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FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | NOVEMBER 2020 25 Our Landscape Committee ~ Who, What, Where, Why & When Greetings and welcome to "get to know" your Landscape Committee! WHO Lynette Simonson, chairman: Lynette and husband Jack moved here in 2008. Lynette said, "The beauty of this place was a major factor, as health reasons led us to the decision to leave the dream home we built in the mountains just 15 miles away, and lived in for 25 years. Our beautiful landscape had three years of growth in 2008. I am enjoying how 'our greenery' has continued to please for 15 years. The trick is to maintain the beauty as plantings mature and die out or overgrow and need replacement or to be thinned out. It is very educational to learn from our Friday morning walks those plants that prevail in our soil and climate." Nanette Scott, co-chairman: Nanette has lived here at Four Seasons for just over two years. She and her husband Bruce moved to their new Four Seasons home from their farm in San Jacinto. Nanette is an avid hobby gardener and loves to be outside tending to her gardens. Bonnie Makela, secretary: Bonnie and her husband moved to Four Seasons from Covina in 2017. She started volunteering with the landscape committee within months after moving here in order to learn more about our beautiful community and participate in keeping it that way. Her involvement has broadened her knowledge about the plants and trees that thrive here and about how our HOA operates to keep our community beautiful. Nancy Justice, member: Nancy moved to Four Seasons in June of 2015. She was asked to be on the committee by the chairman Richard Hoffman in 2016. Her aim has always been to keep Four Seasons as beautiful as she can and hopes she is doing that by her input to the committee. Kirk Freyermuth, member: Kirk moved to Four Seasons with his partner in 2018 from a small town in the San Fernando Valley, following the lead of his sister-in-law who arrived four years earlier. He has always been interested in bulbs and flowering shrubs and is thrilled at the opportunity to learn about all the beautiful plants here in our community. Patti Pitts, member: Patti and her husband Gary moved to Four Seasons a year ago from Salt Lake City. They are avid gardeners and foodies and grow both flowers and vegetables. Patti joined the landscape committee to learn about the plants and trees here and is excited to be of service to keep Four Seasons as beautiful as it can be. Al Padilla, member: Albert and Anna Padilla have been married for 40 years. They moved here to Four Seasons from La Puente in 2015. He enjoys being part of the landscaping committee and is always on the lookout to keep our community looking beautiful even if it does not pertain to landscaping. Shannon Shelton, FirstService representative: Shannon started working at Four Seasons as a Lodge attendant three years ago and has worked her way up to a management position as the landscape liaison. Her family owns a flower shop in Upland which she loves and frequently works at so she feels perfectly at home among the landscape committee members. Some of her hobbies include antique shopping, refinishing furniture, and cleaning! Kathy Craven, Board liaison: She moved to Four Seasons three and a half years ago with her wife, Kelley, from Orange County. She is a self-proclaimed kiss of death to plants and finds it ironic she is the liaison to the landscape committee. As a first-time member of the Board, she looks forward to working with this incredible landscape committee and learning everything each of them brings with them and admires all the work they put into keeping our community beautiful. WHAT We are a group of homeowners who are vested in "our" landscape, the landscape of the HOA here at Four Seasons Beaumont. We oversee just about anything green and growing within the HOA properties. We regularly walk the grounds with our landscape vendors making note of plant health and, when needed, we recommend replacement plants. WHERE Our duties include, but are not limited to, keeping a watchful eye on the plants within the common areas. These include the pocket parks, trails and greenways, the grounds of The Lodge, The Summit, The Courts, Cost Center front yards, and the Fuel Mod (the "wild land" area that wraps around the back of the community between Highland Springs and Seneca Springs). WHY Why do we do this? Well, because we love the look of our beautiful community! It's important to each and every one of us to maintain the lush green comforting scenery we all enjoy as we drive in and through this lovely place. WHEN You can see us out every Friday morning walking a part of the grounds here in our community. We also meet on the third Tuesday of every month to review, discuss, and approve various proposals from our vendors as well as any plant related concerns that have been brought to our attention. ~ Nanette Scott, nscott.sbdfarms@icloud. com Landscape Committee Check with your committee chair to confirm meeting place, date, and time. L-R: Bonnie Makela, Lynette Simonson, Al Padilla, Kirk Freyermuth, Nanette Scott, Nancy Justice (in front), Patti Pitts, Kathy Craven, Shannon Shelton