Aquatic Center landscaped at Robe-Ann Park

Area 30 landscaping students spent this spring reinventing the landscape around the Greencastle Aquatics Center. Pictured are, front from left, Friends of the Park member Jan Firebaugh, Taylor Mannon, Area 30 landscape instructor Kami Hyde, back, Josh Bowers, Damon Glaze, Jarod Goss and Madison McClellan

GREENCASTLE -- Friends of the Park Association and the Greencastle Parks and Recreation Department partnered with Area 30 Career Center landscaping students this spring to reinvent the Greencastle Aquatic Center landscape at Robe-Ann Park.

Under the direction of Area 30 landscaping instructor Kami Hyde, the students were challenged to reconfigure the landscape by using the already existing plants.

The students dug, divided and trimmed plantings to create a much more maintenance friendly property for all to take care for.

The students also created a pictorial landscape maintenance book. This easy-to-follow manual could help any park maintenance employee, summer lifeguard or park volunteer to recognize the plants and easily follow the seasonal maintenance of the Aquatic Center landscape.