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 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
Week 4, May 26, 2026 Tuesday at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All, I will begin with a BIG thank you to all the Project GREEN Volunteers! I was not at the Tuesday, May 26 beginning of Week 4 this past week. Our Week 4 goal was to water and plant as many of the annuals, perennials remaining on the long driveway, in front of the…
Continue Reading Week 4, May 26, 2026 Tuesday at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Week 3, May 19 – May 25, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
Hi All! It’s been quite a week! We began with the cancelling of Monday, May 18, the beginning of Week 3 due to rainy conditions. It was decided to begin Week 3 (better known as “Planting Day”) to Wednesday May 20, from 9 a.m. – noon. A few volunteers met Tuesday, May 19 from 9…
Continue Reading Week 3, May 19 – May 25, 2026 at the Project GREEN Gardens (PGG)
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