[PHOTOSTORY 2: MOTION] Closing the Botanical Garden

By: Abbegayle Stallons

Dalton is finishing up the last bit of his project when I walk up to ask for his photograph. 
He told me that he working on digging holes for potters that will be installed soon for the valley. 

Dalton begins stacking up the chairs on the patio near where he was just working.
It started to sprinkle so he wants to make sure that the furniture is put somewhere dry first thing.

He is making neat stacks near their corresponding table.
This will make it easier for the employees to know where the chairs go in the morning.

The next thing Dalton does to close up the garden is to move all of the young plants from the open areas to their greenhouse.
The young plants might not be able to endure the storms coming their way. 


 

Near the greenhouse is the cottage, since we're nearby Dalton goes ahead and shuts up the lights and closes the door. 
This is an important thing to do to keep the power bill down. 

Dalton is moving pots outside the cottage to get them out of way of winds. He laughs about the weather here.

 

Outside the greenhouse and cottage, there are a few pots so Dalton saw decided to clip up some of the dead leaves while we were by that. 

Dalton had found a tall patch of grass on our walk through the "closing route", he edges the beds before walking away.
He said that he would be back in the morning and wanted to make sure he had peace of mind. 

Now Dalton is grabbing and rearranging bushels of vines to see if there is anything that needs to be pulled or plumped.
Doing this makes the arches look better

Next, Dalton picks out the noticeably dying weeds and vines on the trail in.
This is best practice to do before a big weekend. 

In between tasks, Dalton finds a few random tools so he is putting them in the shed.
The garden has a few employees so they are being spread thin and often forget tools while multitasking. 

Dalton is watering the grow zone.
He is careful not to over-water. 

Dalton is locking up the garden's greenhouse.
The second biggest thing about the night shift is making sure all the doors to the buildings are closed. 

He is checking the sheds to make sure all of the mowers and golf carts are put away.
This is a major part of the closing shift.

Dalton closes Shed 1.
All the garden's vehicles are kept in high-security sheds.

Dalton finishes locking Shed 1. 
He has several locks he has to lock on this shed. 

Dalton is closing Shed 2. 
This shed houses other equipment that the garden uses day to day. 

Dalton is locking Shed 2.
This concludes the closing process for the garden, and Dalton prepares to go home.