Fall Plant Sale

The Desert Botanical Garden's Fall Plant Sale is this weekend!

October 16-17: Saturday 7am-5pm & Sunday 9am-5pm

Garden volunteers and horticulturists are on hand to answer questions, offer advice and assist in plant selections. TEEN volunteers will also be seen helping at the check out!

No admission charge to enter the Fall Plant Sale.

Thank you to all the TEENs that helped out at the Pumpkin Patch Garden last Saturday!

The fences look amazing and the plants have survived the storms. Kate and I went out there this morning to check on them.

Great work TEENs!

Great Pumpkin Festival

TEENs - it's almost time for the Great Pumpkin Festival, that means that it's time to tend the garden! Join us Saturday, Oct 2nd from 7:30/8 to 11am to help tend the Pumpkin Patch Garden. We will be amending the soil, building fences, touching up paint, laying down mulch and planting crops! Please contact Jeni to sign up for the event.

Reminder

Hi TEENs! Please remember that all required forms are due Friday, Oct 1st. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Jeni.

Also, if you are planning on leaving the TEEN Volunteer program, please send a written statement to Jeni.

Butterfly Training

TEENs!

Join us on Saturday, Sept. 25th for the Butterfly Pavilion Training.

Please contact Jeni for more details or to sign up for this training.

TEENs present at Youth Voices Conference

TEENs, if you would like to participate in the annual Youth Voices Conference presentation on Oct 2nd or creating the presentation about the Pumpkin Patch Garden, please email Jeni.

Update: Pumpkin Patch Garden

Wow!

After 2 days of work, the Pumpkin Patch Garden has upgraded from 2 in-ground beds to planter boxes in order to protect the plants aginst hungry critters. After our soil delivery, we were able to plant young corn and pepers as well as sew sunflowers, gourds, winter squash, and of course, pumpkins! It was a lot of hard, hot work so a big thank you goes out to Alexander, Pat, Marcus and all the other TEENs that have worked at the Pumpkin Patch Garden this spring & fall. Hopefully all the hard work will be seen at the Great Pumpkin Festival this October. Amazing work, TEENs!

If you would like to sign up for shifts to tend the Garden or work the festival, please contact Jeni.

Plants for the Planet

Please consider adding your support to the Plants for the Planet campaign. Follow the link to sign your name and where you're from. Every name helps!

www.plantsfortheplanet.com