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October 23, 2009

Olivia White Hospice Garden Project

On Thursday we spent most of our time working on putting together some new "green" benches for the garden. They are made from recycled milk jugs and are smaller than our old benches, but very heavy so they won't be blown over in the wind. They are guaranteed to last for 30 years, and our less labor intensive because they don't need staining. Al Katte, David Hockman and Joe Harte all came to help put them together.

Al, David and Joe putting benches together in the parking lot at Olivia White. Photo by Loni Shapiro.

Dave Hill and his wife Terri donated 4 gliders and Olivia White's grandparents, Ray and Joan White, donated 2 benches in honor of her 16th birthday.

One of our new

The rest of the gardeners (Marcia Lamkin, Crys Wells, Leslie Penick and Charlotte) spent time putting the garden to bed, feeding the birds, working on compost, adding solar batteries to our outdoor lights, and watering. We plan to turn off the drip next week.

Grand Canyon Youth and Honor Society from NPA.

We had our last Saturday workday for the season, with the Grand Canyon Youth and the Honor Society, both from Northland Prep Academy. They cleaned pots, planted more than 200 bulbs, cleaned up our compost pile, put compost into our raised beds, and deadheaded lavender. There were more than 10 and they did all that work in less than 3 hours.

Thanks to:
Dave and Terri Hill for 4 gliders
Ray and Joan White for 2 benches
Al, David and Joe for putting them together
Crys Wells for solar batteries for our outside lights
Grand Canyon Youth and Honor Society from NPA

What will probably be our last official workday for the season will be on Thursday from 8am-12 pm. We still have some bulbs to plant, one last watering before the drip is turned off, dead heading some tall perennials, and cleaning our tools. Come join us and if you are interested we begin winter planning meetings in January. Let me know if you want to join us and I will add you to our e-mail.

"If you really want to draw close to your garden, you must remember first of all that you are dealing with a being that lives and dies; like the human body, with its poor flesh, its illnesses at times repugnant. One must not always see it dressed up for a ball, manicured and immaculate."
- Fernand Lequenne

Thanks for a great season,
Loni Shapiro
928-522-8635
maxmaddy@infomagic.net

Posted by maxmaddy at October 23, 2009 6:32 AM