welcome master gardeners of davidson county. last year, we spent all of our volunteer hours tending this small garden. we think it is a great place to come and work for a few hours, very peaceful and quite pretty too. as the season progresses, i will make posts on this site so you can see the progress and if you are looking to earn some volunteer hours, you will know what needs to be done in the garden. this year, i volunteered to be the co-chair of the demo garden, specifically for sundays since we usually come out for several hours. if you want to work and we are not present, you will have a pretty good idea of what needs to be done just by checking this site and reading the latest post. you can also send me an email and i will give you a list of tasks. thanks to all who come out and help us preserve this little oasis!
finally, a nice warm day to work in the garden!!! with all of the cold and wet days that we have had lately, the garden has been left on it's own and it has been busy. it may be winter but that does not stop henbit and chickweed from sprouting everywhere. today, we spent a few hours clearing out the beds. many of the plants in them were annuals that died from the freezing weather. then it was on to weeding-no matter what time of year it is, this garden excels in weed production. there really is a lot of truth to the saying "one year's seeds are 20 years of weeds."
thankfully, we are not the only two people spending time in the demo garden. a big thanks goes to turner for dividing the irises around the sign and for doing a wonderful job on the edging. it is amazing how a small detail like edging can really improve the visual impact of a border.
some of the color wheel beds before we removed the dead plants and trimmed back the dead wood on some of the perennials.
the "green" spoke (bed) of the color wheel was mostly sedum plants. they had a large amount of dead growth on top and had climbed out of the bed into the walkways. if you look closely in the photo, you can see the sprouts in the walkway. after trimming back the dead branches, it was obvious that the plants are ready for spring, they are sprouting despite the cold weather.
a close up of the sedum sprouts
another close up of the sedum sprouts one of the best things that was done in the garden last year, placing the information cards from each of the plants into the beds. we were able to quickly identify which of the plants were annual and which were perennials and that enabled
us to only remove annuals!
the beds after the clean up. now that they are free of dead plants, we can prep the soil for the next season. the next task will be to remove as many weeds from the walkways as possible and to bring up the mulch that will cover the walkways. we will be having a wheel barrow party so keep tuned for the details, we will need all the help we can get.
sugar bear, in full winter coat, enjoying the shade
this years project, make this compost pile an actual working pile of compost. what's a demo garden with out an active compost pile. it will be a great addition to show off at the field day event this spring.
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