Page 4 - Summer 2014 magazine

If you thought that the landscaping around the Visi-
tor Center looks a lot neater, less overgrown and more members to
natural, you’re right! And, you can thank Doyle Way-
trim our
man and the newly formed Landscape Team for the
mesquites
transformation.
and the
Texas native and archi- other trees
tect Doyle Wayman has with clean

lived in Las Vegas since cuts.
2002. His work in growing Branches
and caring for desert land- are re-
scape began in 2009 when moved to
he enrolled in UNR’s Co- allow sun-

operative Extension Mas- light to
Getting started on an overgrown mesquite
ter Gardener Program. His reach the
continuing work as a interior of the tree and give room to the plants grow-
Nevada Master Gardener, ing below it. The team also raises the canopy high
hiker/trail monitor, and enough to keep visitors from getting poked.
seed collector with the Equipment donations have also come in. Safety
Nevada Forestry Depart-
glasses, gloves, tools, trash
ment made him a natural
bags and instructional
Doyle Wayman working at choice for chairman of pamphlets have been
the Visitor Center Friends’ newly-formed given to the team to
Landscape Team in November of 2013.
help make the work
The first project the team tackled was removing the easier and safer. Cook-
invasive and prolific red brome, other weeds and dead ies, fruit and water keep
material around the visitor center and in the exhibit the workers fed, happy and
area. Through some cold and windy mornings, a hydrated. Since the sessions Tools of the trade along with
snacks and water
major dent was made in the weed population and begin with a safety reminder
people started noticing the improvement. from Doyle, no volunteer has lost a finger or been
bitten by a snake or spider.
In March, work sessions for tree and shrub pruning
and thinning were added. Doyle had pruning clinics Each session brings new workers to the team. At the
teaching the volunteers to carefully trim so that the end of May there were 83 Landscape Team members
end result looks natural and leaves the plant healthy. who have worked 1,030 hours and bagged 230 fifty-

five gallon bags of cuttings or weeds. Nineteen mem-
At the pruning clinics Doyle taught the team bers have attended pruning clinics.
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