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September 14, 2007
Olivia White Hospice Garden Project
The garden is still looking beautiful - especially with many of the fall asters that Andrea Joseph donated many years ago.
Roses are still blooming and some of the grape hyacinths are peeking out. The tomatos are coming fast and furious - Juliet. The agastache are in full bloom throughout the garden and have been visited recently by many hummingbird moths.
On Thursday we had a large crew busy throughout the garden. David Hockman did some work on the Native Garden pathway and hauled mulch to the Rose Garden in preparation for that first frost. Elsie Ellis did her usual bird bath cleaning, watering and some weeding. Linda Daugherty moved some bellflower that had wound its way around the Rose Garden and cleaned out a patch of walking onions that had traveled too far. Kathy Pate watered the Inferno strip and aspen trees. Karen Kent did some dead heading throughout the garden. Marcia Lamkin planted a few plants, watered, and cleaned in the Faerie Garden. Leslie Penick worked on spreading the mulch she hauled from Ft. Tuthill and hauled off some pallets to the dump. I spent most of my time trying to keep everyone busy. Ed Decker and Joanie Abbott did some planning work on the drip system - yeah! At the end of the day we got a large truckload of prime compost delivered from Karen Meyers.
Next Friday, Olivia White's ashes will be interred in the garden. It will be a special event and we hope the first frost holds out at least until Saturday. Next week many of our regulars will be out of town and we need extra help to weed/dead head to make the garden beautiful for that special day. Come join us on Thursday anytime between 8am-12pm.
Thanks this week to:
Our regular volunteers (Karen Kent, David Hockman, Leslie Penick, Marcia Lamkin and Elsie Ellis). Linda Daugherty from Ash Fork.
Ed Decker and Joanie Abbott for planning work on the drlip system.
Karen Meyers for a large load of compost.
New plantings:
In the Faerie Garden - columbine, gaura and blue flax
Plans for 9/20/07:
Cleaning - birdbaths and dropping throughout the walkways
Weeding in preparation for the event on Friday
Weeding on the north end of the property
Moving compost to the north garden
Moving some iris and other plants that have grown too much
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 - probably through the end of October, weather permitting. 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 September 14, 2007 5:33 AM