Art in the Garden

Join us for Art in the Garden

Saturday, September 23rd

10-12

Invite your friends, family and neighbours.

See you in the garden!

 

MidSun Garden Paint Night

Last week our resident artist Candice L, put on a very successful paint night!!! Looks like it was an incredible night, the art looks just beautiful. Thanks to everyone who participated!

We had a fantastic Garden Walkabout, led by Lisa K and Karen B, where we learned a whole lot about the garden and the berm.  It was catered by May S and Lisa K, with some awesome cookies made with pansies and lavender and our delicious lemonade had the cutest ice cubes filled with pansies as well.  Such a fun evening!

A huge thank you to Kathy W and Deanna M for supervising the work crews and spreading all of the mulch and getting the hops beds started!  Great job you guys and I know that was a LOT of work!!!  A big thank you to Avi S and Keenan TB who picked up the mulch from the city and had to shovel all 10 cu yards.  The mulch that we received was not the best quality and some of the pieces are quite large.  Unfortunately, with donations, beggars cannot be choosers.  Please be careful when you are on the pathways and if you see stuff that is dangerous, please pick it up and throw it out.

The building crew was also out on Wednesday and we were able to build a raised bed around our hops plants.  This is really important as we have received donations to grow these hops for Village Brewery and for the exchange of hops, we are also able to get free beer for the garden and the community association!!!  We really need to tend to these plants.  Five more hops plants will be planted this weekend and we are looking forward to a successful harvest this year!  A huge thank you to Kerry P, Dave S, Rose-Marie M,  Avi S, Keenan TB, Steph H and me for building the bed.

Having said that, I will be dropping off some contractor bags to the shed today.  There is quite a bit of dirt which is filled with quackgrass that we need to throw out.  We do not want this in our compost heaps.   If you are at the garden over the next day or so, please feel free to grab a contractor bag and fill it half way and take it to the garbage.  If you are able to assist us with this, it would be greatly appreciated.  No one person has to do all of it, but if everyone could do one or two bags worth, the area could be cleaned up in a hurry.

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be building raised beds around both the potato and raspberry patches, so I will keep you posted as we will need volunteers to come and help dig out the trenches for the new beds, so that the building crew can started on the new beds.  I have included some pics here for your enjoyment!

PS:  I would also like to mention, that everyone is invited to bring their compost from home and place it in Compost Bin #1, however, plastic bags are not compostable and we ask that you empty the bags and throw the plastic in the garbage.  We would also like to remind everyone that compost should be in manageable pieces, not huge bits as they take too long to breakdown.  Thank you for your cooperation on this as no one wants to have to go through someone else's garbage!

Have a great weekend everyone and if you have any ideas, please let me know!

Thank you to Lisa K for organizing last night's Garden Walkabout. 

So informative and fun! 

One of the best parts was the special "pansy" ice cubes that she made and these delicious cookies from May S. Pansies and lavender!!! 

What a fun night at the garden, and we were out just ahead of that windstorm!!!

Happy New Year to all MidSun Community Gardeners

2017 - So much going on in the world today, so it's so nice to be able to get back to our roots and start planning our 2017 Community Garden Goals.  Over the course of last year, a few changes occurred and although there were some setbacks, we have definitely been able to grow and include many new members.

Our first meeting of the year will be Monday, January 16, 2017.  Due to the renovations that are ongoing at the community centre, we will be having off-site meetings.  If you are interested in becoming part of our team, please send an email to midsuncommunitygarden@gmail.com  Everyone is welcome to attend and we will be providing an address closer to the date.

We are also looking to have a full calendar of events this year. We are inviting members of our community and the City of Calgary at large to participate in our community garden by sharing their talents and knowledge of all things garden related.

If you or someone you know are willing to come and teach a craft, a garden seminar, share your love of making herb infused oils or butters, share some garden wisdom, then please contact us so that we can start compiling a list of interested parties.

If you have any gardening knowledge that you would be willing to share, be it Tip and Tricks, identifying Pests or Partners, building a miniature garden or fairy gardens, anything along those veins, we would love to hear from you!

We are also looking for some inspiring new writers.  We are looking for anyone that might be taking journalism at school, or a hobbyist writer to help us with our blog and social media campaigns.  This would be ideal for someone who is passionate about writing and has an interest in community and gardening.  If you would be interested in possibly coming in to help out, please feel free to contact Kim Taylor at 403-466-8388 to discuss your ideas.

We also have a few key positions available on our garden board.  Specifically, we are in need of a Treasurer, a Volunteer Coordinator and a Vice Chair. If you or someone you know would be interested in assuming any of these positions, kindly send an email indicating your preference and we would love to meet with you!

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Garden last year and we are so excitedly looking forward to an even more incredible 2017!  Happy New Year Everyone and we look forward to seeing you at the garden!

Garden Clean Up

Final garden clean up Sunday October 2nd 10am-12pm

Please come and help us finish clean up around the garden and get everything ready for winter.

The Under Story

Are you finding it difficult to grow anything under that tree in your backyard? In the Under Story you will learn all about successful ways to plan and create a personalized garden under and around your trees. This program describes a variety of plant species that could be perfect for planting near your tree. We also show you real-garden examples of how an understory can evolve over time. After this program you will walk away with a wealth of information that you can apply to ‘sprucing’ up the area around your trees.

This workshop is taking place September 29th 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

You must rsvp to attend this event to midsungarden@gmail.com