Beautification
Ashe County Cheese Planter
Continuing our mission to bring beauty to Ashe County, Keep Ashe Beautiful and the West Jefferson Community Partnership are pleased to sponsor the vibrant flower display next to Ashe County Cheese. We extend a special thank you to Thompson’s Horticulture Services for designing, planting, and maintaining this lovely feature.
Located directly across the street from the famous Ashe County Cheese Holstein cows, the planter sits in front of the historic wall owned by Parker Tie Company.
The wall itself offers a pictorial journey through West Jefferson’s past, featuring historic photos from the Ed Reed collection. This memorial display was a collaborative effort created by artist Stephen Willingham, designer of the iconic Holstein cows—along with his wife Lisa, Ashe County Cheese, and Parker Tie Company. Additional funding for the project was provided by Ashe County Cheese, The Arts Theatre (owned by Stephen and Lisa Willingham), the West Jefferson Community Partnership, Parker Tie Company, Keep Ashe Beautiful, and generous local community members.
Golden Trail of Ashe
The Golden Trail of Ashe is a testament to years of dedicated community effort. Over the past years, volunteers have diligently worked to plant several varieties of Daffodil's along these beautiful trails in Ashe county. We are now seeing the flourishing results of these sustained efforts, as the plantings mature, multiply, and enhance the natural beauty of Ashe County for everyone to enjoy. Watch for
future plantings on the Golden Trail of Ashe until we get all corners of the county
looking "Golden".
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Clean-up of the Health Department landscape
In the fall of 2021 We wanted to give back to employees who worked so hard for the county during the pandemic, a group of 20 volunteers gathered to start a complete clean-up of the Health Department landscape. They pressure-washed a patio used for staff and client meetings and replaced aged tables and chairs with two lively painted picnic tables. In addition, the team cleaned up the landscape by pulling dead plants, removing old planters, and trimming shrubbery. Keep Ashe Beautiful worked with the town of Jefferson, who repainted the safety bollards and exterior building accent structures, brightening the whole building.
With the onset of spring, the final phase of the Beautification project was completed. Students in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) construction class designed and built two beautiful planters to flank the entrance. The volunteers then filled the planters with ornamental grass plants, spread mulch, and cleaned the main entrance sign.
Keep Ashe Beautiful volunteers were proud to give back to our Ashe County Health Department for their outstanding service, especially during the COVID pandemic “We feel Beautification projects like this are significant because they strengthen the community making it a place all would be proud to live in ”.
Keep Ashe Beautiful would like to give special thanks to The Town of Jefferson, Lowes, Third Day Market Garden Center, S&S Mulch, Mr. Hugh Hirth's CTE Construction Class, and other anonymous donors for their donations. The project could not have been completed without their support.
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