Magical moments

I haven't been up in the garden for several weeks because of sickness, weather and such - but yesterday I got to go and check out progress. Things were doing quite well - perennials blooming, annuals setting seed and the cool weather vegetables looking happy. I was out there about 5 minutes and about six young women came running up to me- "Can we help? Can we help?" I was a bit at a loss cause I was just piddling. "How about the bird feeders?" they asked and went off to fil them straight away. While they were doing that I dug up some strawberries that had crept from their pots into what will be the pond. Imagine a strawberry plant in a hunk of Carolina clay - not so appealing. Here was there unanimous response- "Can I hold it?" They almost reverentially passed it down the line. Magic.

Learning more ...

Last week I was fortunate enough to go to an Outdoor Classroom Symposium. I learned a great deal - not least that our project is moving along really well. We have some key problems - which are shared by many school gardens -
1. Encouraging teachers to take their students outside to teach.
2. Providing for on-going maintenance of the garden.
3. Ensuring the survival of the garden over the summer.

The conference has inspired me to think concretely about these issues - so look for some new development in the near future. If y'all have any ideas let me know.

Community Support

Community support is essential to our garden. Nancy Hellams has done a wonderful job of supporting this project from it's inception and now has created a lense on Squidoo about the project- check it out.


http://www.squidoo.com/pendleton-memory-garden

Garden Workday Cancelled

Due to inclement weather this work day will be canceled.

Next Workday

Next workday is Saturday, October 10th from 9-noon.
Bench installation and more!




These are our two new additions to the Garden: a shed and twelve enormously heavy but beautiful concrete benches.

So exciting!

If you get a chance check out the Memory Garden. There is now a shed to store all our tools and supplies. Thank you Lowes - again!

Garden Meeting - Please spread the word!

All those who are interested in the development of the Memory Garden are invited to attend a meeting on Monday, August 31 at 6pm.