Gardening with the Purple Lady

THE COMMON GROUND GARDENING SCHEDULE 2008

Please join us! Many hands make light work, and we have so much fun while tending the gardens. Tools are available and so are gloves, just bring your eagerness to learn and share what you know or want to know about gardening.

For those of you who feel you aren’t physically able, I bring books related to that week’s activity/topic for you to peruse. Don’t like to garden but want to be involved? You can sweep the pathways. Young children with parents are welcome, too. Since the gardens are handled organically they are safe for everyone and attract wonderful butterflies and other beneficial insects. Think of how good you will feel when you are enjoying the concerts at The Common Ground, knowing that you have had a hand in helping them become even more beautiful to behold. Our gardeners often leave with cuttings, divisions, flowers and seeds to enjoy at their own homes.

Participate in free, hands-on gardening classes facilitated by Sayville’s own Purple Lady, Master Gardener Nancy Angermaier. Classes are held on the first and third Saturdays of every month from 9:00 to 11:00 am May - November except for May 3rd, July 5th and Aug. 2nd. All ages and skill levels are welcome to help with gardening in the park. Please bring basic gardening tools and join us in this beautiful community park.

April 19 ~ Gardening in the Park KIC Spring Clean Up ~ Help to clear away the debris to make way for a season of beauty. 9 - 11 am

May 3 ~ No gardening ~ Enjoy the Earth Day festivities. Walk through the park as a form of meditation

May 17 ~ Butterfly Bush ~ There will be spring pruning, digging and potting, planting and the care of this carefree butterfly magnet. Proper planting of trees and shrubs and their care will be discussed with handouts available.

June 7 ~ Perennials & Annuals

June 21 ~ Dividing to Multiply (participants will be invited to take home a plant)

July 5 ~ No Gardening – Happy Fourth of July!

July 19 ~ Lasagna Gardening –the no dig method

August 2 ~ No gardening ~ Enjoy the Summerfest. Walk through the park as a form of meditation

August 16 ~ Drip Irrigation and its Benefits

September 6 ~ Seed Collecting

September 20 ~ How to Lay Out a New Garden Bed

October 4 ~ Planting Shrubs

October 18 ~ Planting Perennials

November 1 ~ Fall Chores

November 15 ~ Planting Bulbs

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