PORT ANGELES — Volunteers are welcome to join the ivy-pulling crew of a “Hedera Helixtravaganza” at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., today.
English ivy, aka Hedera helix, is a non-native, invasive plant that’s plentiful in Webster’s Woods, the 5-acre park surrounding the arts center.
Pretty as it may be, it’s choking out other growth and compromising some of the trees, said center director Jake Seniuk.
Gordon Clark of Clark Horticultural Services is contributing his time and his crew to remove as much ivy as possible from 9 a.m. till 1 p.m., he said.
“In future sessions this fall and winter, the bare areas will be replanted with indigenous species contributed from Olympic National Park seedling surpluses and from other contributors who might come forward,” Seniuk added.
To find out more about today’s ivy removal and replanting efforts, phone the center at 360-457-3532.
