Project GREEN Blog (Page 3)

Hi All, Our last reckoning giving us a total for Week 5 ended Tuesday, June 4 with Sue Ahrens replanting the bed north of the garage. By the way, it looks marvelous! Work continued at the Gardens beginning June 5, Wednesday when 7 volunteers met at 9 a.m. to finishContinue Reading

Hi All, Things are progressing at the PGG! Despite heat, high winds, lots of rain, delayed volunteer days, exhaustion, sore muscles, and anxious worries Project GREEN volunteers have given their all to keep plants alive. So far, so good. Read on for details… Week 4’s work session was May 28,Continue Reading

Hi All, What a crazy week for Project GREEN volunteers!  Our normal Monday meeting date was cancelled with Tuesday rain forecast as well.  By early Monday afternoon our Week #3 meeting time was changed to Thursday, May 23.  It turned out to be a good plan!  Then our weather interferedContinue Reading

Hi All, We had rain this past Monday, our usual time to meet.  Well, I should say where Rina, Hetty, and I live (rural Solon) we had rain Monday, during our usual day & time to work at the PGG.  Sorry I cancelled when Iowa City did not have rainContinue Reading

Hi All, It was a beautiful morning for our first week together caring for the PGG!  The temperature was 63-degrees and a calm breeze.  We did not have our rain gauges outdoors, so we’ll begin measuring the weekly rain amount next week.  We had a long list of chores toContinue Reading

Hi All, Project GREEN volunteers’ first work session for 2024 is planned May 6 from 9 – 11 a.m.  The address is 820 Park Road and there are 26 parking places waiting for us to use.  If more parking is needed we can park along Normandy Drive.  Our work sessionsContinue Reading

Hi All, It makes me smile thinking about the AHPGG asleep with its perennial roots, bulbs, rhizomes all snuggled into their underground winter homes.  Zzz… I have a few announcements to send to my Project GREEN friends. The December 4 meeting at the Ashton House has been cancelled. Our previousContinue Reading

The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded a $200,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) program. This is the 14th REAP grant Iowa City Parks and Recreation has recently received. REAP invests in projects that enhance and protect Iowa’s naturalContinue Reading

Hi All, Week 26 began with 52-degree weather and 0-inches of rain since last week’s work session. Eleven amazing gardeners were in attendance as we began our long list of to-do items.   Our list included digging canna lilies and elephant ears to safely over-winter and replant in spring. TheseContinue Reading