The Town of Cary’s Engineering Department has approved Edgehill Farm to redesign the median landscaping and the entrance sign landscaping at the entrance of High House Road & Edgehill Parkway – the main entrance for those you living in Cedar Pointe condos and the town homes.  The two entrances feeding the single family homes are not affected by this project.

A rather mild thunderstorm destroyed the first Bradford Pear tree at the Edgehill Parkway entrance late last summer, underscoring the fact that Bradford Pears generally have a expected lifespan of 25 years (Edgehill Farm as developed in 1985 so this is right on course).  The master association board voted to redesign the landscaping to address the two remaining trees and the holly bushes that have seen their better days as well.  The Town of Cary, which is very strict in replacing trees, has reviewed our plans and approved them as the design is a tit-for-tat replacement that won’t result in lost greenery, plants, trees, etc.

The new plants being installed are perennial and will live year-round.  We purposely avoided the installation of flower beds that require seasonal planting rotation.  The smallest beds at our entrance ways cost several hundred dollars a year to maintain.

Side Note:  The Board has also approved the installation of Encore Azaleas and Lirope grass in along the front of the clubhouse.  This will be done in conjunction with the larger project.  The board recognized the concerns of some condo residents who wanted something done to the barren clubhouse exterior.  Yes, we were slow addressing it but we were watching our cash flow and had a hunch the pool repairs would come calling, which they did.  Now, that’s behind all of us.

Randy Smith Tree Care will be working on the initial clean out of existing trees and bushes.

TSI Landscaping, the master association vendor, will install the new landscaping and have authority to water it as needed to keep it hearty while the new roots get established.

Garden Supply Company, the garden shop right on Old Apex Road from us, has a landscape designer who drew the plans for us given our requests – so we went professional all the way within our budget.

I’m not sure when Randy Smith Tree Care & TSI Landscaping will begin work or how long they’ll take, though it shouldn’t be long.  But keep an eye for work crews when you drive through in the coming week or so following the Christmas time-period.

If you have questions, reply to me at this email and I’ll help the best I can.  This is an upgrade and big project and I want you to be informed.