Hey everyone. It is truly “thyme” to wake up the garden (has it really slept with this crazy weather we have been experiencing?). The alarm is set for this Saturday, 3/3 at 10 am –Noon with the snooze delay (encore opening) set for the following Saturday, 3/10, same time. Lots of fun activities “planted” to include door prizes, healthy snacks, seed sharing, Kidz Thyme, and yes..plenty of gardening!
New membership applications will be available for renewals and hopefully many new garden members. The commitment and fees have remained the same..$10 per family per season or $25 per year (March-Nov) plus a one hour commitment (per adult) of working in the garden each week. If you desire to work in the garden and need financial assistance, we have garden angels that would be happy to bless you with a garden membership. If you do not desire to work in the garden, but feel led to help others that do, please consider a garden angel membership with a donation of $50.00 that will help with many plantings!
As mentioned last month, our work nights are changing to Tues/Thurs 5:30-7:30 and Saturdays from 9-Noon. Kidz Thyme will be on Thursday nights beginning 3/16 from 6-7pm (reminder..preview this Saturday and next during the “wakeup”! Debbie Cook and Amy Hoffmeier are co-leading our Jr. Gardener’s this year with lots of fun activities planned to include the kidz planting a “pizza garden”!
Our pre-wake up activities have been incredible over the past 3 weeks as we have prepared and cleaned up beds for spring plantings, planted peas, and many starts in trays (beets, broccoli, Swiss chard, spinach, romaine, and celery!)
Backing up a bit…our presence at the 2nd annual “Christmas Cheer Chocolate Festival” last month at Holly Hill Mall was REALLY good! So amazing how many folks filled up their purchased ticket by selecting our garden chocolates! Thank you everyone for your help in baking and serving our chocolate treats while serving and glorifying our God!
Looking forward to growing with all of you as we plant many fruits in the garden this year to include an abundance of love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness ,and self-control (Galatians 5:22-23)…Thank you everyone for your continued support and prayers. It WILL be good!
-Donna Poe
