Landscaping Fundraiser
We are updating our building's landscaping, putting on a fresh face in time for American's 250th birthday. This is a community project, involving veterans and friends working together with students from Strom Thurmond Career and Technical Center.
Our goal:
$3,500
How you can help
(1) Adopt a plant
A simple, tangible way to support the project. Your gift includes a plant and soil amendments.
- $20 for an accent plant
- $40 for a shrub
(2) Make a cash donation
Cash donations help us purchase essential project materials.
Checks payable to American Legion Post 30
Mail to: P.O. Box 30, Edgefield, SC 29824
(3) Donate items from our list
See below to contact us for details about giving from our product list.
Materials and Supplies
43 pre-selected plants and shrubs
Fill dirt, compost, fertilizer, root stimulator
Bagged mulch
Irrigation system, pipes, fittings, and utility access boxes
Miscellaneous electrical supplies
Concrete parking bumpers
Boulders
Contact us
For questions and to learn details about our project, email Winston Boddie at alpost30sc@gmail.com or text LANDSCAPE to 864-413-7121.
The big shrub removal took place on February 28, 2026.
Tommy Tripp & Roger Ellis prepare a shrub to be removed.
Johnny Hensley pulls a shrub while Tommy Tripp and Jon Notestein stand ready to remove the debris.
Tommy Tripp and Jon Notestein did extra clean up behind the building.
A shrub is ripped out of the ground.
The big tree at the corner of the building came out fairly easily.
Winston Boddie and Roger Ellis hookd a tow chain to a shrub.
Tommy Tripp shuts off the water main prior to digging up roots.
A shrub dangles from a tow chain.
Scott Burton volunteered his trailer for tree removal.
The team looks in amazement at the open ground where shrubs used to be.
This pile of shrubs is only about half of the total.
This is the corner tree that uprooted easier than we expcted.
Post 30: The shrubs are gone and we need to ready the ground for new plants.
Special thanks to Johnny Hensley who brought the equipment, directed the operation, and made this day a success.