Hummingbird in the pollinator garden!

I am still so amazed at how beautiful the pollinator garden is and well it's doing. If you needed proof I just saw a hummingbird enjoying it

Work day this Saturday

Spread the word - we will have our 2nd 2nd Saturday workday on the 13th starting @ 8:00. Please bring your gloves, wheelbarrow and any tools. Shovels and pitch forks are helpful. We plan to move mulch, harvest potatoes and maybe plant watermelon. See you there!

Watering like this is much faster!

The Homewood Fire department showed up at the garden to do some training. They were nice enough to help with watering the garden! 

So much basil!

We harvested the basil last night. It was amazing how much came off just 2 plants! We made a lot of pesto and froze it so the kids at the middle school can eat it when summer is over

Great work day!

Saturday, June 8, was our first "Second Saturday" volunteer work day. It went great and I hope everyone who came out knows how much I appreciate it. We got so much done! The "Second Saturday" of every month will now be our volunteer work day. 

Lady Bugs!

Fred Kapp from Alabama Green Industry Training Center handed Phoebe a bag of Lady Bugs to release in the garden. See ya aphids!

Second Saturdays work days

We are starting 2nd Saturdays June 8 at 8:00.  This will be our regular volunteer work day now- every 2nd Saturday of the month. This will be a great time for us to all work together in the garden and see it progress. Bring your gloves, tools and any cardboard you can get your hands on. June 8 we hope to cover the hill where the blueberries are with cardboard and mulch

The peaches are doing great

The fruits of our labor!

I ate this strawberry....couldn't help it!

Peaches!

We have tiny peaches on the peach trees! Go take a look at them before a bird eats them.

Earth Day

To celebrate Earth Day, a few students, a few dads and 1 science teacher planted 2 trees in the garden. 1 fig and 1 apple. The trees were given by Chase Kelly, the Eagle Scout that built the information kiosk. We appreciate all he's done for the garden.

Blueberries

Spring has arrived and so have our first blueberries

Blue bird house

Check out the new addition to the garden! It's so great to see the different ways teachers and students contribute to the garden. Thank you Mr. Crawford

Garden t-shirts

We are now taking orders for t-shirts! $12 green or white (youth sizes in white only). Make checks payable to Homewood City Schools / memo community garden. Email hcsgarden@gmail.com to order.

Shades Cahaba Art Club Installation

Check out the first art project for the garden! A 5th grade art club from Shades Cahaba came out and installed it today. I hope we always have art in the garden.

Spring is coming

The peach trees in the garden are starting to flower

Strawberries!

I want to thank Marybeth and David Shaddix of Maple Valley nursery. They have just donated loads of strawberry plants for the garden.

Information kiosk and Christmas tree recycling

The information kiosk at the garden entrance is complete. Thanks to Boy Scout Chase Kelly for all his hard work on this project. Also, we will be recycling Christmas trees in the parking lot at the corner of Dale and Grace. Please pass the word

Pollinator garden

Arnie Rutkis designed a beautiful perineal garden for us. Many of the plants were donated from Sweet Peas in Homewood with the rest being donated from neighbors. Thank you so much! The environmental club at the middle school got everything planted.