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MAEscapes Project

Project Partners:       

• Doyle Farm Nursery
• Gardenscapes Inc.
• Mary Kline, RLA
• Midnight Graphics
• The Garden’s Edge
• Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners
• Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
• Wild Ones – Susquehanna Valley Chapter
• York County Conservation District

Goal of project:

To create gardens at the Pleasant Acres complex that demonstrate sustainable ecological landscaping and best water management practices. 

Gardens will demonstrate:   

1. Best management practices that reduce need for fertilizer and pesticide use

2. Water conservation

3. Use of native plants

4. Backyard habitats

Our audience:

{     School students

{     Home Gardeners

{     Master Gardeners – Train the Trainer

{     Green Industry employees

Demonstration gardens planned:

1. Xeri-scape – demonstrating plants for hot, dry areas (ANNEX entrance)

2. Rain-scapes – rain-gardens (East & West wings)

3. Prairie-scape – native grasses (parking lot island)

4. Storm-scape – stormwater buffer (parking lot)

5. Slope-scape – steep slope (East-side bank)

For more information, contact:

Connie Schmotzer, Extension Educator

Penn State Cooperative Extension

            112 Pleasant Acres Rd

York , PA 17402

717-840-7408

cxs51@psu.edu

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