Many thanks to the volunteer gardeners of Lisbon's Green Thumb Gang‏

Many thanks to the volunteer gardeners of Lisbon's Green Thumb Gang , the caring businesses who have 'adopted' gardens and our paid Public Works helpers who do a great job mowing and sundry tasks throughout the season. 

In our 14th season ,we cared for several large parks with multiple flower gardens and over 50 beautiful specimen trees and shrubs , park benches, a Gazebo , wagon and a wonderful Worumbo Mill Sculpture made from three large wheels that once worked machines in the Mill. The parks were hand dug for the most part and the trees, gazebo, wagon, benches and sculpture were gifts from our local citizens, many in memory of loved relatives. 

The 'kids' who were charter members of our "Gang' when they entered Kindergarten in Lisbon Falls graduated this year from Lisbon High School. Many of them helped create Lisbon High School's first garden. A big Green 'Thumb's Up' to all of them ,and a heartfelt wish that they will blossom and flourish as young adults. 

Thank you 2011 volunteers: Anita Marenius, Bob, Barbara & Alex Kazimer, Noyes & Dale Lawrence, Phil Breden, Sherri & Shelley Voight, the Girl Scouts under leader Pauline Gendron,Julie Ann Baumer, Faye Brown, Fern Libby, Sherri Hills and young daughters Briella & Ashley,Paula Cyr, Peggy Swan and Granddaughter Veronica Jalbert. 

Thanks to our local businesses who donated plants and labor: Pine Knoll Landscaping and Nursery, the Topsham & Lewiston town line gardens and the MTM center garden; Riverbend Landscaping donated the garden at the entrance from Durham; Davis Landscaping, a large garden banking in Lisbon Village, the Family of Moe Breton, the garden on Village St. and the mystery person who cared for the Upland St. War Monument. 

Our Public Works helpers were Darla McCoy, Mark Jones, Jared Chattick and Ben Tarr And thank you also to Bob August of Adept who generously donated 20 bags of mulch, Matt Laffely with help repairing a park bench and Bob Robitaille for making dozens of replacement stars for our beautiful 'Stars & Stripes' gazebo .( We have to keep replacing these solid white 3" stars because someone keeps stealing them- so parents, kindly notice if you see them in your kids room and return them- vandalism gets very 'old' in a hurry!) 

We invite anyone in Lisbon to join our Gang.If you would like to volunteer to help with 'dirty deeds done dirt cheap", we need growers, sowers, hoers and a water buffalo to help water some smaller gardens. Truly, many of the original members are are feeling our ages, as in the next birthdays will be 80, we are signing up for Medicare , etc....so a few more helping hands that are a little less knarley would be very welcome. 

For more information on how YOU can help call Faye at 353-5771. 

Submitted by Faye Brown 

Sure would be nice to have a few photos of these gardens to include with this. If someone were to submit them it would be most appreciated.

Thank you to everyone involved in beautifying Lisbon.