Project>> The Restoration of Waban Kettle Pond>
In 1995, a group of neighboring homeowners approached Pamela Hart Landscape Services for a solution to a shared problem. Their backyards bordered what was once a glacial kettle pond but that was now reduced by erosion and contamination to a half-acre wasteland. Contaminated by roof runoff, street debris and lawn fertilizers, the pond's eroding banks were overgrown with exotic plant species, such as purple loosestrife and Norway maples. Pamela Hart Landscape Services was faced with the challenge of removing the invasive plants and replacing them with the pond's original plant community; removing contaminated soils, providing access to surrounding homeowners; and building enough stone structures, such as boulder dikes, catch basins, and retention basins to prevent the need for dredging the pond in the future. We also addressed the task of educating the surrounding home-owners throughout the restoration process.