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May 26, 2006
Volunteer Opportunity at ABRIO
There's a new volunteer opportunity for Master Gardeners: at ABRIO Day Center (for adults with developmental disabilities). Master Gardener's are needed to help establish and maintain a garden at the center. We need help digging, builing beds, pruning trees and shrubs, planting, weeding, etc. Also from 9:30AM to 10:30AM, M-W-F, Nancy Nahstoll, Horticultural Therapist, will be doing gardening activities with the clients. She would also love to have help from Master Gardeners.
Volunteer Times
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of each week (excluding holidays) from 9AM to 12PM
Donations of the many items are needed. Call Ellie Schwartz at (928)774-0907 for more information or if you can donate an item. E-mail can be sent to Rebecca Corr of ABRIO rebeccacorr@yahoo.com
ABRIO is located at 1925 N. Main St. in Sunnyside (the corner of Third & Main). Come at anytime during our scheduled work sessions to lend a hand!
Donations of the following items would also be greatly appreciated:
Soil and soil amendments
Garden tools with fiberglass handles and comfort grips (shovels, rakes and hand tools)
Large and small watering cans
Attractive planting containers in assorted sizes
Wind chimes
Bird feeders and bird baths
Benches with backs
Chairs
Trellises
Seeds
Tool Shed
Arbor
Round Table - 5 feet in diameter.
A-frame for a swing
Large rocks for a rock garden
Composting bin
Posted by hbraun at 10:16 AM
May 25, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Garden Workday 6/15
On 6/8/06 we had a small crew of regulars but were able to clean birdbaths, fill feeders (Loni Shapiro), start weeding the Inferno Strip (Laura Davis), finish the glider pad that David Hockman started (Loni Shapiro), clean other beds (Karen Kent) and create a sandstone path from the house to the garden with sandstone (Nancy Palmer). Leslie Pennick also helped Norm Erickson by weeding some of his beds.
Thank-yous include:
Karen Kent - for continuing care for the Rose garden and general clean-up.
Leslie Pennick - weeding
Nancy Palmer - creating a sandstone path for residents
Look for New or Completed Areas in the Garden:
Pad with glider on the back patio (North-East side of property)
New hummingbird feeder from Marilyn Pate
New path from parking lot to walking path for residents.
New color pots with glass bubbles for watering in gazebo
Color pots throughout the garden
Updated sensory pots
Plans for 6/15/06:
Repairing the back patio - sand/dirt
Finishing a path for residents from the parking lot to the garden
Begin mapping out a path from the parking lot to the Rose Garden that will eventually be brick
Weeding, and general garden clean-up.
Hope to see you in the garden this week - Thursday 8am-12pm. As usual park in the Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon or on Turquoise. Wear a hat, sun screen, gloves and bring any special tool you like to use.
Special workday June 17th 8am-12pm
Major weeding
Building a path from the parking lot to the Rose Garden and adding the new arbor as an entrance
The garden, like beauty in landscape, is inimical to all evil passions: it stands for efficiency, for patience in labour, for strength in adversity, for the power to forgive. -----Sir George Sitwell On the Making of Gardens (1909)
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 7:53 PM
Olivia White Hospice Home workday 6/22
With a small crew at the garden we were able to finish a path from the parking lot to the garden, add sand to the back patio, water all but the Inferno strips, fill bird baths, plant annuals, and weed all but the Inferno strips. We had some of our regular crew: Nancy Palmer, Leslie Pennick and Elsie Ellis. On Sunday, Doug Grant and Ed Decker planted a new tree in the Inferno Strip.
Thanks yous include:
Nancy Palmer for work on the sandstone hardscape and finishing a path from the parking lot to the garden for residents.
Leslie Pennick for weeding.
Elsie Ellis for watering.
Ed Decker & Doug Grant for planting a large locust tree in the Inferno Strip
New Blooms in the Garden:
Zinnias, pansy, verbena and snap draggons planted in the perennial bed, color pots and the sheep trough.
New shrubs from the Arboretum Plant sale: Golden Current, Mountain Mahogany.
