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July 1, 2006

Olivia White Hospice Garden Workday 7/27/06

On Thursday this week we had our regular crew - Nancy Palmer, Elsie Ellis, Leslie Pennick, Karen Kent and David Hockman. Karen & David finished laying brick for the walkway from the parking lot to the Rose Garden.

Karen Kent and David Hockman standing on the new brick path they finished on Thursday. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Elsie watered and cleaned birdbaths, Nancy, Loni & Laura planted many new plants/shrubs from the nurseries in Santa Fe and Leslie weeded. The iris beds were thinned, with some to be planted elsewhere in the garden. If you are in need of purple iris just give us a call. We have more than is needed. Two hanging baskets with Wave Petunia were hung in the gazebo.

The new plants in the the garden are too numerous to mention, but most are very xeric. Shrubs purchased include: Little Leaf Mountain Mahagony, Cliff Rose, Current (Ribes ordoratum), Blue Mint Bush and Little Leaf Mock Orange. The beautiful Yellow Rose blooming last week was cleared of flowers by our local deer. Any suggestions would be appreciated. We have tried several commercial deer repellants without any success. On thing that seems to work is lavender. It surrounds the main rose garden and they don't go in there.

We celebrated Elsie's 85th birthday on our break today. Zane the wonder dog visited the residents and us, and he got a special massage from Leslie. This photo tells how he felt about it.

Zane after his massage from Leslie Pennick. I think he enjoyed it! Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Upcoming this week:
Regular work schedule, 8am-12pm, July 27
Edging the new brick path and finishing with sand/dirt
Watering, weeding, and filling birdbaths/feeders
Finish thinning and replanting the iris

Extra work time, 2pm-6pm, July 27, with Americorp
Hardscape work on the Fairie Garden
Weeding

10% Day at Warner's Nursery and Native Plant and Seed, July 29
Warners - lectures at 10am/1pm
Native Plant and Seed - lectures at 11am/2pm

Come join us this week on Thursday, July 27 (8am-12pm or 2pm-6pm). Bring your hat, sun screen, and any tools you like to use. Park in the First Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Dr. or on Turquoise. If you can't make it come to Warners or Flagstaff Native Plant & Seed on Saturday, July 29, and buy some plants while supporting the Hospice Home garden.

"I've noticed something about gardening. You set out to do one thing and pretty soon you're doing something else, which leads to some other thing, and so on. by the end of the day, you look at the shovel stuck in the half-dug rose bed and wonder what on earth you've been doing." Anne Raver Deep in the Green (1995)

Thanks,
Loni Shapiro

Posted by maxmaddy at July 1, 2006 12:18 PM