Olivia White Hospice Home Garden Volunteers: meeting agenda

Gardens Founded in 2001 - Home in 2002

Echinacea - Photo by Laura Davis

The garden began in 2001 with the help of Norm Erickson, a Northland Hospice volunteer, at the corner of Switzer Canyon Drive and Turquoise. At that time the home had not been completed but a beautiful sign was placed on the corner. Norm continued to work on the beds on the east side of the sidewalk along Switzer Canyon Drive and in front of the home, until 2008. The rest of the gardens were developed by a core of Coconino County Master Gardeners initially led by Laura Davis and since 2007 by Loni Shapiro.

The garden crew is active from April-October and sometimes in November weather permitting. Work happens weekly throughout the garden season on Monday and Thursday mornings from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. It also is scheduled for one Saturday a month from April through October. Cancellations due to weather will be posted by 6:00 am of the workday on this blog. You must attend a spring orientation to the garden and Northland Hospice & Palliative Care in order to work. A summary of the work that has been done is included on the blog. Look for weekly postings on this blog during the garden season.

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Volunteering in the Garden

2015 Calendar

April 13, 11:30-1:30 Lunch and orientation for new volunteers at hospice and TB testing for all

April 16, 9:15-10 TB tests read and 10:00 garden orientation. First Thursday workday 9-12

April 20, First Monday workday 9-12

May 2, Saturday workday 9-12

If you are interested in volunteering, please email CrysWells@gmail.com.

Please note: TB testing is required annually for all garden volunteers.

If you have current TB results that were done by a physician or at a hospital, these may be submitted to Northland Hospice.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, please contact the volunteer coordinator Kathy Simmons (ksimmons@northlandhospice.org) to schedule a time for testing and orientation.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

2nd Meeting Agenda 2/21/13

Hospice Garden Meeting Agenda

February 21, 2013 9am-12pm (Room is reserved until 12 but we will most likely finish early)

9AM-930AM
I. Updates

A. Financial status for end of 2012

B. Need new coordinator for 2014 garden season – anyone interested? I am trying to do fewer hours in 2013 so I am looking for people to assume responsibility for gardens for 2013 (coordinate, clean up, plant or replant as needed). We will have new volunteers to help you.

MMG & Tea Garden – Laura

Moon Garden, Zane’s Garden, New Hummingbird/Penstemon bed, Sensory Pots –
Loni

Veggies & Herbs & Fruit – Rebecca Davis ? (should be 2 people)

Faerie Garden – Vicki ?

Rock Garden/Compost – Linda

Irrigation – Linda & Carol

Front ½ Circle and new front bed – Kay ? (needs help as she is still working)

Rose Garden

Native Garden (north end of house)

Corner Garden (all will help with the plan but getting the work done)

Inferno Strips (includes planting new area with added sidewalk)

Shed Area (all will help with the plan but getting the work done)

Indoor Plants – Judith

Trees – Joe

Creating Sandstone Pathway from Switzer sidewalk to Rose Garden -
AmeriCorp ?

930AM-1030AM

II. HIPAA Orientation – Megan Woodson

IV. Next meeting 3/14 9am at the garden weather permitting

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Agenda for 1/31/13 Meeting

Hospice Garden Meeting/Breakfast Agenda

January 31, 2013 9am-12pm

I. Updates

a. 2012 review

1. Accomplishment for 2012 – see handout

2. Correspondence (Marge Erickson, Diana, Lois’s family, Warners, Bonito St. Garden)

3. Hours for 2012.

4. Financial status for end of 2012

Recent donations/possible 2013 donations

Leftovers from 2011

b. Volunteers and requirements for 2013

1. Volunteers

2. Review general orientation to garden handout

3. HIPAA

c. Hodge Podge recently lost a long time volunteer – want to fund something for her (small

penstemon garden?)

d. Activities for 2013

1. Regular workdays 2 days a week – Monday & Thursday with 1 Saturday a month if
help available. General garden upkeep (weeding, watering, planting, dead heading,
compost, etc.).

