Thanks for a fantastic grand opening festival in the garden!

Is anything better than gathering outdoors with good friends and delicious food?  (From all of the smiles in the pictures, we sure don't seem to think so!).  Our garden grand opening was graced with lovely weather (just enough clouds to keep it from being too hot and sunny) and a great turnout.  We were happy for a wonderful mix of new and old friends (some had found our event on Facebook or in Central Penn Parent magazine) and many stopped by for the food and kid's activities.  One of the most delightful activities was the creation of the fairy garden, but the face painting, wagon rides and play in the rainbow garden all seemed to be a lot of fun for the kids, too.  (The adults also had a great time hanging out and taking tours of the rest of the garden!).  As usual, it was a wonderful day!  

There were so many beautiful pictures from the day that we've created a little (ok, enormendous) ;) slideshow.  Click below to check it out:

Don't worry if you missed it!  Save the date for our Fall Festival coming up in September and between now and then you can look forward to many other days together in the garden; as always, please be welcome!  What's next in the garden?  Check out our Events page for upcoming classes including more details on our next one on creating "Garden Fresh Appetizers", Wednesday, July 13th at 6:30 pm in the garden.  

See you soon!  Happy Summer! 
~Marykaye

Join us for Our Grand Opening Festival and Potluck 6/25/11!

Exciting times ahead in the garden

The garden is looking great; it is amazing how quickly things come together with so many people helping!  Another fabulous donation of cocoa mulch from Hershey Nursery was laid out this past Wednesday by our lovely volunteers and all of the plants are looking pretty happy.  There are quite a few unique areas of the garden this year and the mulch highlights them beautifully!

We are also very excited for two great events coming up in the garden in the next couple of weeks and we hope you can join us.  If you know any kids who might be interested, please spread the word to family and friends.

June 18th will be our first class in the garden: an introduction to gardening for children.  It will be a wonderful opportunity for kids to experience the garden firsthand and will include a story, activity and snack.  The class is free and begins at 9am (a great time in the garden before it gets too hot).  If you are interested in attending or would like more information please call Karen Hunsberger at 574-2654 or post a comment on this blog below or on our Facebook page.  Please RSVP right up to the last minute if you can so we make sure to bring enough supplies for everyone...

June 25th will be the 2nd annual Grand Opening of our garden, and we are planning to celebrate and build community with a festival and potluck from 3pm to sunset.  Expect great food, kid's activities and lots of fun, with plenty of space for the kids to play.  Musical instruments also welcome!  Click here for pictures from last year's opening festival in the garden.  You can also click here for a link to a printable flyer for this year's festival.

Here are some pictures from this week to show you what we've been up to:

fragrant mulch lined up and ready for the garden

two of our wonderful volunteers

working on tomato stakes

the finished product

laying out that great mulch

Isn't it gorgeous?  This will be a fun place to play for the kids...

Thanks so much to everyone for their help!

We'll be out at the garden again this Wednesday getting ready for our guests, so as always, please be welcome then, too!  See you soon!

~Marykaye