The Historical Apex Depot Garden Project
In August and September of 2007, the Apex Garden Club decided
it would like to help out the town of Apex in leading a beautification project
on the side of the Apex historical depot. Since then, the club has gotten various
members of the business community to donate their time and materials to this
community garden project. The caboose has even been repainted thanks to the
Historical Society! We appreciate everyone who is helping to make this project
a success! Below are some pictures and descriptions of the project and its phases
from its very beginning to now!
September/October 2007:
The Foundations are there, and now we have some good dirt as
well!
Photo 1, Photo 2,
Photo 3
Is there a garden behind that caboose? Looks
exciting!
Wow, we're getting irrigation installed!
Richard helps with the irrigation installation
President Laraine looks on
The pipes are laid: Photo 1, Photo
2, Photo 3
On November 7th, we installed a pathway through the garden,
and put our first plants in on November 14th 2007.
Laying the path 1, 2,
3
This is hard work!
Putting in the plants 1, 2,
Laraine supervises the work1,
2
Richard takes a look
The view from the caboose!
Time to laugh 1, 2
The garden engineers 1, 2
May 2008- The hard work is paying off!
Richard works putting
down mulch
Dave spreads it out
Dave helps Richard
Richard, Dave, and Laraine help
out
September 9, 2008: The Official Ribbon-Cutting at the Depot finally took place!
Laraine gives a speech thanking the community
for their help
Members pose for a shot by the sign
Laraine and Courtney take a look
The garden as it appeared in September
The path in the garden
Our beautiful garden sign, compliments of
member Ruth and her handy husband
October 2009: Fall Cleanup, Plant replacements and New Mulch:
The club had a work day one grey Saturday morning. We had great turnout from the members and got lots of work done in a short period of time. Most of the plants were donated from members' gardens. See the photos below!
Richard drills
some more holes in the irrigation system.
The planters get a new coat of
paint.
New plants are put in: 1,
2, 3.
New mulch from Mulch Masters
is put down: 1, 2
Our garden sign
Our photographers hard at work: 1,
2
