4/26 new gardens we are building

let's give a big round of applause for all of the wonderful volunteers who came out again this past saturday to help build the rain garden!!!  it is almost finished, the plants are in and we are busy finishing it off with some mulch.  after a few more sedums are added, we will be done with the basin and all we will need to do is finish the stream bed.

a view of the stream bed as it leads to the basin.  there are a lot of beautiful plants in the basin.  sweet spire, beauty bush, siberian iris, rudbeckia, false indigo and joe pye weed are only some of the plants now residing in the basin.  on the berm you will find different sedums and some switch grasses.

a close up of the berm

a close up of the basin

cherri and david finished planting our vegetable garden.  there is space left over for the container gardens that david wants to use to showcase small scale vegetable production in containers for people that do not have the space or desire to plant a full scale garden.

another new addition to the composting system-the green cone.  it is a garden digester that is specifically for meat, bones, fat and other biodegradable things that cannot go into compost piles or bins.  it was christened with two dead possums that were found near the demo garden.

isn't the shade garden beautiful?  it is one of my favorite places at the demo garden.  the plants in the beds are doing wonderfully.  there are many hosta, heucheras, tiarellas, columbines, wild ginger, lily of the valley and so much more.  stop by and admire the many colors and textures of this lovely little garden!

we will be out again on saturday as early as 7:30 to begin working on other projects related to the horticulture for homeowners field day as well as routine garden maintenance.  please join us.

***reminder-Saturday, May 9th will be another official work day, please plan on coming out and giving us a hand from 9am till whenever...