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Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Marketing Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • Web www.CityofEdina.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City to hold buckthorn dump for residents
Edina, Minn., Sept. 26, 2011 –The City of Edina Park & Recreation Department will hold a
buckthorn dump in late October so that residents can rid their yards of the invasive shrub.
Residents may drop off their buckthorn brush at a site on Ikola Way across from the Braemar Golf
Dome. The site will be open Oct. 22 and Oct. 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Oct. 23 and Oct. 30
from noon to 4 p.m.
Residents must show a picture ID with a current Edina address. Commercial haulers are not allowed
to leave buckthorn brush at the dump unless they are accompanied by the residents for whom they
are working. Buckthorn brush cannot be bagged, boxed or bundled. If it is, it must be removed from
the container before being left at the dump.
Buckthorn, native to northern Eurasia, spreads quickly and displaces other, more desirable plants. It
can grow on almost any site that is not continually mowed. For more information on buckthorn
removal, visit www.EdinaParks.com. For more information on the buckthorn dump, contact Park
Maintenance Superintendent Vince Cockriel, 952-826-0305.
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