Parks & Recreation News
Friday, March 28, 2008DEPARTMENT TO SELL WOODCHIPS
LAWRENCE The Lawrence Parks and Recreation Department will have its annual woodchip sale Thursday through Saturday, Apr. 3-5, at 1420 E. 11th St., rain or shine.
The hours of the woodchip/mulch sale are as follows:
Thursday, April 3 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday, April 4 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, April 5 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The woodchip/mulch sale is to eliminate an excess amount of woodchips/mulch the department has acquired during the year. The cost of the sale will be $10 per pickup load; the price will be increased for larger trucks. Patrons are asked to bring a tarp for their pickup to secure the woodchips, preventing them from littering the roadway as they drive from the facility.
There will be an additional woodchip sale in October.
Instead of purchasing woodchips throughout the year, Parks and Recreation recycles trees that are cut down throughout the city. The trees are then run through a chipper and used as mulch.
Woodchips, like mulch, are helpful when it comes to the growth of newly planted trees, when used in gardens or used in flower gardens. Spreading woodchips reduces the amount of water lost through evaporation, prevents excess run-off, restricts weed growth, and replaces valuable nutrients into the soil.
For more information, please contact Jim Beebe, forestry supervisor, at 785-832-7979.
Prepared by Laurel Kupka, 785-832-3458
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