Just by chance during our last Garden Volunteer Day in October, David Brett, husband of our Board Vice Chair, Kristin Brett, decided to call a guy he knew who installed irrigation. "He's a great guy," David told me.
Today I arrived at Lakewood and there were trucks lining the road.
Rob Hoogeveen is not only a nice guy, and one of our first ten Founder's Fund contributors, he arranged for the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Florida Irrigation Society to provide the donation of irrigation systems to our schoolyard gardens.
When I walked into the garden, there was irrigation tubing everywhere in the beds. Rob was hard at work creating a three-zone system.
He told he arrived at the school at 7:15 and the HPO, who just happened to be driving by on a motorcycle, let him in the gate (we didn't arrive until 8:00 a.m. as planned).
Every bed got its own irrigation system, tubing and extender sprays. Misting water that will saturate our soil and irrigate our plants.
Here's Rob and Lisa Yacso, posing with our sign at Lakewood at the end of the day.
Rob installed a timer and rain sensor and if you're in need of an irrigation system for your house or garden, I know a really nice guy you should call.
Thanks, Rob! You're a real hero!
Kip Curtis, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
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