MEETING MINUTES

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Butchers Hill Association
General Meeting Notes
June 2, 2010

Committee Reports:

• Reminder of Garden Tour on June 6 th..
• Streetscape – reminder of community dumpster.
• Education – Living Classrooms take over School 27 on July 1 st.
• Crime – City rewriting the Baltimore Zoning code and an initial draft was made available in April. Can be found at local library. Final approval should be in January 2011. (Information provided by Carolyn Boitnott who has a copy of draft.)
• House Tour on October 10 th – still need a few houses.
• Community Initiatives – T-shirt will be available at White House during Garden Tour.
• July Picnic – Volunteers needed to help set up and clean up. Will be a silent auction of copies of old photos.

Speakers

Tim Almaguer spoke the upcoming concert schedule and expanded use of native plants in Patterson Park. Gardens and Conservatories of the “Gilded Age” featured new and unusual plants brought back by explorers. These needed water and chemicals to survive. Native plants tolerant of bad soil, drought and supportive of local butterflies are being planted at entrances, around Pagoda and the Lake. Possibly will be planted in meadow areas in future. Also possible that U.S.D.A. Will support a model garden for children.

Native Plants recommended are:

Joe-Pye Weed
Swamp Milkweed
Black-eyed Susan
Blue False Indigo
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia Cardinalis)
White Turtlehead (good for Baltimore Checker Spotted Butterfly)
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra)
Creeping Phlox
Little Bluestem Grass

Trees are: Tulip Poplar, Eastern Redbud, Serviceberry.

Information on these plants can be obtained from:

• Maryland Cooperative Extension ( http://extension.umd.edu )
• Maryland Native Plant Society ( www.mdflora.org )
• Cylburn Arboretum or Brookside Gardens

A representative from the Southeast Community Development Center handed out flyers on first time home buyers workshops and other services available from this support group.