Mosaic wants to keep you, your family and your organization in-the-know about the gardens and CLT activity! Great things are a-happenin’! Take a look…
Mural (423 Gardens) – The mural is just about done! Please stop by our 423 Chestnut Street gardens to take a peek at the almost-finished work of Promiseland Murals! Nice work Carrie!
Permaculture Garden (301 Walnut Street) – We’re getting there…Eric Schmidt of Colonial Gardens and his crew will be working on the garden early next week to tidy up the walking paths with wood chips and beautiful boulders! The information board will be installed in the upcoming weeks.
The Office is OPEN! The office will open this Saturday from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Please make note of it and stop by to say hello or to pick up a garden contest flyer!
Speaking of garden contest…We are on the hunt for more residential, neighborhood and junior gardener entries. The entry form is attached so you may enter the contest or send the form to a friend or neighbor who you believe has a garden worth bragging about!
In the News…Mosaic is doing great things around Pottstown, things worth writing about! J (control & click on the links below, Tom Hylton’s recent Mercury “advertorial” is included in an attachment, thank you TOM for your support!)
Our next Garden Work and Play Days are set for Sunday, June 14 and Sunday June 28 from 11-2. On the 14th, we will begin our day at the 615 Chestnut Street Gardens and on the 28th we will begin our day at the 423 Chestnut Street Gardens. I hope you will join us to plant, weed, water and chat during these times!
Our Next WORKSHOP…
Sunday, June 14 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM at our 615 Chestnut Street Gardens!
How to Grow Spuds in a BAG – Learn how to grow potatoes in a reusable tote! The workshop is set to teach you easy ways to grow great gardens in small spaces! Everyone who attends will be given a lovely tote, some good growing dirt (50% organic garden soil and 50% of your very own garden compost) and a bunch of fingerling potatoes to plant your very own bag! You can take the bag home or sit it at the end of your garden bed! Be there, bring a friend!
Table Events
Thursday June 18 TCN Non-Profit Conference Montgomery County Community College 9:00AM – 12noon.
June 13, July 18 and August 15 Bicentennial Celebration 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM each day
Please let us know of your interest in manning a table during any of the upcoming events. If you are unable to volunteer, please consider attending one (or all of the events)!
Don’t Forget!!!!!! Water and weed your plot and other areas around the garden. Remembering to water your garden plot before 10:00 AM or after 3:00 PM will avoid plant wilting and help your garden to reap its best harvest. If you have time, please remember to water the perimeter beds or your neighbors garden. Plants need water daily during a heat wave such as this and weeding should be done in your plot/around it at least once a week to avoid being overrun by pesky weeds! This is the true spirit of a “community garden”, the entire community watering, weeding and caring for the entire garden! Let us all build on increasing our community garden spirit!
We still need plastic bags at both gardens! Having grocery bags at the gardens helps to make the job of gathering and weighing our harvest easier (don’t forget to log your harvest and visits in the log book located in the shed).
Be on the lookout for new garden locations…we are always interested in scoping out a potential garden location. Please let us know if you pass by or live next to an area that you think is blighted…we may decide to make it beautiful! We are looking for projects large and small!
Lastly, we still have a few garden beds left for the season, let your neighbors and friends know…they may want to join you by becoming a garden member this season!
