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June 16, 2007
Olivia White Garden Project Workday 6/21/07
On Thursday we had a large crew of our regulars and were able to complete many items on our agenda. Karen Kent returned to caring for the roses after spending several months in California. The roses and we are still smiling! Nancy Palmer did some planting in the Faerie Garden. Linda Daugherty came all the way from Ash Fork and fed and improved tree rings for many of our trees and did some weeding with Evelyn Haven. Cyntha Katte, Elsie Ellis, Evelyn Haven and Karen Kent planted annuals in many of our pots.
Judy Chen watered the back garden and added some annual color to the beds. David Hockman returned with his golden shovel to plant a large Forsythia and repair one of our benches. Allen Katte helped David and gave us a demo on our new power drill. Leslie Penick, back from her trip to New Zealand/Australia did her usual weed removal. We also had a new volunteer from the hospice training class, Chris Hochuli, and he re-sanded our walkway from the parking lot to the rose garden. I spent my time cleaning up the sensory pots and adding a few plants and signs for the season.
Thank-yous this week to:
Our regular crew - Karen Kent, Nancy Palmer, Cynthia & Allen Katte, Judy Chen, Evelyn Haven, David Hockman, Leslie Penick, Linda Daugherty, Elsie Ellis, David and Zane, and our new volunteer Chris Hochuli.
New blooms this week:
Desert 4 O-Clock (Mirabilis multiflora), Penstemon pinus 'Mersa Yellow and Red' , many of our roses (so far, not eaten by the deer), dianthus and lamb's ear.
Plans for 6/21/07
Begin tagging the roses for identification
Pole one of our leaning fruit trees
Finish feeding trees
Finish planting color pots with annuals and adding to the Inferno Strip
Plant some donated aspen trees
Continue work on Faerie Garden
Clean and fill birdbaths
Clean and ready gazebo for re-staining
Haul debris to dump (garbage bags, unused wood, pallets)
Clean remaining pots
As always - weeding
Watering? depends on current weather but if continues to be dry we will need extra help watering.
6/22/07
Volunteer crew from GORE to help with special projects.
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 21 - Warner's & Flagstaff Native Plant & Seed - 10% day
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.
"June is bustin' out all over".
- Oscar Hammerstein II, 1945
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 Shapi
Posted by maxmaddy at June 16, 2007 7:51 PM