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August 24, 2007

Olivia White Hospice Garden Project

On Thursday we resumed work in the garden after our Saturday Tea. Many of our regular crew came (Karen Kent, David Hockman, Leslie Penick, Elsie Ellis and Nancy Palmer) along with an occasional volunteer Linda Daugherty all the way from Ash Fork. Work for the day included the Native Garden walkway (Karen, David & Leslie), the Faerie Garden (Nancy), moving irises and planting a few plants(Linda), cleaning & filling bird baths and watering (Elsie). I spent most of my time watering with this dry spell we are having.

While working in the Faerie Garden Nancy spotted our new face in the garden with a tear coming down from his right eye. It is probably from the nail she put in to place his eye - but one never knows!

New tree face in the Faerie Garden. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Thanks this week to:
Our regular volunteers and Linda Daugherty all the way from Ash Fork.
Dana Prom Smith for a load of "black gold" which was used in the Faerie Garden
Catherine Sickafoose for a penstemon palmeri.

New blooms in the garden:
Yellow bush clematis and pea vine.

Yellow bush clematis blooming in it's second year. Photo by Loni Shapiro. Third year we tried a sweet pea vine - finally a bloom. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Plans for 8/30/07:
Continued work on the Native Garden pathway, and the Faerie Garden
Cleaning - birdbaths and dropping throughout the walkways
Rose Garden - powdery mildew control on some of the roses more prone to this problem
Weeding a small area near the Faerie Garden
Deadheading the 1st "Inferno Strip'

Fundraising
We do have note cards (prints of the paintings of the garden) available for sale at the Northland Hospice Office and Hodge Podge. The cards come in a package of 4 for $10. 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 gardens.

Come join us in the garden any Thursday - from 8am-12pm. The work that remains includes watering, weeding, deadheading and some special projects. - the Faerie Garden, the Native Plant garden walkway, restaining the gazebo and beginning installing of the drip system. Call or e-mail if you have interest in helping.

Get out in your garden or find one to visit or help in.
Thanks, Loni Shapiro
928-522-8635 maxmaddy@infomagic.net

Posted by maxmaddy at August 24, 2007 6:24 AM