Others: Indian Rice Grass, Penstemon palmeri (frangrant penstemon) and Meadow Rue
Plans for next week include:
Weeding the Inferno Strips
Mapping out a path from the parking lot to the Rose Garden
Planting in the tea garden
Planning for the 4th of July "Fair for Life"
Cleaning the shed
"Odd as it may appear, a gardener does not grow from seed, shoot, bulb, rhizome, or cutting, but from experience, surroundings and natural conditions." Karel Capek The Gardeners Year
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 7:52 PM
Arizona Native Plant Society, Flagstaff Chapter
Tuesday, June 20, Bill McDorman, president of Seeds Trust, Inc., will present his philosophy on "The Importance and Rewards of Seed Saving." Seeds Trust, Inc. is one of the world's only seed companies specializing in finding, testing and producing seeds for high elevations. Bill is co-founder of the Down Home Project and Garden City Seeds in Missoula, Montana and The International Seed Saving Institute in Ketchum, Idaho. His interests and achievements in the botanical, horticultural, and permaculture fields range far and wide, including authoring a book on seed saving. Bill and his family now live in Cornville, AZ, having relocated his business there just over a year ago. He will share information and findings of his experiences in and philosophy of the perpetuation of plant species through seed collection and saving.
Program will begin at 7 pm in the NAU Liberal Arts Building auditorium, Room 135. Park at south end of Beaver St. Liberal Arts is behind Biological Sciences Building. You will pass a small attached green house with the entrance to the Liberal Arts Building just beyond on the right. Auditorium is down the hall. Program is free. Spread the word.
All events are free and open to the public. For information, call 814-2644.
Posted by ferrise at 2:22 PM
PLANT SALE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM JUNE 10; NEXT FARM TOUR JUNE 23, 5:30 P.M.
PLANT SALE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM- 20% OF NURSERY PLANT SALES AND 100% OF PROCEEDS FROM DONATED ITEMS WILL GO TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE FLAGSTAFF YOUTH GARDEN AT NEW START SCHOOL.
Saturday, June 10, 2006, 9am to 2pm. 4509 N. Mountain Meadow Drive, Flagstaff.
Come and buy some great native, edible and useful plants grown here at the farm, using collected rainwater, recycling, composted and local materials
and help support Flagstaff Youth Gardens with your purchases and donations!
We will also be selling some donated plants with 100% of their purchase price going to provide stipends for the Flagstaff Youth Gardeners at New Start School/City of Flagstaff Community Garden. If you would like to donate plants or garden items to this sale, contact Jan Busco 774-3584. All contributions to the New Start Flagstaff Youth Garden are received by Flagstaff Foodlink, a 501 c3 non-profit organization and are fully tax deductible. Flagstaff Youth Gardens provides training in gardening, edible landscaping, food production, nutrition and work and leadership skills.
This year's new program specifically targets students from New Start School, a voluntary program for students who have not been successful in the regular shcool setting and yet have expressed a desire to continue their education; it also includes students from other local high schools. $100 supports one garden intern for a week; $3000 will keep a crew of five going for six weeks! Any donations in excess of these amounts will be used to extend the program!
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MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM TOUR- FRIDAY, June 23, 5:30-6:30 pm.
Next tour of Mountain Meadow Farm Friday, June 23, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. (For
a preview, visit our farm online at Flagstaffpermaculture.org)
The culinary, medicinal and tea herb spirals are growing nicely, alpine strawberries and bush fruits are producing delicious perennial edibles, the turkeys are gobbling, the chickens are laying and the ground cover demonstration garden is filling in nicely. Come join us to see what we're doing with permaculture,
indoors and out, and how you can incorporate sustainable systems to accomplish
your own food production and landscaping goals. We will have Jan's Nursery
plants for sale -- all are grown at the Farm without petrochemical pesticides
or fertilizers, using locally available and directly recycled materials
whenever possible, harvested rain water and water conserving production methods
and returning gray water to surrounding landscape.
