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By Gordon Piper

Gordon Piper is also Chair of the North Hills Landscape Committee and was in- strumental in creating the Firestorm Me- morial Garden near Hiller Highlands. &

By Roland Brandel

Rockridge Homeowners Association, Gordon Piper from Hiller Highlands Home Association, Nancy Rogers from Rock- ridge Terrace Homeowners Association, and Craig Lyall from Ocean View- Margarido Homeowners Association.

By Gordon Piper

Garden Cleaners 5808 College Avenue, Oakland 601-1188 Mon – Fri 7 – 7 • Sat 8 – 6 Across from Zachary’s Pizza Residents interested in assisting the North Hills Landscape Committee may contact Gordon Piper at 843-3828, by mail at 33 Hiller Drive, Oakland 94618, or by e-mail to Rgpiper@sbcglobal.net. EXPERT SHIRT LAUNDERING!

By Gordon Piper

by Gordon Piper, chair, North Hills Landscape Committee Roses and lavenders are among the many new Rockridge residents to be found in the new two-acre public garden being developed on Caltrans property at the corner of Keith Avenue and Broadway. Named the...

By Gordon Piper

...th Caltrans is evident in the profusion of blooming flowers at Keith Avenue and Broadway next to Highway 24 at the Broadway off-ramp. The group has been working on the two-acre site for about two years, and plans to add more plants. Photo: Gordon Piper

By Gordon Piper

... plantings of shrubs and perennials to the garden, and expand the drip irrigation system to water the new plantings Rockridge residents can also assist the garden by making tax-deductible dona- tions of plants or dollars. “We need the help Gordon Piper, chair of the North Hills Landscape Committee, serves on the City of Oakland’s Keep Oakland Beautiful (KOB) Advisory Board. More information about KOB is available from the Department of Public Works or via their website at: http://www.oak...

By Gordon Piper

by Gordon Piper, Representative for Hiller Highlands Homes Association

Landscape Committee Chair Gordon Piper has helped over the last 10 years in the development and maintenance of the Broadway Pollinator Garden, but now seeks a Rockridge area resident or organization To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockrid...

...ce to the new sponsor on resources that might help in developing or maintaining the garden.” For more information or to explore serving as the new Adopt-A-Highway partner for the Pollinator Garden, contact Oakland Landscape Committee Chair Gordon Piper,

By Leonora Sea

...s encampment and full of weeds. The committee has regularly recruited volunteers to develop the site as a public garden serving area residents and Pollinator Garden volunteers pull weeds and spread mulch to keep the plants thriving. Photos/Gordon Piper. Daniel’s Recent Rockridge Listings SOLD: $1,380,000 Listed: $1,100,000 5470 Boyd • 3 Offers SOLD: $1,275,000

By Gorden Piper

...g and support for the stewards, and the garden has regular help from high school student crews and community volunteers. Individuals wishing more information about serving as a Garden Steward or volunteer in the Garden are asked to contact Gordon Piper at rgpiper33@gmail.com or phone 510/843-3828. The OLC website is http:// oaklandlandscapecommittee.org. Articles submitted for publication may be e-mailed or mailed to the above addresses. Submissions are limited to 600 words, must include...

... maintained and beautiful. Caltrans provides free water, signage, and recognition and will help haul away green waste. The committee will ease the transition by providing sources for volunteers and irrigation system details. Please contact Gordon Piper, chair of the Oakland Landscape Committee at rgpiper@ sbcglobal.net or 510/843-3828. gloves, smoothing rakes, turning forks and pruners if available. E-mail Howard Ferrier, volunteer coordinator, for details at hwferrier@sbcglobal.net or l...

... Don Kinkead, Mike Lin, Christina Wong Masalin Jesse Ortega, Laura Schlichtmann, Leonora Sea Contact the board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions New Leadership for Pollinator Garden Following Gordon Piper’s announcement of his retirement from a leadership position with the Broadway Pollinator Garden, The Rockridge News publicized his hope for volunteers who could take over the continuing development and maintenance of the Garden in the ongo...

...te, cathleen@cc3design.com. To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscriptions, to: Rockridge News Subscriptions at the address below. Volunteers at work and play in the Pollinator Garden. /Gordon Piper Contacting The Rockridge News Are there community issues you’d like to see covered in The Rockridge News? • Do you have questions about newsletter distribution? • Want to volunteer to be a Rockridge News block captain? • Would you like to ...

The Broadway side of the Pollinator Garden looking north from Keith Avenue at Broadway toward Hwy 24. /Gordon Piper

By Leonora Sea

...ntinues to look good despite the drought, thanks to the hard work of volunteers,” said the chair of the OLC, discussing progress in the site’s maintenance. To join in working on the Chevron workdays or to volunteer at another time, contact Gordon Piper at 510/843-3828, or

By Gorden Piper

...? Contact us at one of the following: Editor: editor@rockridge.org www.rockridge.org The Rockridge News, 4123 Broadway, PMB 311, Oakland, CA 94611 RCPC Voice mail: 510/869-4200 Pollinator Garden volunteer Carl Price at work pruning roses. /Gordon Piper each month. We need your help to make it a beautiful show garden illustrating the pride of Rockridge residents in their community. The idea to involve volunteer landscape designers or architects to help develop further

...igners, to determine how best to repair drainage problems and wood rot at Hardy Park, and to remove invasive redwood roots in Redondo Park’s play area. Redondo Park Repair Update The matted redwood roots have been removed. Volunteer leader Gordon Piper and his Weekend Training Academy worked tirelessly on November 13 and 14 to clear most of the redwood roots and fibar out of the Redondo play area. More volunteers worked on a subsequent rainy Saturday to complete the root removal. The com...

By Ann Winterman

plan, and hills resident Gordon Piper contributed his great knowledge of plants and outdoor elements. In a meeting with Chief BART Architect Tian Feng last month, the coalition gained design approval, and BART is preparing to submit plans to bid. Project representatives are no...

By Leonora Sea

...ools, make sure they’re labeled as yours. For more info, email Leonora Sea, DMV Neighbors Association, via LeonoraSea@ comcast.net, or look up Temescal creek on the city of Oakland’s Creek to Bay Day web site: www.oaklandcreektobay.org. by Gordon and Susan Piper Ever since the Oakland Landscape Committee (OLC) adopted the corner at the Broadway off-ramp of Highway 24 and Keith Avenue in 2006, we have relied on volunteers to keep up with the weeds, mulch and plants.