Bobbi Lemme

Since Mother Nature is starting to irrigate the gardens again, feel free to turn off your faucets if you think you’re getting enough water.
We will be removing all the timers and filters mid to late October to store for the winter. You will still be able to use hoses. We will turn off the water and open the underground drains after the event on October 29th.
Let us know if you find any chewed, leaking lines in your garden!

Bobbi, Ginny, and Debi

diana wisen

By any chance do any of you have an old white sheet ( flat or fitted) that you don't need?  I have to make close to 400 cloth squares each year for the Plant Dyes sessions of Dig-It. so I need several.  Please call me before you bring  any to the Discovery Garden .Thanks so much

diana

Deborah Smeltzer

It's that time of the year when spotted spurge is shedding seed everywhere (see photo of plant showing seeds). I weeded the Front Door bed on Friday and under every spotted spurge I uprooted, I found hundreds of tiny seeds ready to go again! (see photo). The seeds also adhered to the large arborist mulch chips. Spotted spurge is everywhere in our gravel paths and garden beds. Please try to remove it NOW so we can control the spread of seeds. Thank you!

Spotted spurge can go in the Yuck Bin or garbage.

Garden Managers

We have a garden walk this week!!   Join us to see what's going on in the Fall/Winter Garden at 11:45 on Tuesday.   Listen for the bell!!

Laurie & Jessamyn

Hi Everyone... We are in full division mode right now and we can use your help each Tuesday until mid November. We will send out a message if we add a non-Tuesday work day.

Fall Division Perennials and Shrubs we are looking for!

Astilbe - any color

Epimedium - named varieties

Peonies – photo of bloom or description

Iris – photo of bloom

**Rhubarb - we need lots!

Lilac – tell us the color

Colchicum, Autumn Crocus (in bloom now- bring after bloom)

Pulmonaria, Lungwort

Japanese Forest Grass, Hakonechloa

Sedum – tall, dark - purple or burgundy, similar to Autumn Joy

**Anything else great in your yard you can share? Let us know!

Please contact us before bringing any plants to the Plant House. If you have plants to share or any questions contact: (put your name and plant name on any containers you bring to us)

Laurie Johnson – whitejohn1@comcast.net

Jessamyn Tuttle – jftuttle@gmail.com

Virgene

Hi all!  The Rose Garden continues to need help cleaning up black spot leaves and dead petals.  This rain will have beat the blooms severely although free water is welcome! There might also be a weed or three. The grass next to the path needs edging and cleaned up. Some edging can be placed between the clover and the path next to the circular monument pavers too. Mole and vole repellent needs to be scattered.  Is that enough?   Thanks to all for the great help we've been having these past few months. It's really made a big difference, especially when I'm making garden "calls" looking at beetle grubs, paddle-tail darner dragonflies, sick junipers, greenhouse projects and rove beetles.  We really appreciate it! Oh! and come see the three replacement roses we planted last week.  The garden is really making a late show.

Julie Powell

I have a small budget to put in the Tulips for the spring,  The last 2 weeks of this month I will take out the flowers and replace then with tulips bulbs in pots for the Tulips Festival.  Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,   Julie

Deborah Smeltzer

On Tuesday, October 1st, Deborah Smeltzer & David Kingsbury will deliver 5 cubic yards of Cedar Playground Chips to refresh the common area pathways in the Discovery Garden. The chips will be delivered shortly after 9:00 AM to the front entrance and the trailer parked for unloading in the handicapped parking. PLEASE LEAVE THIS AREA CLEAR OF CARS. MGs available to help unload should grab a wheelbarrow or a garden rake and join the team. If needed and time permits, a second load of chips will be delivered.

After the chips are unloaded, the trailer will be available to accept green waste for delivery to La Conner Waste Treatment Facility. The trailer will depart the DG at about 1:15 PM.