The removal of honeysuckle is something we take seriously, to the extent that our owner, Peter Wimberg, has been eradicating honeysuckle as a park volunteer for years. The prosses is straight forward: cut, spray the stumps, and pile the cutting. For the first season, the piles create winter habitat, then they quickly degrade. The removal of the honeysuckle opens the forest floor to the sun’s light which encourages the growth of many desirable native wildflowers and spring ephemerals, and gives native trees, such as the native Pawpaw, elbow room to grow.
“I enjoy the process of removing honeysuckle. It’s great exercise, I get to spend time in my local park, and the results are immediately gratifying,” shares Peter Wimberg. “It’s like night and day looking at an area I’ve cleared next to a space still saturated with honeysuckle. It’s not a difficult process, but one that should be done with attention to detail, a calm mindset, and patience.”