Edmonds' Seventh Avenue Gets Makeover Thanks to Eagle Scout

Peter Rudzis and the Edmonds Floretum Garden Club have cooperated to make a long-awaited project a reality.

The City wanted to get rid of a large area of invasive ivy along the fence on Seventh Avenue North in Edmonds.

That's where Rudzis stepped in.

As a part of his Eagle Scout project, he worked with City of Edmonds Parks maintenance manager Rich Lindsay and the Floretum Garden Club to plant memorial trees to complete the line of flowering pears along the fence at the edge of the field.

Rudzis, the son of Michael and Michele Rudzis, worked with his troop under the leadership of scoutmaster Jay Beavers. The troop and their parents worked hard to get rid of the invasive ivy, digging up large piles of ivy as part of the effort.

The City will continue  work to prevent the ivy from re-establishing.

In addition, the Floretum Garden Club purchased two large flowering pears to add to the line of flowering trees. The scouts dug the holes and Floretum members helped plant them.

Rudzis and the troop will water the trees until the fall rainy season.

"As people came to the play field for the Taste of Edmonds, "they could see the results of the Eagle Scout project," said Floretum Club member Barbara Chase. "It's another example of volunteers and the City cooperating to make it a better place."