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October 9, 2009

Olivia White Hospice Garden Project 10/15/08

We had a very small crew working this week in the gardens with many on vacation or ill. David Hockman continued to spread mulch throughout the garden. Linda Guarino did some work on the drip, planted bearded iris donated by Nora Graf, and helped put away tea pots and clean up. Leslie Penick came and worked on the compost and also cleaned pots. Much is still to be done to wrap up for the season. Next week we will turn off the drip so hopefully weekly moisture will continue.

We are awaiting arrival of some new benches and gliders (6) which will need to be assembled. They are made from recycled milk jugs (green) and have a waranty good for 30 years. The redwood benches were beautiful, but very time consuming for our gardeners (staining and repairs). Between the intense sun and our snow they had a limited life. If you can do some repairs and are interested in buying one they will be available at Hodge Podge (the 2nd hand store for Northland Hospice).

Carol Lease staining one of our benches in 2009. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Thank you:
Nora Graf for some beautiful bearded iris
Beverly & John Emerson for a DVD of the garden tours

Plans for 10/15/09:
Continue to put away hardscape (Faerie Garden and birdhouse trellis)
Wash pots to store
Turn off drip
Make sure roses are ready for winter (cut off roses and any long stems that may break)
Finish cleaning and spreading mulch
Time permitting - begin planting bulbs

Plans for 10/17/09:
Grand Canyon Youth Corp
Plant bulbs
General clean-up

Come join us for the last month of our gardening season. We will be busy putting things away and planting our bulbs in anticipation of spring. We meet between 8am-12pm. Come for any or part of that time. Park at the 1st Congregational Church on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Drive.

Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause
between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."
- Carol Bishop Hipps

Posted by maxmaddy at October 9, 2009 6:01 AM