Suggested donation $5.00 to $1000 to benefit THE NEW FLAGSTAFF YOUTH GARDEN AT NEW START SCHOOL. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Directions to the farm are available at
http://www.flagstaffpermaculture.org/VisitMountainMeadowFarm.htm
Find out more about Flagstaff Foodlink at http://www.flagfoodlink.org/
Jan Busco
for Mountain Meadow Farm
4509 N. Mountain Meadow Drive, Flagstaff 86004
928 527-0986
Posted by buscoj at 11:47 AM
Garden Tour
You won't want to miss the next garden tour. We will visit the gardens of Dana Prom Smith and Debbie Grosshauser on Cattle Drive Trail in Ponderosa Trails
Saturday, June 24 at 10:00 am. We will start the tour at Dana’s house
Directions to Cattle Drive Trail: Lake Mary Road south. Turn right at the light onto High Country Trail. Take the first left onto Wild West Trail. Take a right onto Cattle Drive Trail. After about a block and a half, Dana’s house will be on your left and Debbie’s will be on the right.
Take Lake Mary Road south. Turn right at the light onto High Country Trail. Take the first left onto Wild West Trail. Take a right onto Cattle Drive Trail. After about a block and a half, Dana’s house will be on your left and Debbie’s will be on the right.
Dana Prom Smith
397 W. Cattle Drive Tr.
Dana is a composting genius and has used his talents to create a backyard filled to the brim with vegetables. His compost recipe includes horse manure, kitchen scraps (no meat), brewery barley mash, clippings from the garden (no dog poop), and buckets of coffee grounds. Dana has mastered landscaping with vegetables and only occasionally gives up space for a few flowers.
Debbie Grosshauser
414 W. Cattle Drive Trail
Debbie has transformed a moonscape of a front yard into a beautiful, terraced rock garden packed with perennials. She and her husband are currently working on the back yard adding flagstone paths, a small lawn for her three young children to play on, and lots and lots of beds for new plants.
Posted by hockmanj at 11:09 AM
Plant Sale and Garden Fair
The Arboretum at Flagstaff’s 2006 Plant Sale and Garden Fair
June 17: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Members' Preview June 16: 2:00 - 6:00 p.m.)
Join us for the 20th annual Plant Sale featuring native and adapted exotic plants that can tolerate the harsh northern Arizona climate. When The Arboretum was founded twenty-five years ago, native plants were not available commercially for use in home landscaping. Our founder, Frances McAllister experimented with native species in her garden and found them to be drought tolerant and cold hardy. Part of the mission of The Arboretum is to provide such plants for local residents. Now several commercial growers in the southwest are propagating and selling beautiful species of plants that require little care once they have become established in your garden.
At the June 17th sale you will find native grasses, herbs, trees, shrubs, and perennial herbaceous plants for all of the microclimates in our region. We have invited local growers who are now providing the native plants that the public demands. Experts will be on hand to help you select the right plant for your garden.
If you have specific questions about the upcoming plant sale, please call our horticulturist at (928) 774-1442, ext.121
Posted by maxmaddy at 7:01 AM
May 24, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Home workday 6/8
We came to the garden with a list of many tasks to be done and were able to get to all but 1 and added a few more. Color pots were added to the gazebo and several of the glider bench areas. All 10 of our shrubs were planted and several others were moved from the Rose Garden by Karen Kent, Allyson Daley and Malinda Slaybaugh. Our two apple trees and a couple of roses suffered some severe damage from local deer so they were treated by Laura Davis. Several beds were cleaned and filled with new compost. David Hockman not only finished a glider pad, but did some much needed repairs on our 3 wheelbarrels. Leslie Pennick and Elsie Ellis planted annuals in color pots and added herbs to the standing bed. Nancy Palmer and Elsie Ellis did some much needed watering. Bird baths were refilled (the crows have not left) and feeders were filled. Doug Grant stopped by (Northland Hospice Volunteer Coordinator) and agreed to spearhead the locust tree planting. If you are interested in helping him please contact the office (779-1227).
As usual we had many visitors to the garden. Some came from the home, and some from home to visit (David & Zane the Golden Retriever) residents. With the sun so warm our hats made earlier in the season were put to good use.
Thank-yous include:
David Hockman - finishing another brick glider pad and for repairing 3 of our wheelbarrels. One has a big new wheel.
Karen Kent - for continuing care for the Rose garden, planting, and general clean-up.
Allyson Daley - for filling in whereever needed/-planting new shrubs and annuals, and sprucing up the perennial bed by the house.
Elsie Ellis - watering all of the back garden and helping to plant some annual pots.
