VOLUNTEERS needed for our America250PA project!
Help History Take Root: Volunteer to Restore the Historic Herb Garden at Curtin Village.
All ages welcome!
The Roland Curtin Foundation, in collaboration with the America250PA initiative and the Penn State Master Gardeners of Centre County will be celebrating National Pennsylvania Day through the ‘Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’ program. The event will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 19, at Eagle Iron Works in Curtin Village, 251 Curtin Village Road, Howard, PA.
Interested volunteers can sign up here
https://form.jotform.com/250835949589175
Nestled within the foundation walls of the Ironmaster’s Scale House and Office Building (now gone) are the remnants of an herb garden that was established over four decades ago. This mini-grant project merges history, nature, and local volunteer involvement to enhance visitor experiences and enrich the site's educational and historical value.
The scope of work for this July 19 National Pennsylvania Day Project will be to reset the existing flagstone, top dress the planting area with a mixture of topsoil, compost, and sand, replant herbs removed prior to the start of the project and insert new herbs where necessary. Penn State Master Gardeners of Centre County are an integral part of this effort to select historically correct native plants and design a garden that includes culinary, medicinal and fragrant herbs.
Volunteers are currently working to prepare the herb garden for the July 19 project by removing unwanted plants and invasives. The photos shown here were all taken yesterday.
Join us on July 19. Sprinkles of rain will not stop us, but a downpour may cause us to postpone to July 20.
Check this site for updates and if you have questions, please email
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