
Saturday, October 24, 2009 saw the completion of an Eagle Scout candidate’s project designed to satisfy the curiosity of visitors to the Landmark Society’s Stone-Tolan House Museum property who ask, “What is that tree? What is that shrub? What is that herb? His idea was to produce permanent labels for the noteworthy plants on the grounds. As Horticulturist for the Landmark Society, I had spent hours rewriting labels every year that had become faded or had deteriorated due to their exposure to the weather. I was happy to supervise his worthy endeavor.


When it came time to place the labels on the plants he organized a group of volunteers and friends who met early on a Saturday morning and worked hard to accomplish the task. His preparation and leadership skills made short work of the jobs. Everyone seemed to be having fun learning about the plants and sharing information. I certainly enjoyed working with these energetic young people and some of their parents.
It was evident immediately that the project was a success when one of our docents, staff member Sharon Pratt arrived to open the Stone-Tolan House Museum for our usual Saturday tours. She was thrilled to see the new labels on the plants and said that the scheduled school tours in the next couple of weeks would be enhanced by the information now readily available to all comers. And I saw the benefit as visitors to the property started reading the labels as we were preparing to leave for the day.
Timothy deserves the gratitude of the Landmark Society of Western New York and all of the future visitors to our Stone-Tolan House Museum for a job well done!
Posted by Beverly Gibson, The Landmark Society Horticulturist