Friday morning at Gaiety Hollow, sunny and bright…
Gretchen was already there with a load of mulch…
They are putting down a newspaper mulch to keep down the aegopodium. The method is as follows: water heavily the night before, place newspapers all over the desired area,
wet newspapers fully…
layer mulch—3-8 inches dep
ending on the situation…on top of newspapers
cover newspapers fully with mulch…
cross fingers for a good result.
NOTE: The tea garden at Deepwood IS a Lord and Schryver design, but no planting plan exists so the restoration has included a bit of guesswork according to what was in the garden and the plant lists favored by L&S.