Signs of Garden Life

Saturday, May 16th saw lots of garden activity. Wendy and Liz Ela have done so much planning for the Children's Garden. Here are some pics of the first day of our garden life!


Sophia is very curious -

From bean tee pees to a sunflower house, the children's garden area will give the kids a lot to look forward to all season long. Check out the Rochester Public Library for upcoming programs for kids in the garden throughout the summer!














There are still 2 plots available for rent and we would love to have more families enjoy the group community garden. If you are interested in the children's garden, check out the library for upcoming events, or better yet, join us Saturday mornings beginning at 900 a.m. to help plan and plant! We are usually on site until lunch time (weather permitting). Stop on by!


We will have our major planting for the group community garden on Saturday, May 30th. We are looking for help between Saturday, May 30th and Monday, June 1st.

See you at the Garden!

Peace and Quiet

The garden at sunset is a beautiful place to be. Any time, really, it's a great little piece of solitude.

May 2 - May 16 - MULCH, FENCE, MULCH - PLANT?

We've been very busy the past 2 weeks. We laid out mulch walking paths that also designate the planting areas. It takes a lot of shovels to fill a wheel barrow and lots of wheel barrows to finish a row. We had lots of hands in the mix and other than one MINOR error (which will never be spoken of again), we got everything plotted out. We ended up with 15 rental plots, 5 group garden spots and 2 somewhat oversized plots for a children's garden.

Wayne got a great start on the fencing. Many thanks to the Pishtaka Group for donating funds to purchase the materials!

This beautiful thing will be our entrance gate.

Signs of future planting activity!

It's Hip To Be Square

Wayne and Eric spent A LOT of time getting our garden square. Brady and Checkers worked really hard, too! (NOTE: Pictures taken by Lucas Johnson).

April 18th, 2009 - Plowing Time

April 9th, 2009 - Burn, Baby Burn

The Rochester Volunteer Fire Department graciously agreed to conduct a controlled burn at our garden site. This would make it easier to plow, and since we were reluctant to use any chemicals in preparing for our garden, we decided it was the best approach and would get us in the dirt more quickly.