Alison Saylor removed turf from the edging stones on the...
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Aug 29, 20241 min read
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Spending grant money on plants
We actively champion native plants for our Woodland Gardens and planted five new native shrubs along our new "Lot-line Hugelkultur...
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Jul 22, 20241 min read
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Center Park now has a (draft) Master Plan!
The Carlisle Historical Commission has asked us to think ahead 5-10 years and come up with a Master Plan that shows all the projects we...
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Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Stick and twine picnic table footprint
The picnic table and benches will be smaller, but this kidney shaped area outlined in hay bale twine shows the footprint of the proposed...
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Mar 2, 20241 min read
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Center Park in review 2023
February - Nature's H'Art Gallery courtesy of Gleason Library and Witchazel blooms March - Tapping a Sugar Maple and Pruning Workshop...
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Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Milk Jug Winter Sowing
Sow perennial and hardy annual seeds to place outside during the winter. Some seeds need the cold to germinate and others just tolerate...
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Jan 28, 20243 min read
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ADA compliant custom Red Cedar picnic table proposal
With our ten-fold increase in events at Center Park, we are actively pursuing any suggestions to improve the visitor experience. A...
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Jan 1, 20242 min read
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New storage shed proposed for Center Park
Hauling tools and watering cans to the weekly free garden classes is a burden to the volunteer teachers. A truck is needed for all the...
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Jan 1, 20241 min read
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Brainstorming picnic table designs
This Red Cedar-topped custom curved picnic table with benches seems to be our best option so far. This is a 3D printer model of an 3ft...
saylorfarm
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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Halloween Spook Trail 2023
Hundreds of visitors came to see our slightly creepy path to the candy and treat table. Friendlier during the daylight, the trail became...
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Nov 9, 20231 min read
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More spring bulbs planted at Center Park
Several hundred bulbs were both sold and planted at Center Park. Planting in the middle of the lawn may seem strange, but the damage to...
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Nov 5, 20231 min read
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Planting spring flowering bulbs at Center Park
Short ones that bloom before May for the lawn, and taller or later blooming bulbs in the planting beds. Here are three participants from...
saylorfarm
Oct 19, 20232 min read
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Replacing Burning Bush aka Winged Euonymus with native shrubs
The invasive Burning Bush looks different in the woods, so it is not obvious that the landscape specimens have infiltrated Center Park,...
saylorfarm
Oct 12, 20232 min read
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Late season Dahlias still going strong
The white Nippon (aka Montauk) daisies and Sedum spectabile 'Autumn Joy' are also showing off their late season blooms.
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Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Front Entry Garden Bed looking healthy and colorful
The left side must get more sun, as the right "mirror" garden is healthy, but less "full". Here is what it looked like last year 2022...
saylorfarm
Sep 18, 20231 min read
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More spring flowering bulbs for Center Park?
Center Park already has a wide variety of tall and short spring ephemeral flowering bulbs. Short ones have the advantage of having...
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Sep 18, 20231 min read
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"Rampaging Harlots" aka Persicaria 'Painted Palette' newly planted!
Maryfran Johnson generously shared her bounty of Persicaria promising us that if they seed all over, which is what they are want to do,...
saylorfarm
Jul 31, 20231 min read
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Visit a Garden (VAG) event at Center Park
Columbines, Yellow Foxgloves, Catmint, Peonies were on display as we had guests visit Carlisle Center Park on Juneteenth. This Lilium...
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Jun 19, 20231 min read
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