a garden grows there too

a garden grows there too
A Garden Grows There Too

A Garden Grows There

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Neighborly Angel!!!

Thank-you so much Teresa Morris (579 San Bruno)for your very generous donation towards our bougainvillea purchase. It is so appreciated by all the members of the Benches Garden. You are an angel!


Cynthia Talmadge plants bougainvillea with garden group actively working in background.

Joe, David, Fernando, Quin and babies






Saturday, February 20, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

All Plots are spoken for

Good news! All plots have been spoken for and the gardens keep growing. I have a bird of paradise plant that needs a new home if anyone can use it in their space. There are plant donations coming in. These plants generally will be in the common area under the Pine tree. There are also crocosmia available in plot 8 that a neighbor donated to us. For our next garden meeting we will have 11 5 gallon bougainvillea to plant against the western fence. I'm thinking "Tahitti Dawn" a bicolor. Starts out orange and turns pink. A two for one effect. Soil in pots near the front is up for grabs, but I've been pleasantly surprised where I'm planting under the pine. The black clay breaks up rather easily from the years and years of acidic pine needles breaking it down. Hope the rest of the garden is this easy.
Joe

Monday, February 8, 2010

The Current Garden Plot Map


Plot 3, 7, and 13 are still available! Contact Joe Treinen at TheBenchesGarden@gmail.com if interested in maintaining an available plot.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Pictures of Benches Garden Opening


Moving 30 cubic yards of wood chips.



Virginia Sustrich and Babette Drefke being honored at the opening.








Friday, February 5, 2010

Before






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After?
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Welcome to The Benches Garden Blogspot

Fantastic news! We now have a website or rather a Blogspot. Please check out TheBenchesGarden.blogspot.com. I will post important information to this website. I was also going to list all of our new garden member’s names to this page. If anyone objects to this, please let me know. Be sure to sign into our new google email group because this will be our main communication forum. Our next meeting will be held on the last Saturday of Feb (Feb 27th) at 1 pm. Be sure to check out the Potrero View newspaper on page 3 for a picture of our garden coming together on opening day. I have already received positive comments from neighbors on San Bruno Avenue about the recent planting in our garden space. Start collecting those natural rocks for our boundaries. I will also be collecting plant donations (offers are coming in) from donors and these will be available to anyone who wants them. Please remember to try to plant more drought-tolerant plants. A water installation meeting with DPW and San Francisco Parks Trust is scheduled soon.