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April 12, 2007
2007 Orientation to Working at Olivia White Hospice Garden
Each spring at the Olivia White Hospice Garden an orientation is done for those interested in working in the garden. This year that orientation will be on Thursday, April 19th from 10am-12pm. The information reviewed will include:
What is hospice and how is the Olivia White Hospice Home used?
A brief history of development of the gardens.
Goals for the 2007 season.
Introduction of long standing volunteers.
General scheduled times for work in the garden and on fundraising activity.
Tour of the gardens - weather permitting.
Coffee, tea, water and snacks provided.
If you are interested becoming a regular garden volunteer or would like to help when you are available, please attend this important introduction. If you would like to help but are unavailable on that day please contact Loni Shapiro (maxmaddy@infomagic.net) or Cynthia Davis - Garden Volunteer Coordinator at 527-7548 (cynthia.davis@nau.edu - checks on MonWed only). If you are planning to attend the orientation please let Loni or Cynthia know - for food/drink numbers. There is no parking at Olivia White due to limited space for residents, families and staff. Please park on Turquoise just past Switer Canyon Drive or in the 1st Congregational Church lot on Turquoise.
Some of the projects that will be worked on this year include:
Installing a drip system
Planting pots/raised beds with annuals, herbs and vegetables
Increasing educational materials and resident participation in the garden
Continuing development of the Faerie Garden and Tea Garden
Caring for more than 40 roses and developing surrounding Gazebo gardens
Finishing work on the new Greenhouse and Birdhouse Trellis
Mapping the garden
Completing the circle around the house with creation of a path on the north end of the house
with a native garden
We always have weeding, watering pots and planting
As you can see there are many opportunities for just digging in the dirt and being creative in developing hardscape.
"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant."
-Robert Louis Stevenson
Hope to see you in the garden this year.
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at April 12, 2007 1:13 PM