Hi All, We’ve once again had an excellent week at the Project GREEN Gardens.  Volunteers began their work early to miss the heat coming for our Monday morning work session.  By 9 a.m. it was 82 degrees and rising.  The 11 a.m. temperature was 86 degrees.  Our air quality wasContinue Reading

Hi All, Gardeners began working at the PGG early for week 7.  It was 75-degrees and muggy when I arrived at the Project GREEN Gardens by 8:15 a.m.  Two volunteers were watering different locations around the Gardens beginning at 8 a.m.  Some of our coffee group arrived early before theContinue Reading

Hi All, Our PGG work is going quickly this year.  We are remembering week 6’s challenge of watering the 2025 Gardens which explains how we have over 300 volunteer hours together.  Johnson County is now considered 100% as “Abnormally Dry” according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.  It’s possible we willContinue Reading

Hi All, We had a wonderful day of gardening this past Monday, which began week #5 at the Gardens. June 2nd at 9 a.m. had 69-degree temps with air quality 53, described as moderate. The Canadian fires continue to burn which fill our Iowa skies with smoke. I plan toContinue Reading

Hi All, Here are pictures after our week 3 planting marathons. Thanks to Becky Hall and Linda Schreiber for sending their pictures to share. Project GREEN volunteers and one Master Gardener (MG) met Tuesday, May 27 from 9 – 11 a.m. This was our official week 4 work session. ItContinue Reading

Hi All, Project GREEN volunteers had two days of marathon planting this past week! Our temperatures were in the low sixties with air quality good, 23. May, 2025 has accumulated 2.71 inches of rain in Iowa City. Project GREEN volunteers are a busy group of gardeners. We needed to rescheduleContinue Reading

Hi All, There were 14 Project GREEN volunteers in attendance for our second week together in 2025. They were: Diane Allen, Sue Mullins, Chris Ostrander, Mary Laughlin, Nick Goergen, Jim Peters, Hetty Hall, Erin Buscher, Monica Hoherz, Cindy Parsons, Rina Sjolund, Susan Ahrens, Lisa Haverkamp, and Pat Yeggy. At 9Continue Reading

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 outsideContinue Reading

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 forContinue Reading

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 willContinue Reading