HELPING: Neighborly care for North Delridge raingardens

This reader report is from Jill, on behalf of her neighbor Helga, who in turn wanted to let the community know about a neighbor who’s gone above and beyond the call of neighborliness this past summer:

(This) neighbor, Kristen Thom-McMaster, has spent over 100 hours this summer weeding the raingarden areas at our Cottage Grove Park on 26th Ave. Helga took some before and after pictures to show how big of a difference this neighbor quietly made in our neighborhood.

Also I want to acknowledge it was a HOT summer and Kristen was out there in long, protective clothing just yanking out briars with all kinds of yucky surprises underneath (dog poo, specifically, as it near the dog walking area) – so this was a truly difficult task that no one asked her to do which improved our shared space and we neighbors appreciate it deeply.

11 Replies to "HELPING: Neighborly care for North Delridge raingardens"

  • Kersti Elisabeth Muul October 2, 2022 (5:01 pm)

    Thank you ❤️☺️

  • Marina October 2, 2022 (6:42 pm)

    Looks beautiful Kristen! Thank you for all your hard work to make the area look truly amazing. 

  • Neighbor October 2, 2022 (8:17 pm)

    Thank you Kristin! It looks so much better. Grateful for all of your hard work. 

  • Ryan October 2, 2022 (8:43 pm)

    I would see her out there working away and told her thanks! Really was impressed!I’ll have to try and help her out a bit more and see if we can’t get some extra attention from parks to help out a bit more.

  • Hhh October 2, 2022 (9:56 pm)

    Looks great! Thanks for all the hard work. Your neighbors appreciate it!

  • Betsy October 2, 2022 (10:46 pm)

    That is truly a herculean effort! I thought the city sent a whole crew. Thank you so much, what a great neighbor. 

  • carolei October 3, 2022 (12:19 am)

    Thank you so much Kristen! What a wonderful gift to our neighborhood!

  • JoAnn October 3, 2022 (10:03 am)

    Thank you so much Kristen! Your work has much such a wonderful difference in the neighborhood.

  • Gladys Kravitz October 3, 2022 (10:24 am)

    Wow! Shows that one person really CAN make a difference! Thank you!

  • Spencer October 3, 2022 (12:44 pm)

    WOO HOO! Superstar neighbors! 🙌🏻

  • DelridgeNeighbor October 3, 2022 (2:10 pm)

    Thank you so much, Kristen!  We walk that way regularly and noticed the hard work. Like Betsy, we assumed a whole crew was sent to clean it up!

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