Workdays at Little Lake Eureka have come to a close this gardening season. Since the last report, volunteers have replaced a total of 11 landscape timbers that were deteriorating around the perimeter of each garden bed, and we have pulled the cleome plants after the frost. The garden will be dormant over the winter with […]
We’ve coaxed some beautiful flowers out of the plants at Little Lake Eureka this summer despite the extended dry spell, thanks to regular watering. We divided and replanted some of the bulbs in the garden and removed the old honeysuckle vine. A Proven Winners perennial Salvia was planted in its place. The blue lobelia, surprise
On July 11, Linda Jerry , and Jennifer volunteered to work on the Little Lake Eureka sanctioned project. We welcomed the help of Eduardo, an Arkansas Tech student interning at the Crescent Hotel this summer. He loves nature and learning about plants. Together, we trimmed hedges and the blue aster. Jerry used his string trimmer
The sanctioned garden at Little Lake Eureka has been beautiful this Spring! Our poppies have been the prominent flowers there the past few weeks and now the seed heads are adding interest. Various shades of Larkspur along with the native Purple Poppy Mallow promote the cottage garden look we want to create there. The Gulf
April 11 workday at Little Lake Eureka was a productive one. Jerry and Linda shaped the boxwoods, including the deer topiary, which is filling in nicely. Jennifer is thinning the sedum groundcover that seems to love this garden. We noticed that the deer have been browsing on the Gulf Coast Penstemon in the garden. Our
Master Gardeners had a workday at Little Lake Eureka on March 28, 2024. We deadheaded narcissus, pruned back old peony stems, and further readied the garden for Spring. The Ajuga groundcover was especially pretty.
Carroll County Master Gardeners had their first official workday March 14, with Linda Rogers and Jennifer Boardman participating. The Lenten Roses and narcissus flowers are beautiful now! We saw many poppy and larkspur seedlings, and the native cardinal flower and blue lobelia are greening up. The boxwood in the deer topiary is filling in
