Landscaping for a Healthy Environment!

JERSEY-FRIENDLY YARDS CASE STUDY #4

Nejecho Beach Club 65 Nejecho Drive Brick, NJ 08723

Goal: Protect the community beach area from wind blown sand erosion, and beautify the grounds and landscape.

Funding for this project was provided by NJDEP, 319h Grant #RP13-007. Actions:

This project was The Jersey Friendly Yards website, conducted in Site Assessment: collaboration www.jerseyyards.org, was used to se- Nejecho Beach property measures with the Barnegat lect high drought-tolerant native grass- Bay Partnership. 960 square feet of community space es, shrubs and perennials that prefer available to residents for recreation LIST sandy acidic soil. Native were and enjoyment along the installed adjacent to the chain-link Metedeconk River. The property GRASSES: fence that runs along the perimeter of Bitter Panic Grass the community beach. does not contain an irrigation sys- (Panicum amarum) tem, is not fertilized nor maintained by a professional landscaper. A chain SHRUBS: -link fence lines the perimeter of the Beach Plum (Prunus maritima) property. Existing Yucca plants grow Groundsel Bush along the fence, and existing vegeta- (Baccharis halimifolia) tion in the beach area appear Northern Bayberry healthy. The target planting area (Morella pensylvanica) along the fence receives full sun PERENNIALS: throughout the day; the acidic, sandy soil contains some organic matter ( telephium) and provides good drainage. Blazing Star (Liatris spicata) Project Leaders: Foxglove Beardtongue The Jersey-Friendly Yards project Becky Laboy and Eileen Miller: OCSCD (Penstemon digitalis) brought our neighborhood together Mike Gerrity: Rutgers Environmental Steward New England Aster again after Hurricane Sandy. Marie Sylvester: Nejecho Beach Club (Symphyotrichium novae-angliae) –Marie Sylvester

Ocean County Soil Conservation District– www.soildistrict.org