2. Revise the corner garden (Turquoise & Switzer) after the FUTS trail completion.
Plant the new inferno strip on Turquoise west of the new sidewalk. Scatter wildflower
seeds along new pathway in the fall.

3rd Planning Meeting Agenda 3/20/12

Hospice Garden Meeting Agenda
March 20, 2012 8am-12pm

I. Updates
a. Earrings
b. FUTS trail update
c. Watering indoors
d. Tulip bulbs
e. Plant tags
f. Signing in update
e. Container Gardening class – Saturday, May 19 – 9am-12pm
f. Goals for 2012
1. Plant seedlings in the spring in the newly fitted greenhouse. Plant more jobs tears, herbs, veggies. Add a tile floor?
Planted seeds at home. Will move to greenhouse in April when we begin to empty it and the weather warms. Will also share CSA plants.
2. Set up new chair swing – enlarge pad in back of home. Do we want it in front of the home?
The chair swing will be placed in back of the house. David needs to enlarge the pad first and then the swing will have to be assembled. Kellie and Loni will come up with a caution sign.
3. Regular workdays 2 days a week – Monday & Thursday with 1 Saturday a month if help available
Need to schedule Saturday workdays for summer.
4. Continue work on redoing the front beds including drip lines
Focus on bed directly in front of the house this year (north)
5. Continue planting and create signs for the Michael Moore Native Medicinal Garden
Update on MMG from Laura.
6. Hold a 3rd Annual Plant and Garden Sale with the goal of adding to the sustainability of the garden (more rainwater collection) and new outside table/umbrella and or arbor for MMG. Plant sale on 6/30 from 10am-2pm.
7. Continue other fundraising activities (note cards, jewelry, sachets, bricks, Warner’s)
8. Enter the Native Plant Contest (front ½ circle, MMG?)
9. County Fair Display but no entries
10. Work with the city on revising the corner garden with the new FUTS trail and sidewalk with goal completion by September - 10th Anniversary
Board approved the plan – awaiting update from the city on when.
11. Continue articles for the Daily Sun and the blog (add article on bulbs and MMG for newspaper)
12. Update educational materials
Look at seasonal scavenger hunts (new Master Gardener?)
Update plant lists for individual garden (Loni Shapiro) - done
Update general garden info sheet (Loni Shapiro) – done
Update donor list through 2011 (Loni Shapiro) – done
Revise map of garden to include new gardens & Switzer Canyon Beds (Linda Guarino)
Complete yearly book for house on garden activities for 2011 (done) and begin 2012 (Loni Shapiro – need garden photos)
*Revise Wish List Book (all gardeners contribute to this)
Photos of MMG arbor need to be added.
13. Continue to look for bench/glider donors

II. Plans for orientations/groups
a. New Master Gardeners – requirements (Loni will schedule a talk for spring MG class)
2 new seasonal gardeners
Must attend one of 2 orientations (Thursday, April 19/Saturday, May 5)
Must work minimum of 25 hours
Needs to select a project to work on – composting, vegetables, educational materials,Summer Plant Sale, the Michael Moore Garden, or display for county fair
Drop-ins are welcome on Monday or 1 Saturday a month. Must also attend one of the orientations.
Loni has e-mailed Hattie – no date set as yet.
b. Groups – previous groups (AmeriCorp/Coconino-Flag High-NPA/CREC and consider any other requests if volunteer supervisors available.
Americorp emailed, need to contact Coconino & Flag High
III. Schedule next meeting in April.

