Believe it or not garden season will be here soon and we’ve just started plans for the 2012 season. We’re hoping for a bit of a facelift at the garden in 2012 and want this to be the best season yet!

To get things started a few  updates from the garden committee.

First off, we’re sad to say goodbye to the garden’s first coordinator and fierce advocate, Kierston Howard. Kierston, Sam and Connor recently moved from Broomfield. A giant THANK YOU to each of them for all of their hard work these last three years. We’ll miss you all!

We’re pleased to welcome Linda Botehlo, who has been gardening with us for two years, to the garden committee. Thank you, Linda for volunteering more time to this great project.

And there’s plenty of work to be done this year as we look to make improvements, increase our community outreach and continue to pursue the garden’s goals. So, please let us know if you’re interesting in providing additional assistance.

Finally, mark your calendars. We will be having our Garden Kick Off meeting on Saturday, February 25. Although time and location are TBD we hope everyone’s able to join us as we get the 2012 season off to a great start!

Hope the new year’s off to a FANTASTIC start for everyone! Drop us a note and let us know how it’s going.

The Birch Community Garden is sponsoring a field trip/tour of Botanical Interests Seed Company in Broomfield on Monday, October 24. We’ve schedule the tour to begin around 3:30 pm which means those interested in attending should plan to arrive around 3:15 pm. As we do need to confirm the final count to Botanical Interests in advance of our tour please let us know if you plan to join us. All are welcome.

Email us at birch.garden.broomfield@gmail.com if you’re interested in joining the tour.

In the meantime there’s lots to be harvested there so if you’re over there and have a few extra minutes please feel free to harvest what you find and drop at Silvercrest or FISH. Email us if you need the details for drop offs!

Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!

Birch Gardeners & Friends

We’ll be celebrating another fantastic year at the Birch Community Garden at our Annual Harvest Party on Sunday, October 2 beginning at 3 pm. More details to follow.

A few other notes since it’s been awhile since our last work day.

1. Watering – with the heat we’ve had the last two weeks it’d be great if you can give the community plots a blast of water when you’re at the garden to water your own plots. Understand it can be a bit of a drain on water pressure but it’s usually not too bad if you turn on one community plot at a time.

2. Harvesting – when you’re at the garden please feel free to harvest what you see in the community plots for donation to Silver Crest. They’re loving the veggies this year so let’s keep them coming. Anyone can drop off but it’s easiest to deliver between 8-5 on weekdays since that’s when there is office staff available to answer the door. We’re checking into whether we can drop off over the weekend as well and will send an update when we have more information.

Right now there should be green beans, summer squash, chard, beets, cucumbers, onions, and possibly tomatoes to harvest so keep your eye out!

And a HUGE thank you!! to Mike for making our Donation Gardens so spectacular! Without Mike, his gardening expertise, hard work, diligence & commitment we would NEVER be able to produce the kind of food we do for the community. And a gi-normous thanks to Ruth, Linda, Amy, Sean & Ryan for coming out to the garden this morning!