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.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Workday 4/11 & 4/14

On Monday, I found Laura Davis working in the Michael Moore garden digging up plants in preparation for the workday on Saturday. I spent my time watering plants indoors for the week. It was a cold day with wet ground from the snow on Saturday and no other volunteers made the workday.

On Thursday we had a large crew busy getting the gardens ready for spring and the Saturday workday. Laura Davis, Nancy Palmer, Rebecca Moore and Marcia Lamkin worked in the MMG moving rock and plants in preparation for the workday. Joe Harte delivered a couple of loads of soil from the Landscape Connection for them.

Betty Marcus, Judith Chaddock, and Marilyn VanWagner all worked on deadheading. Judith also potted up some germander that had spread in the rose garden. Julie Holmes worked on the faerie garden, raking up leaves and bringing out some of the hardscape. Vicki Goodwin helped me and Julie get out some of the large hardscape pieces (Angel statue, willow bench, standing raised bed, and outdoor furniture. Kay Balzer returned from her winter in Nevada and was helped by a new master gardener, Hedy Thomas. They worked on removing plants from the front 1/2 circle. We have begun to amass many plants for our June plant sale from that garden (spirea, campanula, shasta daisy, daylily, penstemon and germander.

Blooming:
Daffodils, squill, hyacinth, species and hybrid tulips
Amaryllis on the sun porch

Donation:
Dog statue for Zane's Memorial Garden

Upcoming workdays:
Saturday, April 16, 9am-12pm, Flagstaff Leadership Program Workday
Monday & Saturday, April 18 & 21, 9am-12pm

Work on the agenda:
General clean-up
Clean-up of the sunporch
Bringing out hardscape
Front 1/2 circle garden (removing plants and soil)
Compost spring clean-up
Sanding and restaining raised beds and aredwood bench
MMG creating a sandstone path and removing large shrubs

Come join us for any of the above activities

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