A Fall to Remember

The November planting of the DHS garden was a great way to end the BBB’s 2011 Fall planting season.  We had students from the DHS Beekeeper Club, Key Club, ROTC, and Volleyball team all out there moving compost, amending the soil, laying out plants and planting.  The garden is 3000 sq ft and sits on a busy corner of Decatur.  The garden may not look like much now but over the next 5 months all the plants are going to be focusing their energy downwards and establishing their roots.  In Spring 2012 the garden is going to come alive with color and, as designed by the students, the garden will have color all year long (Spring, Summer and Fall).  Big Thanks going out the the students of the DHS Beekeepers Club, the DHS Community Garden volunteers, Anya our dedicated Key Club member, Cafe Lily for the amazing fundraisers and delicious BBB dish in the month of Oct and especially to Ms. Wade and Mrs. Loupe for all their guidance on the project. The garden is on the corner of Commerce Dr and W Howard in Decatur.  Drive by it now and get ready to be amazing in the Spring!

DHS Fall 2011 Garden Calendar

Tuesday Sept 6th 7:30am - Measuring of the Garden, meet at the wagon wheel

Tuesday Sept 20th 7:30am – Garden Layout, meet at the wagon wheel and bring your designs

Saturday Sept 24th 9am – 1pm – DHS Native Plant Sale, on the step of the DHS Gym

Thursday Oct 6th 3:30- 5:30 – Garden Work Day, clearing the space, wear you close toed shoes and gardening clothing

Tuesday Oct 18th 3:30-5:30 – Garden Work Day, Clearing

Thursday Oct 27th 3:30-5:30 – Garden Work Day, Amending the soil

Thursday Nov 9th 3:30-5:30 PLANTING DAY!!!!!

Native Plant List for our Garden – 40 native species and 240 plants in the ground!

Rattlesnake Master-Eryngium yuccifolium
Small Head Liatris- Liatris microcephila
Cardinal Flower-Lobelia cardinalis
Dogwood-Cornus floridus
Blue Lobelia-Lobelia puberula
Joe Pye Weed-Euptorium fistulosum
Butterfly Weed-Asclepias tuberosa
Blazing Star-Liatris spicata
Rough Leaved Goldenrod-Solidago rugosa
Beautyberry-Callicarpa americana
Smooth Aster-Symphyotrichum laevis
Heart’s a Busting-Euonymus americanus
Purple Coneflower-Echinacea purpurea
Elderberry-Sambucus canadensis
Georgia Aster – Symphyotrichum georgianum
Woodland Sunflower – Helianthus divaricatus
Purple Love Grass – Eragrostis spectabilis
Plumleaf Azalea – Rhododendron Prunifolium
Hammocksweet Azalea – Rhododendron serrulatum
Pussytoes – Antennaria plantaginea
False Wild Indigo – Baptisia australis
Coreopsis – Coreopsis auriculata
Bloodroot- Sanguinaria canadensis
Indian Pink – Spigelia marilandica
Blue Star – Amsonia tabernaemontana
Foxglove Beardtongue – Penstemon digitalis
Woodland Phlox – Phlox Divaricata
Columbine – Aquilegia canadensis
Smooth Hibiscus – Hibiscus laevis
Blueberries – Vaccinium corymbosum
Mountain Mint – Pycnanthemum incanum
Stoke’s Aster – Stokesia laevis
Maple Leaf Viburnum – Viburnum acerifolium
Heart Leaf Aster Symphyotrichum cordifolium
Pink Milkweed – Asclepias incarnata
Sundrop – Oenothera fruticosa
Thimble Weed – Anemone virginianum
Beebalm – Monarda punctata
Wild Ginger – Asarum arifolium
Switch Grass – Panicum virgata

A Successful Spring for an Upcoming Fall of Planting

It was a great Spring of native plant sales for the Decatur High School’s Bee Keeper Club, which raised over $500 for their pollinator garden project.  This coming Fall their project ideas will be put into action with DHS Bee Keeper students and DHS Community Garden gardeners creating a plan and setting work day dates for the proposed 1000 square foot pollinator garden on the corner of Commerce Dr. and W Howard Ave (near the wagon wheel).  Check back for more plan details and Fall planting dates.

Decatur High School Plant Sale Saturday April 23rd 9am -12pm
Take home a lovely native plant for Easter.  We will be on the steps of the new gym. 20% of every plant sold goes to DHS Bee Keeper Club and their native plant garden fund.

Decatur High School Plant Sale Saturday May 7th   9am -12pm
Mom will love a native plant in her garden for Mother Day!  We will be on the steps of the new gym.  20% of every plant sold goes to DHS Bee Keeper Club and their native plant garden fund.