I thought I’d post some links etc… to garden idea sites, one of which is our Pinterest site. You may have to join Pinterest to see it. Sorry. It can be sort of addictive. Click the picture above for a Buzzfeed post on vertical gardens.
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Posts Categorized: Update
Master Gardener Volunteers
The Maine Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Volunteers Program has been crucial in supplying volunteers, know-how and inspiration to the Topsham Public Library Gardens. The project began by bringing community volunteers together around an Eagle Scout project to shape the Children’s Garden into a learning and event space that would extend the library’s mission to its outdoor… Read more »
Please include TPL Gardens on your Saturday, May 17
….to help us dig and have a good time this Saturday May 17th. Volunteers are tremendously important to the TPL Gardens. Saturday May 17, from 10AM until 1PM we are looking for energetic individuals to help us with a variety of duties. We’re building different sorts of raised beds. We’ll need extra muscle power to dig,… Read more »
Hugelkultur at TPL
Hugel-what? Some new and exciting raised beds in the TPL Gardens this year will include a hugelkultur (pronounced hoogle culture). In German, the rough translation means “round culture”. This is a sustainable gardening technique
Spring is HERE!
Yes!!! We started cleaning up the garden and gearing up for the season. Big THANK YOU to volunteers Robert DuBois and Sue Ham who started the spring clean-up and gathering materials. This year we hope to put in at least 2 if not 3 raised beds, all of them slightly unconventional– hugelkultur, spiral, tray height;… Read more »