Leslie Pennick - creating some color pots
Malinda Slaybaugh and her dog - digging holes for shrubs
Nancy Palmer - watering
New plants include:
6 barberry shrubs, 3 blue spruce shrubs, Rose of Sharon (pink), annual color (geraniums, dusty miller, marigolds, bacopa, sweet potato vine, dahlia, lobelia, alyssum, pansy, and red saliva)
New blooms in the garden:
More alliums - we had 4 so far - Purple Sensation, Blue Flowered Ornmental Onion, Star of Persia, Ivory Queen Ornamental Onion. They have brought more questions from residents, staff and master gardeners, than anything else we have planted.
Penstemons - Palmeri, Utah Blue Bell, Rocky Mountain, Scarlet Bugler
Dutch Iris - Yellow, White, Purple, and Black
Cora Bells
Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)
Plans for 6/8/06:
Making a better entrance to the garden for residents in wheelchairs - temporary until the path is finished
Finishing off glider pad with sand and spreading the dirt dug to place it
Repairing the back patio - sand/dirt
Begin mapping out a path from the parking lot to the Rose Garden that will eventually be brick
Weeding, and general garden clean-up.
Hope to see you in the garden this week - Thursday 8am-12pm. As usual park in the Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon or on Turquoise. Wear a hat, sun screen, gloves and bring any special tool you like to use.
Today's Quote
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. -Marcel Proust
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 1:14 PM
May 18, 2006
Mountain Meadow Farm Plant Sale June 10 9a.m. to 2p.m. Farm tour Friday June 23, 5:30-6:30p.m.
Please join us for two upcoming events -
PLANT SALE AT MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM- 20% OF SALES WILL GO TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE FLAGSTAFF YOUTH GARDEN AT NEW START SCHOOL.
TOUR OF MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM, June 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
4509 N. Mountain Meadow Drive, Flagstaff
Come and buy some great native, edible and useful plants grown here at the farm,
and help support Flagstaff Youth Gardens with your purchases. Over 100 varieties of plants available! All are grown at the Farm without petrochemical pesticides
or fertilizers, using locally available and directly recycled materials
whenever possible, harvested rain water and water conserving production methods
and returning gray water to surrounding landscape.
Friday, June 23, 5:30-6:30 p.m. TOUR MOUNTAIN MEADOW FARM. If you missed the last tour, here's your chance to see Cristin Chiha's herb spirals, Jan's ground cover garden and all of the great berries and bush fruits we are growing this year.
We've just completed putting in herb spirals, more alpine strawberry beds and even more perennial edibles, and many plants are blooming and on the way to producing fruits! Come join us to see what we're doing with permaculture, outdoors and in, and how you can incorporate sustainable systems to accomplish
your own food production and landscaping goals. on Friday, June 23rd at 5:30p.m. !
At the tour, we will have Jan's Nursery plants for sale -- all are grown at the Farm without petrochemical pesticides
or fertilizers, using locally available and directly recycled materials
whenever possible, harvested rain water and water conserving production methods
and returning gray water to surrounding landscape.
Suggested donation $5.00 to $1000 to benefit THE NEW FLAGSTAFF YOUTH GARDEN AT
NEW START SCHOOL. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Directions to the farm are available at
http://www.flagstaffpermaculture.org/VisitMountainMeadowFarm.htm, or call 527-0986
Posted by buscoj at 2:10 PM
May 15, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Home Workday 6/1
The garden continues to evolve this Spring. Each week there are new surprises. Many of the perennials have come back, but many were lost to the very dry winter. New blooms this week include Dutch Iris, Liliac, Austrian Copper Rose, Cora Bells, Allium, fruit trees and some of the early penstemons. Our workday last week included building a brick pad for a glider, finishing feeding and pruning the roses, planting more herbs/tomatoes, adding to the sensory pots and planting some donated perennials and annuals from Mary Lou Parliman's greenhouse. We had many visitors from the home this week, asking questions and just enjoying the beauty of the garden and what it brings - color, smell, peace, education and activity.
Thank-yous include:
David Hockman - our mason in residence who continues to add hardscape to the garden.
Karen Kent - for continuing care for the Rose garden and general clean-up.
Allyson Daley - for filling in whereever needed/weeding-planting-watering.
Elsie Ellis - watering all of the back garden and helping to plant the last two tomatoes.
