(and you don’t even have to sweat or get your fingernails dirty!) Are you a creative type? Do you like to take on one off projects? Would you like to work with other neighbors? If so, I invite you to reach out to me at jmstruebbe@gmail.com. I have a small team together, […]
Beautification
Featured Garden in October
Fall is certainly coming to North Avondale! On a recent drive around the neighborhood, I had to stop and admire these beautiful garden vignettes which celebrate all things that are beautiful in the fall. What eye-catching colors! These photographs were taken in late September and I know by the time you […]
September 2021 NANA Featured Garden- 413 E Mitchell Avenue
Welcome to the backyard patio at 413 E. Mitchell Ave, at the corner of Lowry and Mitchell Avenue, and home of Michael Marsh and Melvina Chapman. Mike and Melvina moved to North Avondale 16 years ago from Walnut Hills and didn’t even know their new home had a back yard when they […]
NANA Community Gardens: September 2021
North Avondale gardens are still in bloom. A big thank you to those who volunteer in our community gardens, and to those who have captained our beautiful gardens, some for many years. We have 8 gardens that our NANA gardeners maintain. Our garden at the triangle of Clinton Springs and Washington is in need […]
North Avondale Litter Report: September 2021
Hey neighbors – I wanted to thank everyone that came out to our Reading Road Cleanup at the end of July. We had fifteen volunteers including seven children and it was lovely seeing kids getting out and cleaning up! Judicial candidate Elizabeth Tye stopped by and did the Dana-Clinton Springs-Reading […]
Beautification: Summer 2021
Flower PotsYou may have noticed that our flower pots are decked out for the hot summer. The Park Board offered us options and we have chosen to have them fill the pots with “Striped Beauty” Canna, “Dragon Wing Red” Begonia, “Lucky Lemon Glow” Lantana, “Trailing Red’ Mezoo and “SC Bewitched […]
Featured Garden of Month: Summer 2021
Welcome to the Butterfly garden of Denny Harper and Kim Hubbard at 3946 Rose Hill Ave. Denny and Kim moved in to their North Avondale home in 2018 and Denny immediately got started creating his butterfly garden. About a decade earlier, Denny had purchased a farm in Adams County, where he was […]
Neighborhood Garden Plots: Summer 2021
Did you know that our neighborhood tends to about ten (10) garden plots that enhance the beauty of our neighborhood? These plots are at: Seasongood Square (and Circle); the Dana Triangle; the Dana Roundabout Circle; Marion Triangle (diagonal from the Belvedere); Washington Triangle; Asmann at Winding Way; Roundabout at Dakota & […]
Beautification – Litter: Summer 2021
The Beautification committee is pleased to announce the addition of two new volunteers: In charge of Litter, we welcome Coral Weigel, (Edge Hill Place) and overseeing our neighborhood garden plots, we welcome Judith Evans (Rose Hill Avenue). We are indebted to Laurie Pike for her previous work as our Litter/Clean up Chair and, of course, to […]
3997 Beechwood Avenue – “Before the Makeover”: Summer 2021
On a beautiful Sunday evening on June 27, over 100 people gathered to view the house at 3997 Beechwood Avenue as part of the “Before the Makeover” fund raising event, hosted by Nana beautification chair, Jolene Struebbe, and sponsored by Heather Herr / CB Team Herr and Brad Lauck, property owner/Lauck properties. The event, […]