High Elevation Gardening Web Log "Blog"

We have had a very successful season with many people to thank. When I look at the list I find it hard to believe we really did it all, but we always have many eager, generous and creative volunteers.

Garden Season Tasks Completed 2007

Drip water system installed in all gardens south of home
General clean-up, mulching, composting, watering and weeding of areas planted
Pruned, fed roses, and continued to work on Rose Garden structure
Planted many new trees, plants and bulbs
Set-up new birdhouse areas and maintained weekly
Replanted sensory pots/troughs/raised beds and color pots
Added 4 new hanging pots to the gazebo
Added several new color pots throughout the garden
Provided hanging baskets for Hodge Podge
Repaired several benches
Put up birdhouses on trellis and planted vines for screening
Moved greenhouse
Continued work on Tea Garden – plants and hardscape
Continued work on Faerie Garden – terracing, added art items, planted
Began work on Native Garden - added pathway (3/4 complete), began creating beds, pruned large ponderosa to create more space, moved oaks
Improved educational materials for residents
Completed Rose book for home with all roses in garden cataloged
Began re-mapping the garden with plans to create a book with donors next season
Involved residents as appropriate, by working with one resident in her room on planting activity, socializing with several families each week and sharing information about the garden
Harvested food for the home – tomatoes, zucchini, crookneck squash, lettuce, beans, potatoes and peppers
Assisted with burial of Olivia White’s ashes and plaque in garden

Fundraising
Adult & Children's Baskets sold at Hodge Podge
10% Day at Warners
Notecards created from paintings and sold at Hodgepodge, home, office, RN conference, Arboretum and 1st Friday Art Walk, Run for Your Life. Displayed at Eastside Library, Arboretum and Artist’s Gallery
Planned and held Tea Raffle/Auction on August 18

Material Donations:
Tea Pot - Mary Lou Parliman
Tea Pot & sign - Cynthia Katte
Catch tray for bird seed - Loni Shapiro
Pig Watering Can - Loni Shapiro
Tea Pots for the Tea Garden - Cynthia Katte
Annual plants from greenhouse - Mary Lou Parliman and Jacki Hainsworth
Materials for garden repairs - Allen Katte
Drill kit - Cynthia & Allen Katte
Rod Iron Faeries (2) - Karen Peters
Forsythia shrub - Sarah Cromer for Robert Maganá
Gladiola bulbs - Nick & Stella Lipinski
8 trees (6 aspen/2 popular) - Aspen Group, Butler and Lone Tree, LLC
$50 ($25 each for perennials/herbs) - Deborah Rusiski
Dragon Fly Rain Gauge - Paola San Martin
Pruning Shears - Sharon Super
Frog on a Stick - Cis Hawk
Spring Fairy for Olivia White $100 - The Hunter Family for Olivia White
Fall Fairy for Olivia White $150 - The Hunter Family for Olivia White
Sedum variety/artemesia - Jean Hockman
Compost - Dana Prom Smith & Karen Meyers
Penstemon Palmeri & Columbine - Catherine Sickafoose
Variety of perennials for the Faerie G - Joanie Abbott
Chipper/shredder - Betty & Ed Marcus
A variety of items for raffle/auction - Loni Shapiro, Cynthia Davis, Viola's Garden, Target, Charles & Betty Smith, Foxglove Gardening, Pasto's Restaurant, Abbey Garden Tea, Harriet Brown, Mary Carter, Moore From the Heart, Evelyn Haven, Norvel Owens Mortuary, Lynn Overend, Roberta Rogers, Catherine Sickafoose, Mary Swanson, Vista Landscaping, Jan Torney, Dana Prom Smith, Arboretum at Flagstaff

Labor Donations:
Garden volunteers…..
Laura Davis - Norm Erickson - Loni Shapiro - Nancy Palmer - Cynthia & Allen Katte - David Hockman - Marcia Lamkin - Ed Decker - Karen Kent - Leslie Penick - Cynthia Davis - Evelyn Haven - Marion Lopez - Judy Chen - Hattie Braun (consultations) - David Hill & Zane (spirits) -
Paula Andress - Linda Daugherty - Jillian Combrink - Chris Hochuli - Collene Barnhart - Carol Scholing - Kathy Pate - Erin Fink - Charlie Seby and Mom

Groups………
Olivia White Hospice Home staff, residents and families - Flagstaff Youth Corps / Emily & Mark Manone - Grand Canyon Youth / Reed Allen - Coconino County Adult Probation Community Service / John Gordon - Coconino High School / Sally Axe - Crew of 8 from GORE - Crew of 8 from AmeriCorp - Joanie Abbott (Foxglove Gardening) and a crew of 3 – installing the drip irrigation.

Fundraising……..
Trudy Hope (10 % day) - Jackie LaFave-Perkins (10% day) - Doug Grant - Heather Rogers -
Marie Mitchel (Tea) - Sue Broyles (Tea)

Plans for 2008
In addition to general clean-up, weeding, watering and planting:
Continue work on Faerie, Native and Rose gardens
Stain gazebo
Finish mapping and create a book from map with donors of trees, shrubs and
hardscape items listed for reference
Shelve greenhouse and begin to use in spring
Improve educational materials for Tea & Faerie Gardens
Create a compost area in garden
Begin designing and work on a rock garden south of gazebo
Create a sandbox area and a scavenger hunt game for visiting children
Set up more formal resident involvement procedures
2nd Annual Garden Party/Anniversary Celebration Fundraiser
Warner’s 10% Day
Enter Xeriscape/Native Garden contest ?
Enter County Fair ?

Over the next couple of weeks I will continue in the garden weather permitting - burying lines for the drip irrigation. I may also need to water if this drought continues as the drip is turned off for the season. If you need MG hours or just want to help give me a call or e-mail (522-8635/ maxmaddy@infomagic.net) and I will let you know when I will be in the garden. Thanks again to all of you who stepped in and helped this season. We will begin meeting in January for continuing planning for next season. Times for those meetings will be posted on the blog. Beside planning and just getting excited about our next season, we generally have something fun to do and some great food. Come and join us.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. Ovid

Loni Shapiro