Crew Landscapes Entrance in Time for the Summer Pool Seaon

Swim & Tennis Entrance Landscape Improvement

The Farm golf course maintenance team lead by GCC Horticulturalist, John Glebus, recently finished a landscape renovation project along Carlson Dairy Road. The entrance area that leads to the swim and tennis facilities had a stone entrance sign installed in 2009 as part of the Farm course renovation project. Unfortunately the installation of the sign with it's large footer damaged the mature white Oak that dominated the triangular landscape bed. The tree went into decline last summer and had to be removed this past winter.

Site Clearing, Grading and Irrigation

New Topsoil and Zoysia

Finished Product

    Rather than look upon this as a negative the staff quickly went about taking advantage of the new growing conditions devoid of the large tree. The first step was to remove all the old vegetation. The next step involved grading the site and removing the large mass of roots from the Oak tree and the Junipers that were removed from the bank.  Next irrigation was added to the area to ensure the new plants would thrive in this highly visible location. Once the irrigation was completed and the site was leveled new top soil was brought in and mixed with the existing soil to support a large number of flowering shrubs and perennials.  While all this was going the landscape plan was being developed and when a consensus was finally reached on the plan the plants were tracked down and picked up.  The concept for the design was fairly simple and it focused on having a colorful, but not overly showy, area to to greet the summer-time pool guest and maintain color for the fall season tennis members.