Friday, May 10, 2013

Kingston Chase Celebrates Earth Day

On the last Saturday in April Kingston Chase celebrated Earth Day! Thanks to the many neighbors who came and planted, ate and drank, weeded, brought plants from their gardens to share, came and took those plants, entered the raffle, and visited with their neighbors and friends.
 
Several families learned about using kitchen scraps in their compost, and took home a make-it-yourself kitchen compost bucket. Congratulations to Rose Maletesta for winning the 90 gallon composter!
 
Thanks to the kids who came and took the Recycling Imagination Challenge. Did you know that an egg carton makes a good coin or earring holder? Or a good planter to start seeds?  They also handed out doggie treats to four-legged visitors, played with Coco the rabbit, munched on goodies, and weeded in the garden Special thanks to Clara Hampson, Ginny and Carine Threlkeld, and Scout and Shannon McClain. Special congrats to Scout for winning the Young Volunteer door prize, a butterfly rearing habitat!
 
Special thanks to Betsy Kiker and Katie Pendleton for all of the hard work they did before and during the event to make it a success. It is such a pleasure working with you! Thanks to their efforts, there are now four beautiful Columbine plants in the garden. You may read about these native spring bloomers in the May Crier, or visit our blog at kcconservation.blogspot.com. And look for new plant identification markers coming soon to the garden!
 
Footnote: Just prior to the Earth Day Celebration a bluebird was seen perching on one of the bluebird houses raised by Boy Scout Troop 1570 (under the direction of Eagle Scout candidate Fletcher Phillips). Way to go Scouts!
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For information about these plants go the the National Gardening Association's Plant Finder site at http://www.garden.org/plantfinder/