Garden workday volunteers–L to R Wendy White, Martha Lombardo, Linda Pitt, Paula Burns, Karen Hinckley with Rocket and Lizzie
A hearty thank you to all the great garden volunteers who participated in our perennial planting blitz. During our five work days, we planted 620 (yes, six hundred and twenty!) plants and did a bit of weeding besides. Thirteen planting volunteers–Paula Burns, Michelle Detwiler, Mary Field, Joseph Garrity, Karen Hinckley, Martha Lombardo, Hazel Murphy, Melissa O’Connor, Linda Pitt, Ellen Reese, Toba Spector, Wendy White, and Ellen Briggs–donated a total of 48.5 hours to accomplish this feat.
L to R, Michelle Detwiler, Ellen Briggs, Ellen Reese and Melissa O’Connor pause for photo op in May 2015 marathon planting of 450 Blue Wood Sedge.
Chris Bushnell with newly installed garden sign
In addition, Chris Bushnell once again donated his woodworking talents to frame and install our beautiful Wildlife and Respite Garden sign, which was designed by Ellen Reese and Gary Stein. Gary also fixed the gate hardware for us so it is now a pleasure to open and shut those gates.
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- Michelle and Ellen planting wood sedge
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- Planting blue wood sedge
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- Tess and Lizzie supervise the planting
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- At the sign in table
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- Karen plants Packera
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- Wendy weeds
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- Paula pauses
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- June 2015 garden work day in progress
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- A male Ebony Jewelwing damselfly enjoying the WMC wildlife garden, June 2015
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