The Garden is awake!

God saw everything that He had made and indeed it was very good. (Genesis 1.31)

THANK YOU everyone for a great beginning to our garden season! Our two day “Wake up the Garden” event indeed was very good with an abundance of new and existing members coming out both Saturdays. We celebrated with door prizes, donuts, digging, and giving glory to God as we began working and taking care of His creation. Most of our spring crops were planted, now growing, and showing. A row of grapevines and raspberries have been planted with our strawberries looking “berry” good! We will be building some more beds this month to include a butterfly garden and lots of flowers for all to enjoy (especially the bees!).

Our memberships are growing as well with a total of 14 new members joining our garden family along with 16 renewed memberships. We have also been blessed with 10 Garden Angel Memberships! Thank you all for your commitment and support! Kidz Thyme has also been planted and growing on Wednesday nights and Saturday mornings for an hour with our Jr. Gardeners playing and learning to love gardening as much as we do! Our regular garden hours are now in effect on Monday and Wednesday nights, 5:30-7:30 and Saturday mornings from 9-Noon. The garden is always open for weeding and harvesting herbs. The garden is also always open to new members! Come grow with us!

This weekend we look forward to our “Blessing of the Garden” led by Eric Prenshaw, our garden intern and joined by Crosswave as we share in praise and prayers. Crosswave will also be working in the garden with us building beds and friendships! Also in April, the cub scouts have been rescheduled for April 16th for a morning of garden tasks and toasting (hotdogs!). The Easter Bunny will be planting some special treats in the garden on 4/23 so be sure to have the kids stop by after the Easter Egg Hunt and help us harvest our Easter egg radishes! Our baby chicks are almost chickens and will be moving in to their new home in the garden later this month.
Looking ahead, save the date of May 21st as we enjoy our spring harvests in a “First Fruits Potluck Lunch” along with celebrating the upcoming wedding for Eric and his fiancé, Carley. Make plans to join us as we shower in food, fellowship, and gifts to the bride and groom!

Thank you everyone for your continued support, prayers, and growing with us in the garden!

It WILL be good!
-Donna