Saturdays August 14th and 28th from 8-10am I will be in the garden at Cherokee Elementary School (6001 North Peoria) getting it ready for back to school and would welcome your help input curiosity and company as we get ready for the fall semester.
The first Saturday I hope to install a vegetable garden playhouse. It will be made of cattle panels set up as a trellis you can walk into, covered with vining crops. One cattle panel will stand as an arbor we can walk under and one will lay down as a back wall with garden twine making a roof. We can lasagna garden this area as an example of this technique that can turn a weedy turf into a productive garden in one season.
The second Saturday let's do an art in the garden project. Bring broken beautiful things from around the house we can put together into art for our garden, a single earing, left over tile, broken plate or coffee cup, anything weather proof and we will put it into a mosaic, wind chime, or other garden sculpture.
Want to work at other times? Feel free to stop by and pull bermuda grass from the mulch as you enjoy the plants. Also I am still looking for a topiary artist and carpenter! Feel free to call if you have any questions or would like to adopt a bed or take on a special project. With enough volunteers the children can count on finding a mentor in the garden most weekends and evenings. Thanks to all who have and who will help our students and to Ms Tell Ms Gault and all the faculty and staff at Cherokee who have been so encouraging.
The first Saturday I hope to install a vegetable garden playhouse. It will be made of cattle panels set up as a trellis you can walk into, covered with vining crops. One cattle panel will stand as an arbor we can walk under and one will lay down as a back wall with garden twine making a roof. We can lasagna garden this area as an example of this technique that can turn a weedy turf into a productive garden in one season.
The second Saturday let's do an art in the garden project. Bring broken beautiful things from around the house we can put together into art for our garden, a single earing, left over tile, broken plate or coffee cup, anything weather proof and we will put it into a mosaic, wind chime, or other garden sculpture.
Want to work at other times? Feel free to stop by and pull bermuda grass from the mulch as you enjoy the plants. Also I am still looking for a topiary artist and carpenter! Feel free to call if you have any questions or would like to adopt a bed or take on a special project. With enough volunteers the children can count on finding a mentor in the garden most weekends and evenings. Thanks to all who have and who will help our students and to Ms Tell Ms Gault and all the faculty and staff at Cherokee who have been so encouraging.
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