Hi All,
It was mulching day at the Gardens when we met Monday morning at 9 a.m. Project GREEN’s project manager, Ed Rinderspacher, spent Friday July 5th mulching a long list of locations. They included: the master gardener/project GREEN native prairie bed, Dashes 3/6/7 , West Oval 3’s north end, Nancy Seiberling’s peony bed, & the hellebore bed. Ed left piles of the beautiful mulch around smaller areas for volunteers to spread during our regular Monday work day. Our volunteers were able to finish the mulching before heading home.
The temperature when we met at 9 a.m. was 70 degrees and the Gardens collected 2 inches of rain since Week 9. There were 14 volunteers in attendance. They were: Cindy Parsons (extra 2 hours), Rina Sjolund (extra 1/2 hour), Hetty Hall (extra 1 hour), Nick Goergen, Pat Yeggy (extra
1 hour), Jim Peters, Mary Laughlin (extra 3/4 hour), Monica Hoherz (extra 1 1/2 hours), Dhyana Kauffman, Jo Pattschull (total 1 1/2 hour), Linda Bergquist, Chris Ostrander (extra 3/4 hour), Kyle Hulscher, and moi (extra 1 hour). Pat Yeggy worked last Monday (2 hours) and Sunday, July 7 1 1/2 hour. Thanks to volunteers for letting me know when leaving the Gardens.
Volunteers signed-up to work Saturday and Sunday during Open Gardens Weekend. Here is the list showing names & times each day.
Saturday: Jim Peters 4 – 8 p.m., Rina Sjolund 4 – 8 p.m., Chris Ostrander 4 – 8 p.m., and moi 4 – 8 p.m.
Sunday: Mary Laughlin 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Susan Ahrens 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Monica Hoherz 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Dhyana Kauffman 12 to 2 p.m., Pat Yeggy 12 – 2 p.m., and moi 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
All volunteers are welcome to help greet guests, hand out maps and water, give tours of beds and help sell Garden Art (for a Project GREEN donation). The house is not open to visit, but the lower level restroom will be available to guests and of course, volunteers.
I plan to take pictures this weekend and will share them with our Week 11 summary.
Here are the numbers after 10 weeks working at the Gardens. Weeks 1 – 9 + Week 10 = 474 hours + 39 1/2 hours = 513 1/2 hours for 2024 Project GREEN volunteers! Many thanks to all!
I have not counted any of the Open Gardens Weekend volunteer time. Expect to see these totals included with Week 11’s time.
Looking forward to a fun weekend together! Hope to see Project GREEN volunteers at the Project GREEN Gardens Monday, July 15, from 9 – 11 a.m. Until then, happy gardening! Diane