Grow Local Colorado

Our garden at Benedict Fountain Park, our newest garden site, is doing well thanks to the leadership of our co-director, Linda Kiker, and the many volunteers that help once a week.

We've been partnering with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) for 14 years. If not for them we probably wouldn't have made it to 17 years of growing. They are reliable, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and hardworking. Such an asset to our community and state.

Today they brought this fantastic group of volunteers to help in one of our largest gardens. They harvested, weeded, planted seeds, collected seeds and cleaned up the garden. All this work even though it was a hot morning. In gratitude for all that you have done for us, thank you, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC).

We still have a few saffron corms left. 75 cents each or take all 50 for $25.

She's Rooted Home She's Rooted Home

Have a spare hour this weekend? We're gleaning crabapples for Kaizen Food Rescue up in Westminister. Our gleanings are always fun. We'll be done before it gets too hot. You're welcome to take some home with you as well. A win-win. Sign up at the link below:
volunteersignup.org/4CWYD

Our good friend, Joe Fleenor, has an incredibly bountiful garden. He shares the harvest with neighbors, friends and food pantries. This weekend we helped harvest 4 large boxes of produce which Joe donated to Kaizen Food Rescue. Thank you, Joe, for setting such a generous example.

Our garden team is such a dedicated group. They are knowledgeable, reliable and just lovely women. No wonder volunteers enjoy spending time in our gardens.

This week we are saying good bye to Chloe. She started out as an intern two years ago and is now one of our garden leaders. Her joy, calm and dedication make her a delight to be around. She is able to capture the attention of young gardeners. She always has something positive to say. We will miss her but wish her the best in her masters program in Minnesota. She's going to be an incredible naturalist.

In case you have a few new visitors to your garden:

Thank you to all the chokecherry owners that graciously allowed us to harvest this past week. And a big thank you to the 15 volunteers that helped pick all that beautiful fruit. We appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to take part in this project. What a special gift to the Wind River Reservation. We couldn't have done this without Community Fruit Rescue. They are delivering our harvest along with the many hundreds of pounds they are harvesting in Boulder and Longmont.
Linda Kiker, Joe Fleenor, Donna Baker-Breningstall, Steffanie Hinkley Grogan