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Boone County Commission Administrative Coordinator
Phone: (573) 886-4312


Gardeners of Boone County, we've still got a plot for you

June 7, 2011

The River Fountain on the Boone County Courthouse Square is being converted into a series of container gardens. We would like to encourage Boone County gardening groups or individual master gardeners to Adopt-A-Plot and help beautify Courthouse Square.

There are five plots total, each 38 inches wide by 24 feet long. Each plot will be filled with a container mix of topsoil and compost. Adequate drainage will be installed for each plot, and water will be available from a nearby spigot.

Organizations that adopt-a-plot can advertise their participation with a sign up to 5 inches by 8 inches in their plots.

Each container will be a self-contained container garden embodying the diversity of gardening interests represented in Boone County. Some possible concepts for your plot include:

  • Native plants: Install a selection of the generally drought tolerant plants that are native to Boone County's high clay content soil and climate.
  • Rain garden: Demonstrate the proper way to use a rain garden to beautify an area as well as controlling runoff.
  • Conifers: Show the design possibilities of evergreen plants and create a showcase for pine straw mulch, a developing Missouri agro-forestry product. Conifers are normally perennial plants, but the plants could be exchanged with others from elsewhere over time.
  • Decorative: Beautify the courtyard with color, texture and design. Plant a mix of annuals and perennials, plant one section with perennials and another with new annuals each year or some other combination.

Downloadable documents

Download these documents for more information about the container garden program.

  • Container garden program agreement template: The template for the contact between individual gardeners or gardening groups and the Boone County Commission.
  • Container garden program description: More information about the container garden program.
  • Container garden program release: A release form that will need to be signed by each individual who will be working on a container garden.

Groups or individuals interested in adopting-a-plot should contact Lamar Henderson, Boone County Public Information Officer, at 573-886-4312 or lhenderson@boonecountymo.org.

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