Friday, February 17, 2012

2nd Meeting 2012 2/21/12

Hospice Garden Meeting Agenda
February 21, 2012 9am-12pm

I. Updates
a. Volunteer hours for 2011. Requirements for 2012. Sign-ups for snacks as in 2011.
b. Finances for 2012
c. Earrings
d. FUTS trail update
d. Garden planning meeting results
e. Watering indoors
f. Container Gardening class – Saturday, May 19 – 9am-12pm
g. Brick and rose for Lois
h. Goals for 2012
*1. Plant seedlings in the spring in the newly fitted greenhouse. Plant more jobs tears, herbs, veggies. Add a tile floor? Any volunteers interested in helping to plant seed trays?
*2. Set up new chair swing – enlarge pad in back of home. Do we want it in front of the home? Update from director and house managers.
3. Regular workdays 2 days a week – Monday & Thursday with 1 Saturday a month if help available

1st Planning Meeting for 2011

Where: 2277 E. Forest Heights Drive
I am on the East side of town. Take 4th Street to the top and turn right at the last street (Andes) then right at the first street (T). My home is on the right about a block and a half.
When: Thursday, January 20th from 9am-12pm
Agenda:

1. Review accomplishments for 2010

2. Updates
Safety items in garden (lights/cameras)
Budget carryover
Garden and home
MG orientation done for fall class
Dave Hill and Zane
Mice and bird feeding
Thank yous
Norm’s wife
Whites
Newspaper

3. Planning for 2011
Orientation
Workdays
Groups
Fund raising
Educational programing
Garden activities
Greenhouse planting vs. CSA
Drip lines
Front garden improvements
Michael Moore Garden
FUTS trail - corner garden redesign

4. Schedule February meeting
Meet at Olivia White and clean-up houseplants and sun porch

5. Green Man boxes time permitting

Reporting OWHH Volunteer Hours

For the 2015 garden season all volunteers will report hours in the book on the back patio at the garden. If you are there on a scheduled workday the book will be on the table. If you come on a non-workday, maybe to water or complete something you wanted to finish, the keys and sign-in book will be inside the home in the table drawer to the left as you enter.

Please record all hours in the garden, at meetings, and for home activities.

At the end of each month the sign in sheets will be sent to the office so please get your hours in by the end of the month.

Wish List 2015

Wish list book is kept on the table in the lobby of the Olivia White Home. Check the book for further details. Contact one of the gardeners if you want to donate.

General plant related materials not available at Warners (where we have an account from a yearly fundraiser) – up to $250 (cash/gardeners will purchase as needed); includes special fertilizers, perlite, sand, soil, and other repair items. Purchase of unusual plants at other nurseries (Viola’s, NP & Seed & HCG).

Special feed for roses (we have 50) - $250 per season or what you want to donate. Gardeners will purchase.

4 Pruners/clippers - $10-40 (see book for ideas)

A variety of long/short handled, cut and hold, small and large diameter.

Craftsman Handi-cut for irrigation (see book for details)

4 Weeders – variety of long and short handled (see book for ideas)

4 Trowels – variety

Mud Gloves (8 Pair – 1 small-5 med-2 light weight) (see book for details).

Spray nozzles for hoses – prefer short handled with multiple settings.

Birdhouses for trellis (new or used in good condition).

Bat or butterfly house for grounds.

Hulled sunflower seed or chips for bird feeders ($28-85 depending on size).

We only use this type of seed, because of clean-up requirements for millet or black oiled sunflower. We also need niger seed (cost ?) for the goldfinches. This takes more than $500 out of our garden budget.

Replacement wheelbarrows-prefer metal with no-flat wheels. (1 needed)

Welcome to the Gardens at Olivia White Hospice Home

The gardens surrounding the home were created for all who find themselves here. The history below reflects the many hands that have worked in the gardens. The volunteer gardeners have worked to create a quiet, peaceful place to experience alone or with those you love. The garden design enhances the sensory experience. You can hear zipping hummingbirds, water fountains, and the sound of wind chimes. It is a place to stop and smell the roses or the soothing fragrance of lavender. The many vegetables and herbs grown allow residents and staff to taste the gifts of nature. You can feel the gentle embrace of the wind and touch the soft leaves of lamb’s ear or bunny tail grass along with other more prickly plants in a ‘touch pot’. Another design consideration was providing universal access to all visitors and special beds/pots that allow interested residents to participate in gardening. Sitting and standing raised beds, and ‘sensory pots’ accessible to wheelchairs are enjoyed by many residents.
Peace to all who enter…

