In early June, the “Landscaping Sub-Committee,” along with numerous volunteers, met to start the process of sprucing up the temple property. We had an extremely productive weekend working on the front lawn. This included lots of weeding and trimming, replacing the dead roses in front of the synagogue, splitting and moving the daylilies, splitting and expanding the fountain grasses along the temple driveway, planting lots of hostas and other flowers that our members donated from their own yards. And, of course, spreading a lot of mulch.
Our Sub-Committee consists of Rob Seiler, Barry Schwalb, Barry Dutchen, Ellen Siegel, Joan Yakuboff and Julie Kaplan. We met earlier in May to plan out the weekend. Accompanying us was Marcia Schwalb, Dan Bernzweig, Jill Plosky, Alan Yakuboff, and members of the Rothman/Polizzi family (Amy, Nick and Cody). Not only did we do lots of work over the initial weekend, but many of our members have continued to make trips to the temple to continue the work throughout the month.
If you haven’t yet seen the front of the temple during daylight hours, please drive through and take a look. This is an ongoing project; we will be planning additional workdays and would love to have more volunteers. Please come and join us; no gardening experience is needed! Feel free to contact any of us on the committee. We welcome ideas, plants, and additional hands, arms, backs and legs!