Regular workdays at the Berryville Public Library have been somewhat sporadic due to our rainy spring. Our most recent workday had Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth playing catchup in the garden beds in front of the library and county offices. The Oakleaf Hydrangeas were pruned and dead headed, and the massive amount of weeds were tackled. Progress was a […]
A number of shrubs and a dwarf Japanese Maple were removed with little notification from the Berryville Square, which means only one thing: Emergency Workday at the library! Anita Engert and Sue and Sam Davis swung into action to modify the garden to accommodate the maple and a couple of nandinas. Fortunately, the hole-digging for
Master gardeners Jan Scheel, Sue Davis, Regina Hooten, Karen Reeves, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth worked to spread 6 yards of mulch in the Berryville Public Library Gardens. Thanks to Carl Ward’s lawn care for donating the mulch, the back garden is mulched and ready for the season. Plans are to mulch the front gardens,
Master Gardeners Jan Scheel, Regina Hooten, Sue Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth worked on the first early spring cleanup in the Berryville Public Library Gardens. Pruning and foliage cleanup was on the agenda. The Beautyberry, Spirea, and Drift Roses in the back garden were pruned, and Jan worked on the Knockout Roses in front
Some lovely fall color in the Berryville Public Library gardens. Photos are from September and October workdays. Gardeners, Jan Scheel, Sue and Sam Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth volunteered to keep the gardens looking beautiful all season.
Recent fall work at the garden included raising the canopy height above the center bed by trimming the River Birch. This will allow a bit more light to reach the bed plantings, a better overall view of the entire garden, and overhead clearance for visitors walking through. A few lower limbs were also removed from
April 10, 2021 Monthly Membership Meeting The April membership meeting of CCMG featured a presentation on Ornamental Grasses by Sue Davis. She gave an overview of grasses in the landscape and tips on designing, selecting, planting and care of various types of grasses. Slideshow PDF Slideshow Text
February 2021 Our monthly meeting was held via Zoom. Thank you to Jennifer Boardman for the fabulous presentation she coordinated with the Harvard Museum of Natural History. The glass flower collection is absolutely phenomenal and if you missed this meeting, I regret you weren’t able to join us. The museum is working on creating a
Sue Davis, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth spent the morning dividing and transplanting irises located in the rear library center garden bed. After dividing and trimming the rhizomes and leaves, they were planted in the beds along the front of the county offices. Replacement plants for the iris bed are being discussed, and may possibly
This beautiful fall day had Master Gardeners Jan Scheel, Deb Thompson, Nancy Plagge, Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth working in the Berryville Public Library gardens. Efforts were concentrated on the narrow daylily bed on the southwest side of the garden. We transplanted purple coneflower (echinacea) and Russian sage (salvia yangii) to serve as a backdrop
September 2020 This month’s meeting via Zoom featured a presentation by the owners of Dripping Springs Gardens, a commercial organic growing operation since 1984, located south of Berryville in the Metalton/Dry Fork Creek area. While we could not travel to the site due to Covid-19, Mark Cain and Michael Crane provided us with a virtual
