In 1990 the Four Seasons Garden Club of Kennett Square created the 1812 Memorial Garden with marigolds, hyacinths and narcissuses on the traffic island at the corner of East Cypress and Walnut streets, although the commemorative marker has been there since 1946.
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Marilyn Reich, branch manager at the Phoenixville Federal Bank & Trust in East Pikeland, stands in the garden in front of bank. The bank received a 2012 Community Greening Award from Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.”;
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“It’s to bring focus to the marker. That’s the reason this is here,” said Marilyn Garthwaite, a member of the club
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From left, JoAnn Donlick, Prissy Roberts, Mary Washko, Craig Rybinski and Marilyn Garthwaite, members of The Four Seasons Garden Club of Kennett Square, stand by the stone marker in The 1812 Memorial Garden in Kennett Square. The marker honors the soldiers that camped there in the summer of 1814 on their way to defend Baltimore during the War of 1812.”;
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The marker honors the soldiers that camped there in the summer of 1814 on their way to defend Baltimore during the War of 1812. And in anticipation of the 200th anniversary, the club finished re-landscaping and redesigning the garden in spring 2012.
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A hibiscus blooms in a planter in Kennett Square.”;
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“This new design is much simpler, and much lower. Originally when this was done there wasn’t a traffic light here,” said Craig Rybinski, president of the club. “That slowed traffic down which in many ways has been sort of a godsend to the garden.”
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A planter sits on the corner of State and Union streets in Kennett Square. Kennett Square Beautification Committee was awarded a Community Greening Award by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.”;
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With the lower plant design and traffic light, the community has taken more notice and demonstrated their appreciation to the club members.
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JoAnn Donlick, a member of the Kennett Square Beautification Committee, stands with a sign indicating her group won a Community Greening Award”;
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Because they made significant improvements to the garden, the club applied for a Community Greening Award from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society last year and won. It had also won a Community Greening Award soon after the initial planting in the early 1990s.
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A planter filled with plants ideal for the shade is on the south side of State Street in Kennett Square. Kennett Square Beautification Committee was awarded a Community Greening Award by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.”;
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PHS gives Community Greening Awards every year, and it recognizes beautification efforts in communities throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey. Last year 89 sites applied and 67 received an award. Six of those sites were in Chester County and three of the six were in Kennett Square borough. This year’s winners will be announced in September.
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