Spring flowers coming up early in the cement planter

Here’s where Joe embedded broken tile into the soil at the south end of the alley.

A special thanks to Joyce for giving us over 30 portable chairs for alley events and to Joe and his pickup for helping load and unload the chairs.

Lisa planted a few Pansies and pulled a few weeds out of the tire planters.

Kevin’s “speaker planter” is ready for soil and flowers.

Saprano Van Spoon

Decorative Cabbage

Art and engineering students meeting for the first time to discuss possible infrastructural changes to the alleys and surrounding area.

The gang at Native Nurseries

Kevin selecting some beautiful flowers

Discussing which plants to purchase

Erika with her flower selection

Joe and Erika are packed up and ready to go with everything we bought this trip.

Liz and Dana choosing decorative rocks for the entrance area on the north side of the large alley, behind St. Michael’s Pub and the Engine Room.

With the assistance of professors Abichou and Wekezer, Scott, Mike, and Jamie prepare to survey the Art Alleys and surrounding neighborhood.  Five students from the Senior Design class at FAMU/FSU College of Engineering will develop a master plan for the Art Alleys that includes drainage, lighting, and art installations.

Joseph, Jamie, and Scott measure relative elevations in alley to help determine drainage problems.

Joe picked up discarded pieces of cement, brick, asphalt, bottles, and other debris and began creating a wall to slow down the erosion at the southern end of the alley.

Whitney and Logan installed a new raised bed with top soil and compost.

The Get Green Alley Sprouts Megan, Lisa, and Bailey helped to organize the first bake sale.