New plants include:
Holly Hock, Cleome, Larkspur, Cosmos, Red Salvia, Statis, Bunnytail Grass, Dwarf Delphinium, Herbs (Stevia/Flat Leaf Parsley)and Tomatoes (Cold Start/Oregon Spring).
Plans for 6/1/06:
Continued work on glider pad and start of path from parking lot to Rose garden.
Planting some annual color for the gazebo and more herbs in the standing bed.
Planting 9 shrubs purchased on Saturday.
Picking up and planting one - very large - locust tree in the inferno strip. We will probably need a crew for this one, some with pick axes. If you are interested in helping please let us know. (Loni 522-8635/Laura 214-8175)
Repair work - sand for the back patio and filling in some beds with compost that have deteriorated over the winter.
Cleaning the fountain.
Weeding, and general garden clean-up.
For all you birders out there we have had a continuing saga with the local crows who seem to have take over the birdbaths. We have seen few other birds. Each week we find bread, bones, peanut shells, and even some small dead birds int he bath. We have seen the crows depositing many of the items to clean or soften them in the water. I stopped at the Wild Bird Store and asked for their help. Their suggestion was to empty to baths for a week or so until the crows move on to another water source. Any suggestions you have would be appreciated.
Hope to see you in the garden this week - Thursday 9am-12pm. As usual park in the Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon or on Turquoise. Wear a hat, sun screen, gloves and bring any special tool you like to use.
"Every shepard tells his tale under the hawthorn in the dale." John Milton (1608-1674)
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 7:42 PM
May 10, 2006
Coconino Community College Gardening Classes
Coconino Community College Spring 2006 Gardening Classes
Registration is in progress! Classes begin April 1
Gardening Forever
Cost $20 June3, 9am 12pm Lone Tree Campus
Create a Backyard Habitat June 4, 9am-12pm Lone Tree Campus
Cost $25
Plant Propagation June 10, 9am-12pm Lone Tree Campus
Cost $20
Contact www.coconino.edu/discover
1-800-3507123 or 928-526-7644
Posted by maxmaddy at 12:28 PM
May 1, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Garden Workday May25
New blooms this week in the garden include multiple iris and blue flax.
This week we weeded, removed poles from the trees and improved tree rings for watering. Several roses were planted along with germander shrubs. Lettuce, radishes and spinach seeds were planted in the raised beds. Karen Kent continued pruning the roses and began feeding them with a systemic that also should help control bugs. We managed to also get in some much needed weeding and watering.
Thank-yous include:
Bill and Marilyn Pate - watering
Coconino High School - weeding
Flagstaff Youth Corp - weeding, moving gliders and preparing pads for brick
Thursday work crew - Alyson Daley, Karen Kent, Leslie Penick, Elsie Ellis
Plans for this week include:
Moving one tree to make prepartions for a path from the parking lot to the Rose Garden.
Continuing Rose care with pruning and systemic.
Creation of a brick pad for another bench.
Planting 2 remaining tomatoes. (My container class at CCC planted the first 2.)
Weeding and watering.
If you put your cursor over this photo you can find out what it is.
Workdays for June:
June 1,8,15,17, 22, 29 - 9am-12pm
It has been warm so if you want to come earlier some regulars come at 8am.
As usual water and snacks will be provided. Come with a hat, gloves and sun protection. Park on Turquoise or in the Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Dr.
"The art of gardening. In this the artist who lays out the work and devises a garment for a piece of ground, has the delight of seeing his work live and grow hour by hour; and, while it is growing he is able to polish, to cut and carve, to fill up here and there, to hope, and to love."
Prince Albert (1819-1861)
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 7:57 PM
Olivia White Hospice Home Garden Workday May 18
The garden looks more beautiful each week. New blooms this week in the garden included allium and iris. Animals spotted included ravens, rock squirrels, chipmonks, and unfortunately another vole and some tent catapillars.
We had many volunteers this week: Karen Kent, David Hockman, Leslie Penick, Elsie Ellils (my Mom), and Allison Daley. David continued to dig holes for our roses, perennials and a new sign to designate us as a National Wildlife Habitat site. Karen continued to care for the roses (pruning and watering). Leslie brought us another load of compost and weeded. My Mom watered the back East garden. Allison Daley helped with the rose garden and did some much needed weeding. I did weeding and cleaning in the East part of the garden and got the raised bed ready to plant. Laura helped David get in the roses and perennials, and watered the South garden for Norm Erickson who is on vacation.
