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 7, beginning June 15, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, It’s supposed to be a nice day tomorrow, so let’s go ahead and plan to meet at the PGG, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as usual. We may need to jump a few puddles, but it’s not every week can we do this! Our Week 7 at the PGG began Monday, June…
Continue Reading Week 7, beginning June 15, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
Week 6, Tuesday June 9, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
Hi All, Isn’t it GREEN outside today? Does everyone know what the acronym GREEN stands for in Project GREEN? “Grow to Reach Environmental Excellence Now”. This has been the motto for Project GREEN since its beginning, in 1968. Thanks to Gretchen Harshbarger, Nancy Seiberling, and Jim Maynard for their vision of GREEN for our Iowa…
Continue Reading Week 6, Tuesday June 9, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
Week 5, Monday, June 1, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
This is the current radar for our neck-of-the-woods. It appears we’re in for some weather, but who knows??? Cindy, Nick, and I spent a total of 7 1/2 hours this morning watering at the Gardens. None of us will resent time spent watering that Madame Nature soon might provide from above. Come on rain!! Hi…
Continue Reading Week 5, Monday, June 1, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens
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