Did you know that this beautiful garden is almost totally maintained with volunteer labor?  Every Friday morning from 9:00 to noon a small group of very hard-working volunteers does the “dirty work”…the weeding, the pruning, the sweeping and raking…and we need help.  I might just say that if you love to work in a beautiful garden, if you have skills or if you want to develop skills, if you like the idea of contributing to a fascinating historic resource in your community… consider joining this merry band.  Just showing up to take some photos I’ve learned a thing or two from this group. Think about it…WE NEED YOU.

So here’s what they were up to this week plus a report on some of the ongoing projects I’ve been reporting on.

work 8

truck 1

truck 2

gate

One project this week was work on the bricks which need cleaning and re-sanding…

brick 3

brick 5brick 2brick 1

pruning…weeding…

work 1work 4

work 5

work 2

work 6

the big problem is the Aegopodium…it’s everywhere…

weed 1 weed 2

The boxwood is beginning to regrow…!

boxwood 1

and Woody has built a very ingenious tool cupboard in his work area…

cupboard 1 cupboard 2

Woody's cupboard

white 1white 4white 3

white 2

The new Oak Tree has some leaves!

oak tree

See you Friday morning…PLEASE!!