We had a work day on Tuesday, March 18th at the Berryville Public Library with Anita Engert, Jan Scheel, Katy Harvey, and Regina Hooten. Several bags of mulch were added to the flower beds, but we will need to get more mulch to finish up on a later date. The Helleborus, Daffodils, Magnolia Tree, and […]
Progress report for March 3: planters by bench and library have been trimmed back and cleared up and did some slight clean up on the large Japanese maple and blue cedar. Lamb’s ear bed has been cleaned (raked out), but did not get to pruning today. All required plants have had compost (manure) laid down,
A follow up to the workday report – Thanks to Randy and Regina Hooten for going later to spray the pathways, and for blowing off and cleaning debris from the border stones around the garden beds. We wanted to share photos and a big ‘Thank You’ to Julie Sooter for working today on the large
First workday of 2025 at the Berryville Public Library with Jan Scheel, Kristy Tesch, Vonnie Dikeman, Katy Harvey, Julie Sooter, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth. It was a beautiful, sunny day and we got a lot done in the garden. We removed a large amount of leaves that had accumulated over the winter. We leave
October 8 workday at the Berryville Public Library. Randy Hooten, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth with the help of a little junior master gardener watered, raked leaves, and pruned spent perennial foliage. The garden is struggling with the lack of rain although the coral drift roses, purple heart, beauty berry, and coneflowers are provide beautiful fall color.
Cynthia Osborne, Stacee Nuckolls, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth watered, weeded, and removed spent perennial foliage. Members have been supplementally watering during the recent dry spell, and the gardens are lovely. The perennial Goldenrod and Asclepius (butterfly weed), Beauty Berry, Hydrangea, and Drift Roses are all beautiful and in full bloom. The next workday is
Regina and Randy Hooten, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth watered, weeded, raked, and removed spent perennial foliage. Randy brought stones and repaired the border around the large White Oak flower bed. The two Hydrangea Paniculata ‘Limelight’ are beginning to reach maturity and are in full bloom. The Oakleaf Hydrangea Quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ blooms are still
June 25 workday at the Berryville Public Library with Cynthia Osborne, Gayla Wolfinbarger, Anita Engert, Jennifer Hudspeth, Regina and Randy Hooten, (not pictured, Jan Scheel). We focused on a thorough watering of the garden, and members will take turns will supplemental watering during dry spells. The ‘Limelight’ paniculata’ hydrangeas are in full bloom, with the
Tuesday, May 28, workday at the Berryville Public Library. Jan Scheel, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth cleaned up storm debris, weeded, raked, trimmed bulb foliage and planted Kimberly Queen ferns in containers near the back entrance. We had some extra help from a hard-working little junior master gardener. The daylilies and ‘Snow Queen’ panicle hydrangeas
May 14, 2024 workday at the Berryville Public Library. Cynthia Osborne, Regina and Randy Hooten, Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth raked, planted hostas, pruned the boxwood and soft leaf holly, weeded, and planted the containers. The ‘Scentlandia’ sweet spire shrubs are in bloom and their scent is wonderful. The native asclepius tuberose (butterfly milkweed), echinacea
A recent workday at the Berryville Public Library. The perennials in the garden are beautiful. The peonies, iris, brunnera, ajuga, polygonatum (Solomon’s Seal), and polemonium (Jacob’s Ladder) are all in bloom. Anita Engert and Jennifer Hudspeth weeded, pruned, and transplanted hosta, hellebore, and iris to new locations in the garden. A weeping Japanese maple was
A recent workday at the Berryville Public Library. Jan Scheel, Regina and Randy Hooten, Anita Engert, and Jennifer Hudspeth mulched the garden beds, deadheaded spent foliage on tulips and daffodils, raked, weeded, and removed (actually tackled) an unfortunately dead Japanese Maple tree. The spring rains are very welcome. The garden looks lovely with late-blooming tulips and daffodils, iris
