Thanks To Green Thumb Gang Workers

Thanks to Green thumb Gang workers



It was a hot ,dry ,blazing summer , and we surely could have used a few of Snoopy’s famous ”It was a dark and rainy night…”opening novel lines to keep our town gardens watered. Instead, our faithful volunteers, town public works crew and George Janosco of Pine Knoll Landscaping performed a near Herculean task and lugged water or spent hours at the business end of a garden hose to keep the gardens vibrant throughout Lisbon.

Many thanks to: Mark Jones & Ben Doucette of Public Works for the wonderful job they do in mowing the areas and providing all the additional help needed to mulch , trim, prune, water and support the volunteers at the gardens. Darla Ayer is also invaluable to our volunteer efforts. George Janosco of Pine Knoll Landscaping has donated all time and plants to beautify both sign gardens at the Rte 196 entrances to Lisbon, the garden in front of the MTM Center and the gorgeous seasonally changing display gardens in front of Pine Knoll . Keena Tracy of Little Ridge Farm donated work at the Smith & McCarthy Park gardens, and the family of the late Moe Breton maintained the lovely memorial garden on Village Street.


Our Green Thumb Gang volunteers for 2010, our 14th year, are thanked as caretakers for the following garden areas.


Thomas Field Memorial Park , Shelli & Sherry Voight; Boat Launch,Walking Trail Planters and Rte 9 Strip, Noyes Lawrence; Transfer Station Sign, Anita Marenius; High School Memorial, Girl Scouts & leader Pauline Gendron; Gazebo Park Gardens, Faye Brown & Rufus Ham, Civil War Monument, Robert Kazimer; School St/196 Gardens, Faye Brown ( historic note, the 3-wheels sculpture in the garden are down pulley wheels from the carding machine of our historic Worumbo Mill); Maple/ Summer St, Julie Ann Baumer, In the Oak Street Park gardens , the ‘Moxie’ sign was done by Andy Bucher and family members, The Melissa & Sarah Cherry Memorial garden at the point, Faye Brown: the boulders, Barbara Kazimer ; additional help from Anita Marenius and Phil Breden in the Oak St area: Durham Bridge Welcome garden, Faye Brown.
We also thank all the businesses and homeowners who care enough to maintain attractive areas to enhance our little space on Earth. Please take a moment as you walk or drive through our town to really look these many little bight spots- then imagine how drab our town would be without them.


Opportunities to help exist ( several gardens have lost their caretakers, park benches need to be painted, etc…) Please call Darla at Public Works at 353-3016 to ask about volunteering.


Submitted by Faye Brown