Please join the St. John’s Native Plant Teaching Garden (NPTG) volunteers for a Workday on Saturday December 16th from 9 AM to Noon. We will focus on thinning the beautiful asters that grow on the bank adjacent to the lower parking lot. These are the spectacular shrub-sized plants with small purple flowers that bloom from October until the first hard frost. They add a lot of color to the garden at a time of year when many of the other flowers have stopped blooming. Volunteers are welcome to bring home thinnings of the asters.
We will also remove weeds to stop them from continuing to grow throughout winter and into spring where they will then dominate the early spring garden and produce seed.
Suggested items to bring:
- Your favorite garden tools (wheelbarrows, shovels, trowel, rakes, pruners, etc)
- Work gloves and water to drink
- Pots and soil if you would like to bring home any thinnings.
If you are available that day, we would love to have your help spending time together outdoors in fellowship for any amount of time that you can spare. Whatever you can do is appreciated! All ages are welcome. Garden tools will be provided, but please bring your own if you can.
There is no need to RSVP, however if you have any questions, please contact Cathy Brittingham by e-mail at cdbrittingham@gmail.com.