Today members of CAJAC walked through the grounds of Bayside Cemetery with MC Landscaping’s David Capparelli in order to review the continuing progress of the cleanup. A central priority was figuring out which trees and shrubs can be left in place as overgrowth is cleared from the pathways and plots. It is the aim of CAJAC and MC to preserve as much as possible of the cemetery’s remarkable endowment of flora while uncovering buried headstones.
The photo array from today’s visit starts in the Northwest area close to Liberty Avenue and documents the manual labor of volunteers and heavy-machine labor of MC Landscaping. The debris in the photos will be chipped into mulch within the next few weeks. The photos then turn to the cemetery’s Pitkin Avenue and proceed up and down the south-to-north transverse all the way to the steps at the Liberty Avenue gate. Finally, the group meets behind the front gate office to conclude the discussion with planning for subsequent steps and volunteer opportunities for large groups during the summer and fall.
Stay tuned.
