Monsoon Gardening

Thank you to all the TEENs who helped tend the Pumpkin Patch Garden!

Kaela, Katie, Miette, Julia, Raven, Marcus, Alexander S., Tom, Erica, Taylor, Maddy S., Izzy L., Kaija, Tyler, and Beto!

You did a wonderful job and the Garden is looking great! I went out to the patch this morning and there are squash seedlings, healthy corn, and tons of mung bean sprouts! The irrigation is working well too!

Enjoy the photos and thank you again!

The Watermelon & Removing Compost Adventure

Last Saturday, TEENs Kaela, Julia, Kaija, Marcus, Katie, and Alexander removed years worth of failed compost from behind the classrooms and built their own, desert adapted composter.

TEENs also explored the pumpkin patch garden and picked a watermelon, only to find it already belonged in the new composter.

Each of these TEENs will be here this weekend, along with others to tend the pumpkin patch garden and get it ready for this fall's Great Pumpkin Festival.

Excellent work TEENs!

Facebook Group

The Facebook page will be closing because we've started the Desert Botanical Garden TEEN Volunteers group.

Join us!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/TEENVolunteers

This is a "closed" group so only TEENs and TEEN parents will be accepted into the group. You're welcome to post comments, photos or videos relating to the TEEN Volunteer Program.

I look forward to hearing from you all!

Watermelon!

The pumpkin patch garden is growing!

Check out the photo including our first watermelon!

Pumpkin Patch Garden update

The summer crops are going strong! Here are some photos of your hard work growing!

Summer Seed Challenge - Update!

Hi TEENs,

How are your seeds doing?

TEEN Kaela wrote, "My pumpkin plants (Big Max) are doing fine. Both seeds sprouted in the same pot, and both are about 9 inches wide/ 5-6 inches tall. I transplanted them on Monday because they stopped growing for a while."

Great job Kaela!

Free Admission Days!

Join us at the Garden on the 2nd Tuesday of every month for free admission into the Garden after 1pm.

The next free day is June 14th, Flag Day!

TEEN Flashlight Tour Training

Thank you to all the TEENs that attended the Flashlight Tour Training! I hope you had as much fun as I did seeing you untangle yourselves from the knotted rope!

Don't forget to contact Pam for upcoming Flashlight Tour shifts!