7/1 Project GREEN Gardens Week 9

Hi All,

What a beautiful morning it was when 14 volunteers met July 1, 9 a.m. at the Project GREEN Gardens!  The temperature was 63 degrees and in one week our rain gauge showed 2 inches of rain.  Those in attendance were: Nick Goergen, Monica Hoherz, Rina Sjolund, Mary Laughlin (total 1 1/2 hour), Jim Peters, Hetty Hall (extra 1 1/4 hour), Susan Ahrens, Jo Pattschull, Evelyn Frey, Chris Ostrander (extra 1 hour), Lisa Haverkamp, Erin Buscher, Cindy Parsons, and moi (extra 1 1/4 hours).  Volunteers worked two hours unless noted differently.  

We had a long list of goals for week 9.  They included: weeding, ID-ing with labels, watering & fertilizing 6 containers and 2 wagons,  pulling remaining daffodil leaves, spray painting spring allium balls, checking our beds making sure all was in good shape, and filling the Little Free Library.  Below find pictures showing our accomplishments.

Lots of weeding was completed for Week 9: Jim Maynard’s berm, Susan Ahrens’s north garage bed, 2 pictures of peony line-out bed, parking lot with boulder, Along the Park Road entrance to the parking lot.
More weeding for Week 9: 2 Pictures showing boulders previously hidden along parking lot entrance, and once again Susan Ahrens’s fantastic north garage bed.
We spray painted dried allium balls. Next year note: Do this earlier! Evelyn’s Corner looks spectacular. The two “Ann” Magnolias are blooming!
There are so many pretty walks to take at the PGG! These pictures show the view while heading to the front steps of the Ashton House. The picture with pachysandra shows an ID marker. The markers are found throughout the 8+ acre park!
Another pretty walk begins at the Circle and heads south to Park Road. Lots of beauty can be found along the way. We call this walk “Flower Avenue.”

As I’ve mentioned many times, the PGG are over 8 acres and LOTS goes on that I am unaware what has been accomplished. Next week’s pictures will show some of our other beds after being mulched. Stay tuned!

Here are the numbers after nine weeks of work at the PGG. Weeks 1 – 8 + Week 9 = 443 hours + 31 hours = 474 hours for Project GREEN volunteers! Many thanks to all!!

We have one week until the Open Gardens Weekend. When signing-in for Week 10, please look for the sign-in sheets for Saturday, July 13 from 4 – 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 14 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. If you can volunteer either of these dates (or both!) please include your name with the Saturday and/or Sunday list. Of course you do not need to stay the entire 4 hours for each day! Please note the times you will be available. Project GREEN volunteers will welcome our guests and tell about Project GREEN, hand out maps to 20 homes on the Garden Tour, give tours of the Project GREEN Gardens, and offer water to our guests. It’s a fun time to be together without weeding, but please make time to join the Garden Tour yourself!

Our Week 10 work session is Monday, July 8 from 9 – 11 a.m. Looking forward to seeing volunteers! Until then, happy gardening. Diane

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