Supporters of Marion’s Lowe Park improvements will make their pitch Wednesday for state funds. The city is asking $312,000 from Vision Iowa’s Community Attraction and Tourism (CAT) Committee for construction of an amphitheater at the park, said Mike Carolan, the city’s interim parks and recreation director. Marion has already landed $235,000 from the Iowa Great [...]
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“It looks good from far away,” James Bearden said. “It’s meant to be seen from far away. The idea that it breaks up the landscape is so graphic.” Bearden stood among a small group Monday afternoon at Marion’s Lowe Park, looking at an arrangement of folded steel planes about eight feet tall, painted bright yellow [...]
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With financing coming together for the amphitheater planned for Marion’s Lowe Park, project supporters expect work to start next spring. Project supporters will launch a fundraising effort Friday morning to match a $150,000 grant from the Cedar Rapids-based Hall-Perrine Foundation. “This is pretty important for us, because we’ve got to match that” as a condition [...]
continue »High winds and rain have hampered construction, but progress continues on a new greenhouse at Lowe Park in Marion. Linn County Master Gardener, Devon Dietz, reported it will be several weeks before it is completed. Devon, who sent along these photos, noted that the greenhouse will be used to raise flowers for the City of [...]
continue »The Linn County supervisors now have another amphitheater to think about — this one in Marion. Still a little miffed at Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett for asking them to support a downtown Cedar Rapids amphitheater in a newspaper story, the supervisors heard a presentation Monday about an amphitheater on the north edge of Marion. [...]
continue »A surprising number of eco-events coming in Eastern Iowa in December 2009. Here are some of the ones I’ve run across. Let me know of others. Send an e-mail to: cindy.hadish@gazcomm.com Wed. Dec. 2, 12:45 to 2 p.m, The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency is sponsoring three “e-sessions” on managing discarded electronic products. Others [...]
continue »Trial and error are left to the expert volunteers at Lowe Park’s demonstration gardens in Marion. The dozen beds are tended by Linn County Master Gardeners who volunteer their time when they can and work in groups two times per week. The gardens are always open during gardening season and signs mark many of the [...]
continue »Linn County Master Gardener Claire Smith shares the following about becoming a master gardener: Do you like getting your hands dirty and your feet wet? How about digging up dirt? Would you wholeheartedly grovel in the ground with new friends? Are you inquisitive about things flora? Have you ever considered becoming a Master Gardener? [...]
continue »We’re kicking off a new feature, starting with this photo from Devon Dietz, who captured the early sun on prairie coneflowers driving up to Lowe Park in Marion. Devon called the view for visitors “spectacular” and noted that the Linn County Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens are [...]
continue »Linn County Master Gardener Shelby Foley describes a worthwhile trip to make in Eastern Iowa: A group of Linn County Master Gardeners has developed a demonstration garden at Lowe Park, 4500 N. 10th St., Marion that serves as an outdoor, hands-on learning laboratory. The garden consists of eleven beds and a composting station. Master [...]
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