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May 29, 2009
Olivia White Hospice Garden Workday 5/28/09
Thursday was another busy day in the Olivia White Gardens. David Hockman (our official hole digger) and Karen Kent managed to plant 3 rose bushes that were donated a couple of weeks ago. We have decided to stop accepting rose bushes as we have over 50 in the garden now, and they require to much care and water. We will only accept replacement roses for those lost. David and Karen also transplanted a common juniper badly damaged this winter to an area below our main east beds. It will be replaced with a smaller flowering quince.
Al Katte came and continued to make repairs in the garden for us - working on signs and our copper fountain. Barb Philllips and Crys Wells worked on weeding our front beds, and Crys also planted a few plants in the Inferno strip and worked on tree suckers. Gus Delgadillo took care of our birds (feeders and baths). Carol Lease and Leslie Pennick both worked on the roses (pulling back mulch and feeding). Marsha Lamkin worked on red runner beans and planting some replacement annuals and perennials throughout the garden. I spent my time working on the new Moon Garden. It will have many annual and perennial white flowers visible in the evening from the arbor bench.
We had lots of visitors today. A group of women from Hodge Podge came to place a brick for Ginny Kadel, one of their co-workers. They will also be dedicating a small Butterfly-Hummingbird Garden for her in the next couple of weeks.
Dave Hill and Zane as usual brought out many residents from the house to enjoy the beautiful morning.
The Scavenger Hunt game for children is completed and Al has posted our box that holds game sheets and pencils. Prizes are available in the house for those that complete the game.
New plantings:
Squash
Lavender and cat mint (arbor bench)
White plants for the Moon Flower garden - geranium, transplanted snow-in-summer and shasta daisy, silver, valarian, larkspur, white carpet rose, and cleome
New blooms:
More iris including Dutch iris now
Penstemons
Sage
Roses (native Wood's rose and John Cabot)
Robina Purple Robe Locust tree
Austrian Copper Rose
Problems:
Water pressure - too much garden to water/luckily it has been raining every day
Thank you:
The crew at Hodge Podge for donating funds in honor of Ginny Kadel for a Butterfly/Hummingbird garden and a brick
Karen Kent for 3 roses (Peace and 2 minitures)
Karen Kent for painting 2 mailboxes for garden educational materials
Zane and David for making gardening at Olivia White even more fun
Upcoming Workdays:
June - Every Thursday from 8am-12pm
June 20 - Saturday from 9am-12pm
Month of June - Upward Bound group every Tue/Thur afternoon 130pm-400pm
June 4 - 8am/12pm Agenda
Weeding - beds south of gazebo, Norm's beds east of the inferno strip and in the front of the house
Work on drip lines to front beds and to 3 new rose bushes
Watering as needed
Finish feeding and removing mulch from roses
Check tree wells, feed and water, and remove suckers from some
Plant juniper shrub
Plant hanging baskets for gazebo
Posting a 2nd mailbox for garden info for visitors
Come join us for our regular Thursday workday. Things are never dull and you can learn a great deal about high elevation gardening from the variety of master gardeners and the many trees, shrubs and plants we have. You can come for any or all of the scheduled time. Bring a hat, sun screen, gloves and any tools you like to work with (we also have tools and gloves but our supply is limitied). Water and snacks are provided. Parking is not allowed at the home. Park at the 1st Congregation Church on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Drive.
"In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day.
No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them."
- Aldo Leopold
Thanks, Loni Shapiro
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Posted by maxmaddy at May 29, 2009 5:04 AM