Monday, May 13, 2024

How you can help

Summer maintenance work. 

We have applied for plants from Dane County, so if the plants are forthcoming, we will need to plant them late this summer.  If you pass near the garden regularly, or live nearby, please pick up sticks around or in the garden.  Sticks and branches fall from the tree overhead and break down the garden plants unless removed.  Place branches between the sidewalk and street, by the first telephone pole downhill from the garden.

Some light weeding around the edges is also needed.

Low-maintenance design

The garden requires relatively little work.  We've created up to 5 layers of plants.  It's so shady that few weeds can grow. 

Thursday, April 18, 2024

What's blooming now

Finished blooming

Bloodroot--First to bloom, About April 10.  White flowers.









Spring beauty.  Native, white flowers.









Blooming now


Future blooming

Tentative plans for expansion of native plant gardens

The lawn just to the right of the main entrance to Thoreau School is in bad shape.  It's about 20% bare soil, with many weeds plus sever...