For May 18th the plans for the day include:
Removing poles from trees, fertilizing, and making sure tree rings are adequate.
Fertilizing the roses.
Weeding and cleaning the Inferno strips.
Planting lettuce, radishes and spinach in the raised bed.
Starting a path to the rose garden from the parking lot.
Creating a brick pad for another bench.
As you can see there are many choices for activities, so come join in the fun. We will also be in the garden on Saturday May 20th, from 9am-12pm. We have a crew of high school students from Coconino High to do some much needed weeding. If Thursday doesn't work for you come on Saturday.
As usual water and snacks will be provided. Come with hat, gloves and sun protection. Park on Turquoise or in the Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer.
Today's Quote
We have a choice: to plow new ground or let the weeds grow.
Jonathan Westover
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at 5:01 PM
Mobile Haven/Mountain Meadow Weed Control Workshop at Mountain Meadow Farm - 5p.m. Wed. May 24
Learn to recognize and eliminate the worst weeds - diffuse knapweed, Scotch thistle, cheatgrass & Dalmatian toadflax - before they take over your home and garden.
Especially for Mobile Haven, Mountain Meadow Drive neighbors, but all others welcome. Bring specimens of your own weeds for help with identification and advice on the most effective ways to stop their spread, and learn how permaculture techniques like sheet mulching can help rescue you from the endless cycle of weed whacking.
Mountain Meadow Farm, 4509 N. Mountain Meadow Drive, Flagstaff, AZ,86004 527-0986
Take Kaspar east to Mountain Meadow north- go to the end of the block and we are on the left.
Posted by buscoj at 2:50 PM
The Bus Stop Garden Needs Your Help
This summer, Master Gardeners will be working with KKONA on the Bus Stop Garden at the county extension office. KKONA stands for Kinship Kare of Northern Arizona and is the program that supports grandparents raising grandchildren. We will be planting vegetables in the garden with the grandparents and the grandchildren. If you are interested in joining us for the next work session or would like to help another time, please contact Hattie at (928)774-1868 ext. 17 or hbraun@ag.arizona.edu.
Next work session:
Friday, May 19
4:30-6:30 pm
Country Extension Office
2304 N. 3rd Street
Sandwiches and drinks will be served!
More pictures of the first Bus Stop Garden Work Session:
Making a garden at the front of the extension office
Next to the bed, we want to plant peas
Planting pansies and johnny jump-ups is fun
Posted by hbraun at 2:30 PM
Edible Landscape Initiative Workdays
Here are a couple of gardening/learning opportunities coming up this
weekend in Flagstaff with the Edible Landscape Initiative.
New Start Garden
Saturday, May 20th
10:00 a.m.
320 N. Aztec; The garden is located at Aztec and Dale just a few, blocks Northwest of downtown
We will be completing the implentation of the main garden design,
laying out the community garden plots, and preparing the fruit orchard
area.
Theatrikos
Sunday, May 21st
1:00 p.m.
Corner of Cherry and Beaver in Downtown Flagstaff
We will begin the layout of the permaculture design, demonstrating
different water catchment techniques and begining construction of the
planting and seating areas.
We could use a truck for hauling rocks and manure if anyone has one.
Also, bring any extra tools or instruments or food to share if you
can...
For more information, contact, Brett Ramey, Coordinator, Edible Landscape Initiative
(928)310-8059
Posted by hbraun at 12:20 PM
Gardening Forever
On June 3rd from 9am-12pm, at Coconino Community College, a class will be held on Gardening Forever. Loni Shapiro a retired Occupational Therapist and local master gardener, will discuss the physical and cognitive benefits of gardening at all ages. Loni has taken classes in Horticultural Therapy, and will discuss what that profession is and how it benefits people of all ages.She will review how to adapt your garden tools and tasks to be more efficient and rewarding. Bring a hat, sun screen, trowel and gloves for working in the garden during the last hour with some special tools and new ideas.
To register contact Coconino Community College
928-526-7644 or 800-350-7122x7644
Posted by maxmaddy at 6:22 AM