Everywhere you look, whether you are at CRP or outside MCES's inpatient hospital, there is something green—or red, or purple, for that matter—to catch your eye.
Staff members from MCES and CRP collaborated with CRP residents as well as volunteers from Boy Scout Troop #551 in multiple horticultural projects to enhance the experience aesthetics of both facilities.
CRP staff member Joanna Shanley spearheaded a movement to plant eggplants, cucumbers, yellow and green squash plants in the CRP garden. A diverse offering of tomatoes and several different herbs are also thriving there. The garden is not only beautiful when in full bloom, but it is functional. Residents at CRP help tend to the garden and even enjoy a warm cup of evening tea with some homegrown spearmint. Two residents in particular worked arduously in the summer heat to uncover a lovely brick pathway that had long been hidden by insidious weeds.
Over at MCES, Physician Assistant Larry Deuber and his son Jonathan, a scout with Troop 551, continued the Troop’s tradition of giving back to the community by tackling a large landscaping project. A detailed design plan was submitted by the Scouts, which they implemented with assistance from MCES’s maintenance staff. An elegant, flower-bedecked pathway leading to four stone reflection benches was constructed outside the building, along with floral enhancements to the porch outside Crisis and the island that bears MCES’s signage. Troop members also painted the guardrails, mulched around guardrails and trees to give the land outside MCES a uniform, pleasing look.
Thanks to everyone who pitched in—staff member, consumer, and volunteer alike—to help bring much appreciated touches of beauty to the MCES and CRP campuses.