In addition to Maggie starting to show some buds, we also have tall sunflowers budding in Maggie’s Garden!
Gardening
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With typical Scots frugality and thoughtfulness, Judy Ripley purchased a third crepe myrtle tree for the West Gardens to provide cover for an air conditioning condenser as well as to beautify and color balance the garden. “It was only $85,” boasted Judy. Truly a good deal for a nealy 6-foot tall fuschia crepe myrtle, whose blossoms are similar in color […]
Parishioners and visitors entering the red front door of St Peter’s Church might now notice a difference in the garden beds on either side of the door. That is because on Saturday, September 7th, the Gardening Team transplanted 2 boxwood bushes into the beds on either side of the church’s front door. The boxwoods are the perfect size, filling the […]
On Saturday, May 11, Judy Ripley led the Gardening Team to transplant 6 azaleas from the Cloister Garden to Maggie’s Garden and West Garden plots. You may recall that last autumn, Judy started the transformation process by mulching the area containing hellebores and hydrangeas surrounding the centerpiece southern magnolia. During this session, 4 azaleas were planted in a square around […]
On a rainy Saturday, October 14, Judy Ripley and Leo Guen transformed Maggie’s lawn — at the northeast corner of the parking lot in front of the ADA ramp — into Maggie’s garden. Judy started the transformation process by putting a layer of newspapers atop the lawn to inhibit future grass growth. Then she spread mulch that Leo moved from […]
On Saturday, October 7th, the Gardening team transplanted a large hydrangea and two hellebores to the West lawn between the ADA ramp and parking lot. Fred and Judy Ripley and Leo Guen dug 8 holes in the stony earth to make new homes for the hydrangea roots that were split into 3 parts and the hellebores split into 5 parts. […]
On a hot Saturday June 10, 2023, 6 members of the Property, Environmental and Gardening Committees gathered to begin construction of the new organic gardens on the southeast lawn of the church grounds. Led by Dave Brennfleck, who purchased and delivered lumber to the building site, and Shawhan Fox, who cleverly organized wall construction on the flat high ground above […]
On May 20, a sprinkling Saturday morning, the Gardening team transplanted the northern magnolia sapling from the Cloister Garden to the “northwest lawn” next to the new ADA ramp. After digging a hole about 2.5 feet wide and 1.5 feet deep in very rocky soil, we filled the hole with 6 inches of water. Then we went to the Cloister […]
Boston ivy has grown at the southeast corner of the church for many years. This ivy has been growing around and up through the large yew, around the base of the lamp post, and climbing the church corner walls. Finally, on April 22, Leo Guen and Robert Gauthier, under the supervision of Karen Reid, removed the ivy. We did this […]
On Saturday, October 15, the Gardening team completed the final section of the “Pollinator Garden” started on May 14, 2022. This final section is located along the fenced north edge of the parking lot, near the garage. We again dug up the rubber mulch from the narrow channel between the parking lot and the fence and added this mulch to […]