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June 1, 2007
Olivia White Garden Project Workday 6/7/07
For our workday this week much was accomplished again. We had our regular crew (Cynthia Katte, Nancy Palmer, Marcia Lamkin, Judy Chen, Linda Daugherty and Jillian)) out working in the heat for a couple of hours and then had a break for a snack and meeting about our summer Tea Auction/Raffle. My Mom Elsie Ellis also joined us to begin adding plants to the sensory pots and raised beds.. We also had a new visitor to welcome people to the Faerie Garden thanks to a sale at Warner's Nursery.
Most of our crew worked on cleaning up the Rose garden - removing excess pine needle mulch, cutting back dried or dead branches on lavender, planting a few plants and moving some spreading ground covers. Nancy and Marcia worked on creating an entrance to the Faerie Garden. Judy added some plants to the Tea Garden and sheep trough. Zane and David continue to brighten our days bringing residents to visit the garden.
Thank-yous this week to:
Our regular crew - Nancy Palmer, Cynthia Katte, Marcia Lamkin, Judy Chen, Evelyn Haven, David and Zane and two new regular volunteers Linda Daugherty and Jillian.
New blooms this week:
Sulfer buckwheat, Austrian copper rose, salvia, several penstemons (strictus, pseudospectablilis, and etoni) and the Mountain Ash tree.
Plans for 6/7/07
Begin tagging the roses for identification
Begin planting color pots and finish raised beds and tomato pots
Re-sanding the path between the parking lot and Rose garden
Continue work on Faerie Garden
As always - weeding
Watering? depends on current weather but if continues to be dry we will need extra help watering.
Upcoming Plans
June 1 - Paintings on display for the month at the Arboretum at Flagstaff.
Paintings to be raffled/auctioned on August 18th at our Garden Tea. Come see some
additional painting of gardens/flowers/butterflies by Mary Swanson, Lynn Overend, and
Catherine Sickafoose in the display this month.
June 30 - Fundraising table for Run for Your Life
Allen Katte to help man a table on the morning of the race.
June 30 - Fundraising table for Radisson RN Conference
Loni Shapiro to man a table for sales of note cards/bookmarks/raffle tickets.
July 1 - Paintings on display at the Artists Gallery for the month
July 14 - Warner's 10% day (tentative schedule)
August 18 - Garden Tea - Auction/Raffle at Olivia White Hospice Garden
2:30-4:30 pm in the garden
Tours, food, music, and raffle-auction at 3:30pm
Parking at the 1st Congregational Church
Fundraising
We do have note cards (prints of the paintings of the garden) and raffle tickets for 2 of the paintings available for sale at the Northland Hospice Office, the Olivia White Hospice Home, and Hodge Podge. The cards come in a package of 4 for $10. The raffle tickets for original watercolors by Mary Swanson and Lynn Overend are $3 each or 6 for $15. The paintings by Roberta Rogers and Catherine Sickafoose will be auctioned at our tea in August.
We still have photo note cards and bookmarks with flowers from the garden available at the Northland Hospice office. Profits from all items are used for creating our beautiful garden.
Today's Quote
We must remain as close to the flowers, the grass, and the butterflies as the child is who is not yet so much taller than they are.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Get out in your garden or find one to visit or help in.
Come join us next week and/or drop by and purchase some cards to benefit the garden.
Thanks, Loni
Posted by maxmaddy at June 1, 2007 4:41 AM