Let's Build Gonave, Haiti!

The Bidens Pilosa are still going strong even though here in Seattle the weather has been somewhat cool.  The stems of the plant are now a purple color and the plant itself is starting to get more woody in appearance.  The plant doesn't stick straight up as it did in the past, but if it did, I would say the plant is over 6 inches tall.  Still no flowers, but there seems to be a few places on the plant that seem like a flower is about to appear. Given that we have had steady sun for a few days I think given a little more time we should see some flowers.  I am still holding out hope that the plant can make it to bloom stage.  So we will have to wait a bit longer. The Wildflower Association is in full swing.  We will be sending a few seeds over to the island in the next few days.  By June these plants will have a start on the island.  We still expect that by October the seeds will have time to form and bloom.  The Coral Vine already exists ...

Below are photos of what the current state of the public park at Anse-a-Galets looks like.  The park has colorful displays of the national colors, but there is peeling paint in a few areas, and the black gates do little to uplift the surrounding area.  Also concrete planters have no vegetation, and many areas that were to have trees do not.  In fact the section that has great shade trees are used by locals to sell goods. Obviously the park needs more shade, more paint, and more vegetation.  To use, this is a step-by-step process. We want to add coral vine along the entire length of the fence that surrounds the park.  This will not only support the emerging honeybee industry, but will also provide a beautiful cover around the park.  See the pic below of what could surround the park using the current fence as support. As you can see, the coral vine would cover all aspects of the fence and give the area a vibrancy.  The plant can have eit...