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r <br /> a <br /> / N V I R O N M E N T A L dba Talbot Ecological Land Care <br /> 11 / LANDSCAPE CONSULTANTS,LLC Certified Consulting Arborists,Horticulturists and Conservation Designers <br /> Natural Landscape Design and Tree,Shrub and Lawn Care Services <br /> Consultation,Education,Permitting,Installation and Management <br /> May 3, 2013 <br /> To: Andrew McManus, Conservation Agent <br /> Town of Mashpee Conservation Department <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North <br /> Mashpee, MA 02649 <br /> From: Virginia Scharfenberg,President <br /> Michael Talbot, MCH, ISA,ASCA, Principal Consultant <br /> Transmitted by email to amcmanus@ci.mashpee.ma.us <br /> Re: Plan for Site Assessment, Landscape Design and Installation of Demonstration <br /> Pollinator/Wildlife Gardens on Town of Mashpee Property <br /> Dear Drew, <br /> At your request Environmental Landscape Consultants, LLC (ELC), dba Talbot Ecological Land Care, <br /> has developed this narrative description of the proposed pollinator/wildlife gardens to be built on the <br /> community garden property on Route 130 in Mashpee (the "Town") for the Town of Mashpee Board <br /> of Selectmen. This narrative is intended to provide the Town Manager and the Selectmen with <br /> information on the planned construction of two attractive demonstration gardens on Town-owned land <br /> adjacent to the community garden plots south of Main Street. <br /> ELC staff has been working with Town staff, including the Conservation Agent and Catherine Laurent, <br /> Director of the DPW, as well as AmeriCorps staff, the Wampanoag Tribal Nation, and the Friends of <br /> the Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge to help plan for a successful week of community service by <br /> volunteers and AmeriCorps during the week of May 20-26, 2013. ELC has already assessed six <br /> locations in Mashpee for development of as many as eleven pollinator/wildlife gardens. <br /> The Mashpee Conservation Commission has narrowed the sites to three: <br /> • Two gardens at the Community Garden site on Main Street <br /> • Two smaller entry gardens at the Jehu Pond Conservation Area (part of the Mashpee National <br /> Wildlife Refuge)parking on Great Oak Road <br /> • An entry garden at the Pickerel Cove Recreation Area just north of the parking area on Cove <br /> Road and Main Street in Mashpee <br /> P.O.Box 187,Mashpee,MA 02649 Office:508-539-1912 <br /> Email:info@michael-talbot.com Fax:508-539-8865 <br />