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June 16, 2008

Olivia White Hospice Garden Project

East gardens with birdbath and Austrian copper rose in backgground. Photo by Loni Shapiro 2008.

On Thursday several of our regular crew (Karen Kent, Nancy Palmer, Elsie Ellis, Gus Delgadillo) continued work in the hospice garden. Karen worked in connecting emittters for several new plants and with Nancy on the drip emitters for the south Inferno Strip, Karen & Nancy are learning how to turn on 7 of the stations for the drip. Yeah! It is good to have back up in case I ever go on vacation again.

Sara Clancy,one of our new volunteers, spent most of her time planting annual pots and some of our CSA plants. We also had a donation of violets and lemon lilies from a family from the house we needed to find homes for. Gus spent his time with the bird feeders and baths and manage to find time to plant a new native elderberry tree. Elsie did her usual watering of the east gardens. As usual, I spent most of my time running from here to there, not finishing much of anything.

We had a visit from Joanne Mickleson whose family is building an arbor/bench for us. It should be ready by the Garden Party. The Soroptomists will be laying a brick path to the bench in the fall.

New plants:
Elderberry Tree
More tomatoes from the CSA - all Russian
Onion chives, peppers, eggplant
Cleome, cosmos, geraniums

New blooms:
Dutch Iris, many penstemons, pink cinquefoil shrub, dianthus, snow in summer, columbine, cat mint, and a few buds opening on the Robusta rose.

Dutch iris growing in the rose garden. Photo by Loni Shapiro 2008.< Faerie garden entrance with dianthus, snow in summer and swallowtail columbine. Photo by Loni Shapiro 2008.

Thank you:
Watercolor by Trace Glau for Garden Party
Afgan donated by Harriet Brown for the Garden Party

Events:
July 4, 2008 6pm-900pm
Raffle and Garden Party ticket sales at First Friday Artwalk

August 2, 2008 8am-500pm
10% Day for Northland Hospice at Warner's Nursery

August 17, 2008 230pm-500pm
Garden Party at Olivia White Hospice Home
Raffle/auction, hat contest, music, food, garden tours

Come join us this week on Thursday (8am-12pm). Our plans include continuing to work on drip lines to make sure they are on plants (Faerie Garden, Inferno Strips), weeding, watering east gardens, cleaning bird baths and feeders, planting some more annual pots, and cleaning the shed and greenhouse. Park in the 1st Congregational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Drive. Bring a hat, gloves and any tools you prefer (we do have both) and sun screen (it should be hot). We will provide water and snacks.

Thanks,
Loni Shapiro

Posted by maxmaddy at June 16, 2008 11:46 AM