May 11

Perkins School works to restore Thornton Creek in Maple Leaf

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Digging out invasive blackberries at Thornton Creek.

A work party from the Perkins School in Maple Leaf descended on Thornton Creek on Tuesday afternoon to remove invasive plants and replace them with natives.

“The things you really want to look for  is this invasive ivy,” teacher Colt Deese told the group of fourth and fifth graders.

Students from the school, at 9005 Roosevelt Way N.E., have been working on the stretch of Thornton Creek’s Park No. 6 for the last three years. “In that time we’ve replanted 30 to 40 native species,” said Deese, the school’s science and environmental teacher. “It’s really cool to be able to say: ‘See this tree? Your brother planted it two years ago.'”

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