October brought ideal weather to rip it up in the last depaving of the year. A stellar crew got right to work removing pavement for a rain garden in the center of the church’s parking lot and tearing out a massive hunk of English ivy to make way for trees and native plants along busy 82nd Ave. Thanks to everyone who came out for one last smash!
- Date: Depaved October 3rd, 2015
- Location: Saints Peter & Paul Episcopal Church – 247 SE 82nd Ave
- Size: 800 square feet
- Funder: the Bureau of Environmental Services – Community Watershed Stewardship Program
- Special Thanks: to Elemental Technologies and Service Portland for bringing a crew, and to Dave Carlon for bringing his bobcat to help excavate the rain garden!
- Download: More pics from this event and our other projects
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- Fall 2014.
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- Breaking ground, October 2015.
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- Fun with monster slabs.
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- First time depaver.
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- Melissa, our Drop Box Queen.
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- Yeeeaaahhh!
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- No Ivy Team taking names!
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- Heave Ho guys!
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- The Elemental Technologies Crew returns to the scene of the pry.
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- Killer Crew!
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- Students from Reynolds High School came out to lend a hand.
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- Great job digging, Crew!
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- Putting in the rain water diversion berms.
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- Time to get planting.
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- Ray and Ayalew working on the rain garden.
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- Resident planting crew mates, Kate and Kasandra having fun.
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- Laurie, our Rain Garden Empress.
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- Michael, rocking the slope.
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- Michele, learning the ropes and loving it.
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- Whew, nice work everyone.
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- Ready for rain.
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- Looking green!
Thanks for the inspiration for Minnesota!!