The Latest Peek at the Hospital Garden

A friend of mine, who works at the hospital, took this photo in hopes it'll get published in our local newspaper.  Looks pretty good, doesn't it?  Just thought I'd give you another glimpse.

The purple asters in the right foreground are a mass of three plants.  Cute little dianthus in front...

Lots of color.  Good times!

I spotted a nice trelllis for the left side of the wooden fence this afternoon.  I'll pick it up Saturday.

Next year there will be a couple more clematis.

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I'll see if I can't get a post created showing the wild happenings in my backyard these days!

It'll be wonderful to end this season, enter Winter and look forward to next Spring... 

all in due time, of course!  :-)

Best wishes to each of you, my gardening friends.

SG

Want to See the Hospital Garden?

This garden is located between the maintenance and patient wings of our new Heath Center/Hospital.   The second photo (sans the garden) is what patients on the north side of the hospital wing had too look at before this garden was created last year.

It began as a Master Garden Project, but is now being maintained by a small, local garden club to which I belong.  Click on "Gabby Garden Gals" website to see the entire post and other photos.

Red Admiral butterfly lands on Asters.

This bed is 40 feet long... hard to get a photo of the entire garden!

This was a beautiful day..
Hope the weather was as wonderful in YOUR environment!  :-)
SG

A Little PhotoPeach Slideshow... Hope You Enjoy It!

Creating a Garden for Hospital Patients on PhotoPeach

Plants, Mulch, Water

I went to water the garden yesterday... no rain since that we received a couple of weeks ago (two days each with 3/8" of rain).

We'd watered well last Friday and again on Monday during our plantings, so

yesterday (Friday the 24th) I watered again.

But who's that little fellow over by the wheel?

;-)

"Sneakily yours,"

SG

Next to the Last Report . . . JCHC Garden!

 Did you say you wanted to see the most recent progress on the 

Hospital Garden?

 Wonderful help this afternoon!

This young man is planting peonies and helping

with the garden - in memory of his Grandfather.

 Heave, Ho!

 

Setting posts

Putting up the fence

Decorating . . .

 Houses in place!

and  Tools-At-Rest!

SG is tired tonight . . . :-)

But it's a good tired!

High Energy Group!

 With all the right garden tools!  Some of us could use gloves.... ;-)

Do you see 'Autumn Joy' sedum, daylilies, 'Wood's Light Blue' aster being planted in center,

'Firewitch' dianthus at the right with Siberian iris and 'Moonshine' Yarrow to be planted at the left?

Watering Karl - 'Karl Foerster' grass, that is! Korean lilac behind the watering can,

'Green Velvet'Buxus (boxwood) (thanks for the hint, Patrick!),

 'Walker's Low' nepata (catmint) at left/foreground
with sedum and asclepias (Butterfly Milkweed) directly behind,
the asters at right and 'Matrona' sedum in front of the daylilies.

All we had to do was to dig the holes, water, plant and re-water again (and again!).

A little help from our friends is always a good idea!

'City of Lyon' and 'Ernest Markham' clematis will share a trellis.  There's 'Husker Red' penstemon off J's right shoulder and iris at the front right.

 

 Mulch!   Bring it on!!!

 and spread it out!!

Fun times - perhaps some of us should have been wearing aprons?

Gardening Version of American Gothic!

 

As we were having our photos taken, it began to sprinkle.  We're still experiencing a gentle rain.

Thank you, Lord!!!

Monday morning I'll get a load of mulch.  Monday afternoon a couple of friends will join me and we'll finish the garden plantings by adding 3 peonies, 6 'Stella d'Oro' daylilies and a few 'Bertram Anderson' lowgrowing stonecrop sedum.

Then we'll be ready for the concrete edging border and the 8'Lx 6'H fence panel in the back!  There will be three sweet birdhouses mounted on the fence.  (Wouldn't it be nice if the fence was in place next week, too?)

Earth -Breaking News!!

This is called "Taming the Dirt Pile!"  It was a Wonderful pile of soil, but it needed to be Tamed! :-)

Please click on the Above Photo to see the post on "Wha's Happening!"  This is just the beginning, folks.  This little garden bed area has been in the planning stages since early last Spring.

We've gone through Long-lasting, Rainy season all Spring, Cold - Wet June, HOT - DRY July and (so far) August.  But there's a limit to how long we gardeners could wait!!

The idea for this bed was conceived during last Winter's Master Gardener class.  I was able to take the reins (so to speak), by planning and organizing.  It's coming together.  Yesterday (Monday) was the First Big Step in tilling the dirt.  Today a nice load of dry sheep manure was added.  Measuring (and estimated cost) for very practical concrete edging was done, also.

My next assignment?  Add a trellis today!

Workdays:  Friday at 7:30 a.m., Saturday at 7:30 a.m., and Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Look out - it's going to be Great!!!

Nothing 'Shady' lurking about.... just me.  :-)