Garden Day Cancelled due to Inclement Weather

Garden Day is cancelled for this morning due to the heavy rain! We hope to see you on June 8th - our next Garden Day!

First Cultivating Kids Garden Day or 2013!

Our first Cultivating Kids Garden Day was a success! We planted mammoth sunflower seeds in  easy-to-make newspaper pots. Kids put together two newspaper pots with sunflower seeds in them - one for our garden at the library and one of their own to bring home. 

 Bennett filling up his newspaper pot with soil.

 Devon planting some seeds!

Max, William, Zachariah, and Gideon working on their seedlings!

Next time, we will hopefully be able to be outside in the nice weather as our next Garden Day is Saturday, May 25th! Join us from 10-11 for planting outside and other gardening fun! Let us know if you have any questions - you can always give us a call at 335-7549!

Cultivating Kids 2013

Cultivating Kids is back for 2013! We are excited to announce our first garden day will be April 20th, 2013. We will be inside planting zucchini, grape tomato, and cucumber seeds in pots that will stay inside until the weather gets a little warmer.

Kids 2-13 and parents are welcome to drop in anytime from 10-11AM on April 20th to help us plant seedlings - you will even be able to plant your own seedling to bring home with you!

Don't dress up for this program (ever!) as it will be messy!

Hope to see you there!

Cultivating Kids 9th Garden Day: Glean and Clean

Gathering Pumpkins

Pumpkins!

Our biggest pumpkin!

Looking for ripe produce.

One giant cucumber!

The Harvest!

Ready to Garden!

Kara and Clair gathering beans and pumpkins.

Gathering President Tyler morning glory seeds.

Gathering President Tyler morning glory seeds.

Caiden looking for produce.

Watching mom collect seeds.

Sorting the harvest.

Emily watching the harvest sort.

Mexican Bean Beetle larvae?

The quiet spot in the garden!

Clair ready to garden.

Kara and the sunflowers.

This fellow looks like he's covered in lichen.

Clair and the sunflowers.

Kara and Clair in the corn patch.

The Harvest!

The Harvest!

Pumpkin and lots o' gourds!

Children's Garden on Monday, September 10th

Nasturtiums

Mammoth Sunflowers

Sunflower and Busy Bee

Sunflower Center

Future Sunflower Seeds

Bird Snack Sunflower

Nasturtiums and Gourds

Birdhouse Gourd

Green Pumpkin

Almost ripe pumpkin

Pole Beans

Bee & Sunflower

Corn Stalks and Sunflowers

Potted nasturtiums

Bean & Morning Glory Teepee with squash vines creeping in.

Clean and Glean this Saturday, September 15th at 10am!

Join us in the children's garden to "glean" (collect bit by bit) the harvest! We will give all the edible produce to the Salvation Army Soup Kitchen. We will pull up what is done growing and begin putting the garden to bed for the winter. All ages are most welcome to drop by!

Our 8th Cultivating Kids Garden Day

Morning Glory Teepee and Pumpkin Vines

Pumpkin Vines

Morning Glories, Corn and Mammoth Sunflower 

Beneficial Bug House materials and the harvest

Noah searching for gourds with gloves to 

protect his hands from spines on the vine.

Willow looking for ripe corn on the cob!

 Jordan in the garden!

  Willow, Jordan, Claire and Kara in the garden.

 Willow, Jordan, Noah & Brian in the garden.

Noah and Brian hunting for ripe produce.

 

 Our grasshopper friend with the amputated front let. We found him again! Looks like he is eating well despite his injury.

 

Our harvest: wax beans, corn, cucumbers and lots o' gourds!

(Beneficial bug info in the background) 

Noah, Brian and Jordan making Beneficial Bug Houses to take home.

Ruby Queen Corn

  We spread the gourds (over 20) out to "cure" or toughen 

up their skins along the ramp in the children's room.

  Willow in the Morning Glory/Pole Bean Teepee.