Dear Community Member,
Each year, the Dover Main Street program continues its mission to keep downtown beautiful, clean, and a destination for residents, businesses, and visitors.
Rarely do we have a chance to make history but this year we do!
Dover Main Street Program, in partnership with the Dover Rotary Club and City of Dover Community Services, are creating a public garden along the Cocheco River in the center of Dover with rhododendrons and plantings from Dovers own Joe Parks, and
we think you will want to be a part of it!
Few people know, as they travel past Joes home on a secluded road in Dover, that they are passing a six-acre garden that has been proposed for inclusion in the Smithsonian Institution landmark gardens. Joe, a past president of the Massachusetts Rhododendron Society, has developed over 30 rhododendron hybrids specifically for our climate.
This is no little project we estimate the cost at over $50,000.
Over 100 individuals have already volunteered on this project and much of the planning, site preparation and ground work is complete. The team includes: Master Gardeners, USCG Cutter Tahoma crew, Tree Stewards as well as your customers, friends and neighbors.
Area businesses have graciously donated time and materials to this project and with your help we expect we can take care of 75% of this cost.
This leaves only about $12,000 in actual cash needed for materials and future maintenance. Dover Rotary Club has already pledged $4000 of this balance. Attorney Tom Dunnington is working up the details of a trust fund to keep the area beautiful for many generations to enjoy.
We hope that you will help us preserve this piece of history in your backyard by making a financial contribution to the Joe B. Parks Public Garden Project.
Contributions of time and materials are also most welcome. All contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law.
City of Dover Resolution
Dover Main Street
100 Main Street, Suite 108
Dover, NH 03820
603-740-6435
603-740-6475 Fax
dovermainst@ci.dover.nh.us
www.dovermainstreet.org
