Archive for Lakeside Parks Advisory and Community Garden

Community Christmas trees in front of Lakeside City Hall

Dec 05, 2011 1 Comment Print

Santa’s helpers headed by Rudy Sherych, from Lakeside Parks Advisory Committee Garden Committee, went to Mel Luckies, Mountain View Farms (U-Cut Christmas trees) to pick up six trees for the front of city hall. This has become  an annual event since the inception of Lakeside Parks Advisory/Community Garden Committee in 2007. It was the brain child [...]

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Bulbs, ugly going in, beautiful coming out

Oct 30, 2011 2 Comments Print

Such is the way of the flower bulb, ugly on the outside, but beautiful on the inside. They will show themselves next spring. Diane O’Bryan, her grand-daughter Moe, along with Linda and Rudy Sherych, Sue Allen, James Edwards, Elaine Armstrong, Mattie Lane, and Linda Kinch planted around 1000 more bulbs to the daffodil garden along [...]

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Still time to be part of a beautification project in Lakeside

Oct 21, 2011 2 Comments Print

Lakeside Parks Advisory/Community Garden (LPACG) is taking donations of daffodil bulbs. While shopping around the area there are usually bags of daffodils that are for sale at a reasonable price so pick up a bag or two and donate them to the planting program. They can be dropped off at city hall where a big [...]

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New addition to Lakeside playscape

Aug 31, 2011 1 Comment

Lakeside Parks Advisory/Community Garden Committee (LPAGC) installed a new piece of play equipment geared toward the younger kids. A very cute bouncy whale already found to be a bunch of fun. Maintenance and sprucing Last Saturday was also a scheduled work party to do some weeding and sprucing up. Carpet was laid in the newer [...]

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Fall and winter gardening workshop

Aug 04, 2011 No Comments

You know how you have to shop for your winter coat in August?  Well the same holds true for harvesting veggies in fall and winter – you need to plant now.   To help us do that, the South Coast Community Garden Association and Coos County Master Gardeners are sponsoring a workshop on Fall and Winter [...]

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Lakeside has another bench, the Children Bench

Mar 24, 2011 2 Comments

Diane O’Bryan, President of LPACG, presented her idea of donating a children bench to Lakeside last year. She had some Lakeside kids put their hand prints on tiles that are embedded in the concrete bench that she made. That really special bench is now a reality.  It resides in front of Mary’s Beauty Shop, on [...]

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Another bench is added to Lakeside

Mar 21, 2011 1 Comment

In the ongoing beautification project for Lakeside some of the Parks Advisory/Community Garden volunteers got together over the week-end installing another beautiful bench across the street from Hennick’s. Volunteers from left to right: Front, Elaine Armstrong, Linda Scheryc Back, Mack Eubanks, Hennick’s employee, Mike Armstrong    

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Laying down roots for beauty in the spring

Dec 23, 2010 No Comments

Lakeside Parks Advisory/Community Garden Committee were at it again. Three more trees, “Royal Burgundy” Flowering Cherry Trees, were added to the three planted last year along Eighth Street airport runway. Robert, Diane and Kevin O’Bryan, Linda and Rudy Sherych, along with Michael Armstrong got them in the ground, wrapped fencing around their perimeter to discourage [...]

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Christmas trees go up in front of Lakeside city hall

Dec 05, 2010 No Comments

The front of Lakeside city hall was awash with activity last Saturday. Six Lakeside entities were involved with tree decorating. This year boasted a sixth tree sponsored by the Lakeside library. Library coordinator Nadine Goodrich, shows off a very fashionable Christmas hat that had wiggles and a mind of its own. ♥ The Lakeside organizations [...]

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Putting Lakeside Harmony Garden to bed

Dec 05, 2010 No Comments

Harmony Garden, located next to Lakeside city hall is a hub of activity during the growing season. The seniors, Lakeside library summer program for kids, and gardeners in the general public take part each year. Master gardeners Aaron Richards and Diane O’Bryan, along with Sherry Richards, turn the soil and prepare the beds for the [...]

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