Response From Landscape and Takara

Takara wants to know where this trail is located. 

Sent pictures. 

Timing is Critical: Applying herbicides during peak flowering times poses the highest risk to pollinators.

 

From Takara 3/31/26

Thank you so much Eleanor for this additional information as well as your kind words. I truly appreciate you taking the time to put this together.  I am meeting with the landscape supervisor this week and we will discuss this in depth.  I will also make the request to the Board to approve another Private Property sign for that area of the Oak Preserve.

Thank you again for being such a great steward of the Preserve!  The community is lucky to have you keeping such a close eye on it!

Hope you are having a wonderful day-

Takara

Trail from road side, enlarged.

From grass by sidewalk, trail is in middle. 

Met Joel in the Preserve today, 4/2/2026.

Hi Pam, Judith, and Rob,

Today I was walking in the Preserve and met Joel, Pacific Landscape Manager, on his way to check out the mowed trail. I had his ear and he listened carefully, agreed with my concerns, etc. It was so encouraging!! 

He said their contract is for mowing 2’ on either side of the trail, but he will talk to the HOA about not mowing any wildflowers that are blooming. Now we will need to plan how to mark the plants. I told him that the daffodils had been mowed and he was appalled! 

He said his workers won’t use the trail to Marvin Road, but neighbors will use it unless there is a caution tape across it. I think the trail was well used before they mowed it last summer, so it looked like a legitimate trail to the mowers. Getting Takara on board and now Joel, who knew who I was and was amazed at all the native plants marked, was so fantastic! 

And I really appreciate having you 3 thinking with me, even though I seem to be managing it, which I didn’t want to do, but now that we are this far into it, I will continue making noise about native plants!! 

Another good thing is that the dwarf owl’s clover is showing up in many more places now. I showed that to Joel, too. 

I also talked to Joel about the fact that any herbicide in the Preserve is bad for the insects, bees, ants, etc. I told him that the Oak trees are home to a great number of insects that the birds use to feed their young and that pollinate the native flowers.

As you can tell, I had a great morning!

I know Pam and Rob are still learning about our Oak Preserve, and I encourage you to do research on these topics, native plants especially.

We are going to our daughter’s place for a few days, so keep an eye on thing!

Happy Easter

Eleanor 

A wide trail from Marvin.

New gravel, no sign for private property.