Hi All,
As I’m typing this summary about the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG), it’s 71 degrees and 0% chance of rain. From my window I can see our backyard filled with sunlight and shadows from trees. It’s another perfect summer day…
This past weekend was Project GREEN’s Open Gardens Weekend. The PGG were part of the event as its “Open Gardens Weekend Headquarters.” Another 20 private gardens were ready to be seen beginning Saturday, July 13 from 4 – 8 p.m. and Sunday, July 14 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Project GREEN-ers stayed busy greeting guests, giving tours of the PGG, handing out ice cold water & OGW maps to all 20 gardens to visit. We were able to use the Ashton House lower level allowing visitors to use the restroom. Garden art and house plants were available for our visitors to take home after giving Project GREEN a donation. Rarely was there an extra parking space in the lot off Park Road. A few guests used Normandy Drive and walked across the grass to the “Headquarters.” All in all, it was a fun time and we met LOTS of wonderful garden enthusiasts. Our Saturday Project GREEN volunteers were: Jim Peters, Rina Sjolund, Hetty Hall, Cindy Parsons, and moi. Each volunteer stayed four hours on Saturday. Sunday’s Project GREEN volunteers were: Mary Laughlin, Susan Ahrens, Monica Hoherz, Dhyana Kauffman, Pat Yeggy, Cindy Parsons, and moi (4 hours). Each volunteer stayed 2 hours unless otherwise noted in parenthesis. Enjoy a couple pictures taken at our Project GREEN Headquarters on Sunday morning.
We had fourteen volunteers for Week 11, July 15 from 9 – 11 a.m. The temperature was 80 degrees when we started and the rain gauge showed 1 1/2 inch since last week. There was a promise of another hot day in the air. Those in attendance were: Chris Ostrander, Mary Laughlin, Dhyana Kauffman, Jim Peters, Rina Sjolund, Susan Ahrens, Kyle Hulscher, Evelyn Frey, Cindy Parsons, Monica Hoherz, Hetty Hall, Erin Buscher, Lynne Giles, and moi. Everyone agreed to head home at 11 a.m. and I’m happy to report our tired volunteers heeded this advice. Our list of goals included: planting two trays of white salvia at the Triangle replacing the spent verbena planted the first week of June, building an arch, spraying Liquid Fence where needed, fertilizing containers, filling our birdbaths, and of course, watering & weeding. We will install the arch during our Week 12 and have purchased a new bird bath to place below the arch. This new addition will be seen from the bridge leading to the Ashton House (inside Ligularia Dell) and along the hiking/biking trail. Some of the remaining garden art has been placed inside flowerbeds of the PGG.
Here are the numbers after Week 11 at the Project GREEN Gardens. Weeks 1 – 10 + OGW + Week 11 = 513 1/2 hours + 36 hours + 28 hours
= 577 1/2 hours for our Project GREEN gardeners! Many thanks to all…
Week 12 is Monday, July 22 from 9 – 11 a.m. All are welcome! Until then, happy gardening! Diane