Work on the Potter-Church Garden at the Castro Adobe kicked off in mid-January with landscape contractor Laura Livingston and her team starting on the project. The first priority was installing security fencing around the garden. The security fence will provide protection as the deteriorated grape stake fence is removed, though portions of the fence will be salvaged for re-use.
The next step is to rebuild the fence and subsequently digging the trench (which will be located south of the pump house) for water and electrical. This all has to be carefully planned to work within State Parks constraints as well as include archeological monitoring.
The project should take two to three months to complete, barring any major weather- or archeological-related obstacles. We are looking forward to work progressing on the garden!