History
The gardens were started by Norm Erickson, a hospice volunteer, before the home was built in 2001, on the corner of Switzer Canyon and Turquoise where the Olivia White sign is found. Norm also created the gardens directly in front of the home. In 2001 Laura Davis, a master gardener began designing and planning for the gardens that surround the home. Loni Shapiro assumed responsibility for garden coordination and planning in 2007. The first project in 2002 was to lay the cement pathway which was done by NAU’s Construction Management class led by Dave Grider. A flagstone patio was created east of the home by Joanie Abbott of Foxglove Gardening with the help of Heber Trunnel. The first two plantings by the master gardeners included an Inferno Strip on Switzer Canyon led by Terra Crampton, and a Rose Garden led by Hattie Braun with a large donation of roses by Bill Brechan. Coconino County Park and Recreation at Fort Tuthill donated many truckloads of compost, and Bill Eichinger used his bobcat to help edge with rocks the gardens you see today. In 2004 a core of master gardeners and hospice volunteers (Loni Shapiro, Karen Kent, Cynthia Katte, David Hockman and Nancy Palmer) joined Laura and began creating the many gardens here today. Today we have a regular crew of master gardeners and hospice volunteers, with two workdays each week throughout each spring and summer. They are supported by many other church groups, scout troops, AmeriCorp, college - high school - middle school groups, Coconino County Adult Probation Community Service, Upward Bound, and businesses throughout Flagstaff. Warner’s Landscape and Nursery needs to be singled out for their continuing support for the gardens since their inception with yearly fundraisers and discounts on plant and hardscape materials. In 2006 the gazebo designed by Jill Morris was completed with the help of Terry Payne and John Adams, from Christ’s Church, and Loven Contracting. John Adams along with the help of the Sunshine Lion’s Club finished it with a brick pathway. Foxglove Gardening installed the drip system over three years from 2008-10. Most of their time was donated. From 2010-2012 we received grants from the Bountiful Alliance to create a Native Medicinal Garden in honor of Michael Moore, writer and naturalist. The work on that garden continues along Switzer Canyon Drive. The garden was dedicated by a Navajo elder in 2012. A small garden was dedicated in 2011 to our long time therapy dog “Zane” Hill. Plans for 2013 include continued revamping of some front gardens, work on the corner of Turquoise with the installation of the FUTS trail, and landscaping our new shed area.

The gardens continue to evolve each year. Some have already been altered from the original plan, such as the Rose Garden, east front and ½ Circle gardens, and north Switzer Canyon beds. In addition, many other trees, shrubs, plants and hardscape items have been donated. A list of donors is located in the library of the Olivia White Home. The library also includes a binder of all the roses found in our garden (over 40). A map of the garden was completed under the direction of Cynthia Katte and Kathy Pate that includes the location of most of the gardens and the special features. This will be updated in 2013 to include the changes along Turquoise and Switzer Canyon. A copy of the current map is included with this handout and can also be found in the Rose binder.

Donations/Volunteering
A “Wish List” for donations is provided in the home that includes yearly needs as well as special projects. Our main fundraisers to help pay for materials and water are memorial bricks (brochures available in the home), an annual 10% of proceeds day at Warner's Nursery, and a summer Plant & Garden Sale at the home. In addition, we sell note cards made from original paintings of the garden, photo note cards, and earrings made from Job’s Tear seeds grown in the garden. All can be found on the table in the entry of the home. We are always looking for new volunteers to help in the garden. Our weekly garden activities during the year can be found on the Volunteer Blog (owhospicegardenvolunteers.blogspot.com) or by contacting,Sierra Gadsberry, Volunteer Cordinator at sgadsberry@northlandhospice.org.

Revised 11/12

Olivia White Hospice Home Garden Volunteers