Free Class on Companion Planting

Passing on a free class on companion planting via Barb

Greetings:

You -- and your gardeners -- are cordially invited to a FREE workshop being held at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8 at the Stoddart Avenue Community Garden by Franklin Park Conservatory on companion planting. FPC Educational Coordinator, Barb Arnold, will be discussing the what and how-to’s of companion planting. Learn about attractors, distracters and shared space usage. In other words, what plants should you plant next to each other to deter bad bugs and attract good bugs. She'll have handouts, etc.

The Stoddart Avenue Community Garden is located at 445 Stoddart Avenue (1/4 block north of East Main Street and 3/4 blocks south of Bryden) between Fairwood and Kelton Avenues.

Although we have a couple of benches, you might want to bring a folding chair.

Refreshments will be served.

Garden Tools and Shed

Garden tools finally purchased for BCG use...all will be marked with duck tape and stored in our new shed as of Wed.evening, May 18th. We are so excited about having good quality, new tools to use! I am sure it will make our gardening more fun and make everything grow better! Thanks to grants received in previous years and garden registration $ paid, we are able to do this. A complete list of tools for gardeners' use will be sent to all gardeners and posted inside the shed, which will be locked for security. Now, we just need sun!

Barb Neubig and Diane Gosser, Master Gardener Volunteers

Landscaping Committee Meetings

Note that these meetings have been moved to Tuesdays from 6-8 since this orginal post.

All are welcome to come to the Bexley Community Garden Landscaping Committee Meetings every Wednesday evening from 6-8. The Landscaping Committee will be meeting during this time to work on the landscaping surrounding the garden. Community gardeners and members of the community at large are welcome to come and contribute to the surrounding landscape, learn from each other and our Master Gardeners by helping with the landscaping projects or donating plants. Projects include planing and creating a shade garden under the large tree, weed whacker needed for cutting along the east boarder of the garden, laying compost on the south side of the garden. If you have time to contribute then please come Wednesday's from 6-8, if you have plants to donate then please contact Barb Neubig with the hight and water/light requirements of the plants. Barb can be reached at Rootbarb@juno.com

Post from Barb

A call to anyone interested in helping with ourlandscape/beautificationareas along the outside of the community garden fence. Or with the bexley;community herb garden.

Please meet this thursday (may 5) at the garden during the hours of 5:30 to 7:30. We will be working on the beds around the fence and hopefully planting some seeds and transplants. You do not need to be a member of the garden to help with this effort....Friends and neighbors are welcome.

Thereafter, we will meet every thursday, weather permitting. If you'd like to help, but can't make it then, we can use your help at a time convenient for you. Just e-mail diane gosser or i.
Please bring any plants or  flowers you have to share. Hope to see you!

Barb neubig