catching up.....

I see my last post was in March so i have some catching up to do.....I will start with the acknowledgements I have been meaning to post for awhile....

Here is a list of donors so far for 2011

Sunseed Farms, Nick Gulliford
Kent's Nursery, Ginny Crump
Moondance Farms, Nicole Brown
Pro Build
Portal Way Farm and Garden
Master Gardeners: Doug Bascomb
Katie Welch
Master Composter Bob Hendricks
Cornerstone Church
City of Ferndale/Maintenance Crew
Ferndale High School Tony Torretta's Landscaping Class
Ferndale High School Honors Society, Donald Pringle, faculty
Ferndale Community Service Cooperative, Gayland Gump
Thrivent Financial
WECU
ConocoPhillips

Thank you one and all!!!!

Children's Garden

Ferndale High School Honor Society Students Kaci M., Shane S., Steven R., Jimmy B., and Jacob A. working along side their Advisor, Don, did an amazing job getting the Children's Garden frames built, the space cleared, and all the soil put back in the frames. Looks really great! Thank you all!

March 26, 2011

video coming

Spring in the garden!

It was a great day in the garden. New bed frames are in the hoop house and many other exciting accomplishments happened today.

March 19, 2011

video coming....

New year's day at the garden

january 1 2011

last day of July....

the garden in early June

Early June in the garden

Record Journal column

yesterday there was a guest column in the Ferndale Record Journal about the garden and since their site is under constuction ...i post it here....

Friendship Community Garden

The Friendship Community Garden is starting the 3^rd year of production. It is located on Ferndale Road, south of Pioneer Park just past the parking lot and in front of the Bergsma House. I encourage folks to come and have a look. Progress is also being documented in pictures and video at ferndalecommunitygarden.blogspot.com.

The garden is off to a great start this year with a newly planted apple orchard and the addition of a greenhouse. We have had a cool spring so hopefully the greenhouse will help jump start some of the plantings.

In the fall of 2007 volunteers from Alcoa helped get the plots ready to plant. During the first year, youth from around Whatcom County, participating in the WorkSource career camp program, helped construct the garden’s pavilion. Volunteers constructed a garden shed for tools and supplies on site. Many businesses have donated materials and citizens have donated time to make this beautiful garden happen.

A 7 ft tall metal centipede sculpture watches over the garden. It was purchased from the Bellingham Technical College’s 2007 Welding Rodeo, donated to the school and came to live in the garden. The garden also received a great new sculpture last year from Gary Pavone, a Ferndale High School student working as an intern through WorkSource.

Last year the giving garden, planted specifically for the Ferndale Food bank, provided 1124 pounds of fresh food to the food bank. Ten families planted a cornfield and potatoes, in addition to their plots. They realized 134 ears of corn and 30 lbs of potatoes per family.

Garden education workshops and demonstrations have been taught by Master Gardeners. I had the pleasure of attending one last year, with kids from the Boys and Girls Club, as they learned about worm composting with “hands on” creation of worm bins.

To inquire about garden plots or volunteer opportunities contact Gloria Perez at: rainglo@comcast.net (updated 2011)