Ashton House Garden Volunteers Needed
If you’d like to:
- spend some healthy time outside in beautiful surroundings along the Iowa River
- hone your gardening skills — even if you don’t have a garden
- meet other gardening enthusiasts
- contribute to the beauty of your community
Then please consider joining Project GREEN as a Garden Volunteer. The beautiful Project GREEN Gardens at Ashton House are maintained by Project GREEN volunteers, and we’d love for you to join us!
Volunteers are needed Monday mornings, May through October, from 9 – 11 a.m. Volunteers are asked to bring gardening tools for weeding and planting efforts (although if you don’t own any gardening tools, we usually have a few extras on hand).
Ashton House is located at 820 Park Road.
Please contact Diane Allen (319-430-6649 or dlallen16@hotmail.com) to find out more details, and to be included in the weekly email communication about work sessions.
Our fun group of volunteers works on Monday mornings at Ashton House through fall, and we often visit other volunteers’ gardens after the work session for impromptu garden tours. Everyone is welcome!
Check out what our group of volunteers have been doing recently:
Week 26 October 28, 2024 Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All, It is finished. The PGG have been put to sleep after 26 weeks of care from gifted & dedicated Project GREEN volunteers. Many thanks to the 16 gardeners in attendance: Larry Allen (forgotten 1 hour October 21, oops!), Linda Bergquist, Monica Hoherz, Rina Sjolund, Susan Ahrens, Hetty Hall, Pat Yeggy, Mary Laughlin, Evelyn…
Continue Reading Week 26 October 28, 2024 Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Week 25, Project GREEN Gardens (PGG), October 21, 2024
Hi All, There were 9 A+ gardeners who volunteered at the PGG on Monday, October 21 from 9 – 11 a.m. Those in attendance were: Rina Sjolund, Lisa Haverkamp, Evelyn Frey, Monica Hoherz, Mary Laughlin, Linda Bergquist, Hetty Hall, Erin Buscher, and moi. At 9 a.m. the temperature was 54 degrees, wind speed 0 mph,…
Continue Reading Week 25, Project GREEN Gardens (PGG), October 21, 2024
Week 21, September 23, 2024 Monday, Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All, We had a beautiful day to complete LOTS of chores at the PGG! It was 58 degrees when we started working at 9 a.m. and 67 degrees when our time together ended at 11 a.m. I’m not sure of the air quality, but today’s is 30 (September 29) which is described as “good.”…
Continue Reading Week 21, September 23, 2024 Monday, Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
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