May 2008 Newsletter
Sunday May 11, Mother’s Day is the Garden Memorial for Judith Rohn. Her five children will be on hand, and we will be celebrating her life in the Garden she helped found and loved. Judith also put us on the web in 2003 with a web site rich with fall bulb planting pictures and spring Tulip picture arrays that have reached hundreds of people world wide at westsidecommunitygarden.org. Join us at 3 PM. to celebrate her life.
Saturday, May 10 Another rainy Saturday! Tomorrow, will be cloudy in the morning clearing with a high of 65. The ground will be wet. So use the time to pull early weeds and spent Tulips- from the paths! It’s not a good idea to walk on waterlogged soil. Vegetable plots are looking good with all this rain. If you have a vegetable plot and haven’t planted yet there are still a few lettuce plants near the herb beds. Next week end is a greening weekend so we want to be ready to go so we can start putting in summer annuals to replace the Tulips.
Next Weekend May 17-18 is Greening Weekend. 11 AM -3 PM. All vegetable plots have to be accounted for and planted. If you have a vegetable plot and cannot get to the Garden to plant before May 20 call Brad Smith at 212 749 6861
Flower volunteers will be able to pull the rest of the spent Tulips so we can plant summer annuals. We will be planting Alyssum along the paths from seed, cutting the lawn, and selling books from our shed. !
May 20: Benefit Organizational meeting- 7:30 PM at St Martins House 2nd floor community room – North East Corner 90th Street at Columbus avenue.
Long View: Benefit is Coming- June 11, 2008.
Edith Marks has Benefit Invitations, and they are stunning! Plan on picking some up from Edith, or check them out at the garden Saturday. Edith’s number is 212 873 9661.
