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 #1 at the Project GREEN Gardens, May 5, 2025
Hi All, It was a beautiful morning for Project GREEN volunteers to meet for our first week at the 2025 Project GREEN Gardens. The temperature was 62 degrees and rising, sunny, with air quality of 21, described as “good”. Perfect spring weather! Our rain gauges need to be put outside and will be soon. There…
Continue Reading Week #1 at the Project GREEN Gardens, May 5, 2025
4/28/2025, Ashton House Garage cleaning!
Hi All, The garage is clean and it was wonderful to see Project GREEN volunteers again! It turned out to be a beautiful morning as nine volunteers met for two hours to clean the garage. We were able to “give up” a few of our garage treasures, making space for our BIG surprise that will…
Calling All 2025 Gardeners!
Project GREEN Gardens will begin its 2025 work sessions beginning Monday, May 5 from 9 – 11 a.m. at the Project GREEN Gardens, 820 Park Road. Volunteers will meet each Monday through October. Our first day’s goal will include clearing garden beds from winter’s twigs, limbs, and branches. We will make piles of debris that…
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