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Planting Committee

 The Planting Committee, chaired by Lisa Kunst Vavro, is a working group involved with the physical beautification of Greater Hazelwood by planting and maintaining gardens, the Greenway, and other identified greenspaces.

The Planting Committee affords residents the opportunity to actively participate in the beautification of the community; to learn all facets of gardening, tree species selection and maintenance; forestry management; compositing; and general ecological functions, subdivision activity. The responsibilities of this committee included:

• Review annual gardening needs of the community.
• Conduct the annual HI Plant Sale
• Maintain the Garden at Second and Johnston Avenue
• Maintain the gardens at the Glenwood Bridge
• Engage in the Earth Day Cleanup
• Provide support to PA Cleanways in the maintenance of the Hazelwood Greenway
• Participate in periodic litter and trash pick ups in the neighborhood.
• Report to the Board all significant neighborhood beautification and clean-up activity.