September Newsletter

Demonstrating Gardens

Let's think about ways to demonstrate low water use in awesome and appealing gardens.  We have three demo gardens attached to our community gardens and if you have thoughts about directions for redoing them we're listening.  This picture is an area on Brand blvd near the Monterey sites.

August Newsletter!

Great workday, everyone who contributed!

Great job, gardeners of the July 2013 workday:  Julia Orr (not pictured), Elena Caballero, Shane Mulholland, Dale Jaques, Melissa Wall, Karen Gee, Bronwen Mauldin, Lucy Wang, Tom Halpern, Alex Knight, and Jean Waked!

They weeded Geneva, they weeded West

and the gardens are better because of them.   

Workday coming this Sunday!

July newsletter

Hose holders!

Bam!  They exist!

 That's because Martin (west) bravely drilled, measured
and screwed together the holders in crazy heat

and Lyndsey (west), Julia (east), Paul (west) and Mike

(east) showed up at the garden to do the big job of painting

and planting them. This one has a duck on it.

In over 100 degree heat our group spent a few hours 

planting these little gems. Here are three of the super 

Hoover High Key Club teens who helped us out 

the whole time. They helped us because former 

gardener Sue Jekarl alerted them about the 

volunteer opportunity -- she's a wonder.

 I think this was the second holder we got planted.

Yea for Hoover Key Club!

Then heatstroke was approaching so we headed to 

Geneva for some quick and delightful soaking. 

That was heaven.

And look!  11 cute hose holders installed!  

Thank you so much to everyone who helped:  

Martin, Julia, Mike, Linus, Paul, Joan, Lindsey, 

Sue, the Hoover Key Club and Home Depot!

Update:  Geneva's hose holders are in!  Whoo hoo!