WELCOME TO KIM’S GARDEN - A Project of Friends of Kim Brenegar

WELCOME TO KIM’S GARDEN - A Project of Friends of Kim Brenegar

Kim Brenegar, a Capitol Hill resident and owner of the Washington, D.C. landscaping business “The Ornamental Garden,” died in a car accident in 2009 at the age of 49. The Friends of Kim Brenegar formed in 2010 to create a living legacy in honor of Kim’s love of community and the environment. We chose the renovation of a small public park just steps from Kim’s home, where for many years she had volunteered her talents and plant materials to maintain the garden.

Please check back here for updates and photos of our progress, become a Follower via Google Friend Connect or contact us to learn more about how you can help with the garden restoration. We look forward to hearing from you!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Spring Clean-up – April 2011

A beautiful spring morning on Capitol Hill, before the clean-up begins


Fading daffodils, planted years ago by Kim Brenegar, along 8th Street, S.E.


Work gloves and refuse bags at the ready

 Kim’s Garden plaza as the sun rises over Christ Our Shepherd Church

Time to remove the proliferating shoots at the base of the big linden tree

Wielding sharp clippers, Wendy Blair of Capitol Hill Garden Club removes linden shoots


Joe Ardizzone cutting more linden shoots


Joe and Wendy clean up the linden tree base

Joe gets at more linden shoots with a pruning saw

Moving up the linden trunk, Joe and Wendy remove scraggly branches

 Spring daffodils

Linden shoots are no match for Joe and his pruning shears

Wendy and Joe pulling down and cutting the last linden branches




Photograph by Katharine I. Matthews ©2011
 

Joe Ardizzone trims a cornelian dogwood tree

Kim Matthews weeding near the big linden tree

Now it’s time for Joe to gather all the trimmed branches



Joe and Wendy are surprised by how many bags we’ve filled with branches, weeds & refuse


Today’s clean-up crew: Joe Ardizzone, Wendy Blair and Kim Matthews


Tulips and narcissus bloom in Kim’s Garden


A visitor rests on the granite bench at Kim’s Garden, following the activity of the clean-up




Photograph by Katharine I. Matthews ©2011
 




Photograph by Katharine I. Matthews ©2011
 




Photograph by Katharine I. Matthews ©2011
 





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