Forest Theater
Mt. View Av. between Santa Rita St. & Guadalupe St.
Irrigation Tubing Installed by the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Ornamental Horticultural Class of Carmel High School
Date: Thursday, 26 April 2007
Forest Theatre Landscape Restoration Project & The Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat
“The Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat at Carmel Middle School is one of the most unique environmental education centers in the nation.”
“Our mission is to inspire students to understand, appreciate and protect the natural environment.”
Craig Hohenberger, Director
Jane Atkins, Habitat Restoration Coordinator and Nursery Manager
Ellen Fondiler, Habitat Manager & Director of Development
Community Restoration Projects include the Carmel River Lagoon, Carmel Beach and Lester Rowntree Arboretum.
For more information about the Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat, click on the post title above, or copy, paste and click, http://www.carmelhabitat.org/
The Forest Theatre Landscape Restoration Project is made possible principally by the Hilton Bialek Biological Sciences Habitat, Director Craig Hohenberger, Habitat Restoration Coordinator and Nursery Manager Jane Atkins and Habitat Manager & Director of Development Ellen Fondiler, Carmel Middle School students and the Regional Occupational Program (ROP) Ornamental Horticultural Carmel High School class students. The students designed the project, planned the work and got involved and participated in local government seeking grants, preparing presentations to commissions and working with the city to launch and accomplish this ambitious 3 year project.
UPDATE: On Thursday, 26 April 2007, Carmel High School students laid the irrigation tubing down into the mini-trenches. This irrigation will provide water by drip irrigation to the soon-to-be planted native trees and scrubs.
BACKGROUND: The Landscape Restoration Project is comprised of 3 phases, A, B and C; one phase is to be accomplished each year over 3 years. Phase A is being accomplished and completed now. The restoration of the Forest Theatre grounds, that is, the planting of native trees and shrubs that grew there historically, will at long last achieve a goal of the Forest Theatre Master Plan of the City’s Local Coastal Program.
NOTE: Anticipate the completion of Phase A, with the planting of native, drought-tolerant plants, in the near future.
2 comments:
The project to landscape the Forest Theater, which is being carried out by Carmel Middle and High School students at an amazingly fast rate, is a great example of volunteerism at its best. These kids are involved in something that represents the kind of committment to the community we could wish all of our children would demonstrate. They deserve high praise from all of us.
Why the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore have chosen to ignore these students and how they are benefitting Carmel is a real puzzle. It is hard to imagine how these kids could have offended Sue McCloud and Paula Hazdovac badly enough to deserve this cold shoulder.
Yes indeed, high praise indeed to the instructors and students.
It appears the fulfillment of master plans in the city is being done more and more by either individual residents or outside individuals or outside organizations.
Where's the city's actions in realizing the goals of the master plans? Responsibility shirked, again!
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