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Tour of the Pollinator Gardens at Shepherd Village; A Co-housing Community Striving to be Environmentally Responsible

Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm

PVMN Continuing Education Eligible

This event is free and open to the public, however, registration is limited to 10 participants and required. Please register below and note the following guidelines:

  • Registration is required (if you can no longer attend, please notify AdultPrograms@PotomacAudubon.org so that others may attend)
  • Shepherd Village requires that visitors be vaccinated
  • Outdoor only
  • We request that everyone have a mask with them
  • If you are sick or have been sick within the past two weeks (or been around anyone else that is sick), please stay home

Join us as PVAS and Shepherd Village team up for a tour of the SV pollinator gardens!

Charlotte Baker-Shenk, Kay Schultz, Ellen Smith, Rob Spencer, Barbara Schaffer and Leah Rampy welcome you to join them on a tour of their community to see and learn about how they are working to establish an environmentally responsible neighborhood.

Participants will tour the individual and shared gardens, wildlife meadow, forested areas and garden center with living roof. Community members will then share what they have learned about building soil (they started with rock-filled sticky clay), productive ways to channel water (berms & swales on contour, rain barrels), and the use of native plants to create beautiful habitat bustling with pollinators.
The group will be on paved paths, permeable pavers, a private roadway and a path laid with wood chips. Walking is generally easy and anyone who might anticipate difficulty could forgo the wood chip path.

 

Directions to Shepherd Village:

GoogleMaps: type in Shepherd Village Co-housing and follow the directions.

Apple maps: enter Sage Place, Shepherdstown, and follow those directions.
Meeting Location:  When coming from the main street in Shepherdstown which is German Street, turn right on to Sage Place. Follow the road all the way to the end of the duplex homes, around a circle and up the road until you reach a T intersection. You will see Guest Parking (front end and parallel) directly in front of you near the colorful homes and immediately to your left (parallel). One of the trip leaders will be standing near the parking at the end of the walkway to further direct you to the Common House patio. If you are walking and know the area, meet with them on the Common House patio.

 

Shepherd Village is the first co-housing community in West Virginia with all of their homes being completed about two years ago. They planned and built the community of 30 duplex and triplex homes, and work together on teams to support their community. Their values of environmental sustainability and soil regeneration show up in the conversion of many yards from lawns to food for pollinators, insects and people as well as in their work in community garden, conservation areas, and  a pollinator meadow.

If you have questions, please contact Krista Hawley at AdultPrograms@PotomacAudubon.org or call the landline  (681-252-1387)at the Cool Spring Nature Center and leave a message.


Details

Organizer

  • Krista Hawley
  • Phone 681-252-1387
  • Email adultprograms@potomacaudubon.org

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