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The Monmouth County Master Gardeners visited Camp Evans
on May 15, 2003 to make recomendations for the Camp Evans landscaping project.

Attending and helping create the 2003 report were:
Rich and Sandra McLaughlin, Master Gardner from Avon
Jim Farmer, Master Gardner from Belmar
Betty Matava, Master Gardner from Belmar
Sheila Eppenger, Master Gardner from Brielle and President of NJ State Master Gardener Advisory Board
Cliff and Barbara Bandsta, Master Gardners from Wall
Richard Obal, Rutgers Cooperative Extension Agent

Thank you for the excellent help!!

MASTER GARDENERS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
CAMP EVANS PROJECT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF GROUNDS
May 2003

Cottage 9002 Area

Photo of the Marconi Station Manager's Cottage - From Wireless Age - August 1914

Remove poison ivy from back fence and from trees
Leave wisteria on fence if you'd like
0. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's Falsecypress) Fine old tree
1. Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple) REMOVE AND REPLACE Take live tissue samples to Rich Obal
If positive for verticilium wilt clear ground of disease before replacing
2. Quercus rubra (Red Oak) OKAY
3. Plantanus x acerifolia (London Planetree) Take out dead wood Cut out suckers
4. London Planetree REMOVE
5., 6., 7., 8., London Planetree OKAY
9. London Planetree Cut out dead branch Consider removing left branch of forked crotch
10. Prunus (Cherry) Dead / REMOVE when you can
11. Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) OKAY
12. Prunus (Cherry) Consider trimming out dead branches eventually
13. Ailanthus altissima (Tree Of Heaven) 2 trees OKAY
14. Fraxinus (Ash) Eventually trim back dead branches
15., 16. Quercus alba (White Oak) 2 trees OKAY
17., 18., 19., 20. Carya cordiformis (Bitternut Hickory) 4 trees OKAY
20A. Cornus (Dogwod) REMOVE / on it's way out
21. Ailanthus altissima (Tree Of Heaven) REMOVE / watch out for poison ivy on trunk

Cottage 9003 Area

Photo of the Marconi Station Chief Engineer's Cottage - From Wireless Age - August 1914

22., 22A. Acer plattanoides (Norway Maple) 2 trees - OKAY
23. ASH REMOVE
24. Quercus rubra (Red Oak) OKAY (probably there before Camp Evans)
25. TREE OF HEAVEN REMOVE - Dead
26. Red Oak OKAY
27. London Planetree Watch branch angle on east crotch Recommend angle and brace
28. London Planetree Remove 2 dead branches Could remove entire tree to mirror other side of entrance drive
29. London Planetree Remove suckers
30. London Planetree REMOVE
31. Red Oak OKAY
32. Picea abies (Norway Spruce) OKAY
33. London Planetree REMOVE
34. Dogwood Prune out dead branches
35. Dogwood OKAY
36. Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) OKAY
37. Pinus sylvestris (Scotch Pine) Very old OKAY
38. Picea pungens (Blue Spruce) OKAY
39. Red Maple OKAY
40. small pine beside Blue Spruce REMOVE
41., 42. Dogwoods OKAY
43. Scotch Pine Okay
44. Dogwood REMOVE
45. Dogwood OKAY
46. Norway Spruce OKAY
47. Japanese Maple OKAY very old - beautiful specimen
48. Norway Maple Take out crown to open Japanese Maple up to light
49. Norway Maple Take out dead branches Consider cutting weak branch angles
50., 51. Bitternut Hickory and/or Black Walnut OKAY
52. Dogwood REMOVE
53. Norway Maple OKAY Trim back dead branches

Other recommendations:
Spireas in front of houses / REMOVE
Boxwood, Azaleas and Rhododendrons around houses
Prune back to rejuvenate

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