A lovely April in the Garden

There is some lovely greenery going on in the garden. We also have a garden cat! We will call him Urbs, which means City in Latin and is part of Chicago's motto "Urbs in Horto" meaning City in a Garden. It also sounds like "herbs", which is appropriate in a garden. :)

2012 Workdays Scheduled!

We have scheduled workdays in advance this year so you can plan ahead 

to attend. Join us on the first Sunday of each month, May through
November (except for September when the workday will be the second
Sunday) from 10-12 am, to help set up a soaker hose system and a rain
barrel, weed and help with various other garden tasks. 

Those dates are: 

-  Sunday, May 6
-  Sunday, June 3
-  Sunday, July 1
-  Sunday, August 5
-  Sunday, September 9
-  Sunday, October 7
-  Sunday, November 4 

We look forward to seeing you in the garden soon! 

Out with the Old, In with the New!

Last Sunday - a gorgeous, warm, spring morning – several gardeners cleared leaves and tidied the supplies to prepare the Garden for the 2012 growing season. The unusually warm spring weather has spurred an early crop of weeds. We filled several large bags with leaves and freshly pulled weeds to add to the compost pile. 

 

Donated plants help the Garden grow! This bleeding heart was donated a couple years ago through the Great Perennial Divide event coordinated by Greencorps. It is thriving in this shady corner of the garden. 

 

The forsythia was donated to the Garden by Greencorps in November 2011 and transplanted by a devoted volunteer. It survived the winter and is now in bloom!