Trustees of Gramercy Park: Preparing for Winter and Holidays
Park Caretaker Amando Flores is busy preparing for cold weather and the holidays. He describes some of the work below:
- Removing begonias from 41 tree gardens surrounding the Park
- Planting over 30,000 bulbs throughout the Park including a variety of: tulips, daffodils, mini daffodils, alliums, bluebells, crocuses, grape hyacinths, etc
- Gathering 75 bags of leaves daily
- Winterizing plants - applying fertilizer, mulch
- Shutting down Park irrigation system to keep pipes from freezing, bursting
- Continuing to clean sidewalks - Until a few years ago, caretakers were unable to hose sidewalks because of the water shutdown. Since then we have separated our water lines to allow them to do so.
- Thursday, 12/1 - Park Christmas tree arrives
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