CHFM Slope Planting; July 2018

The Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting had struggled for years to maintain a steep slope above the building and below a neighboring parking lot.  The Meeting Landscape Committee worked with Schuylkill Environmental Education Center to develop a concept plan based on stabilizing the slope with 'logs' of coconut fiber.  Chris Sohnly of Spruce Hollow Design actually installed the 'coir' logs, ordered native plant plugs, and led the planting process.  Meeting volunteers pitched in to plant 2,000 baby plant plugs in the 100 x 20 foot steep strip.

Below are pictures of the slope in February 2018 before the project.