The summer heat is finally showing up with a high today near 80 degrees F. This, of course, necessitated more watering and irrigation but we were prepared and ready for that as a typical July chore any way! Above is the always beautiful Azumaya structure in the fern & moss garden. What a tranquil setting. We had a bus tour from Ebert’s Greenhouse Village (Ixonia, WI) come today and the folks seemed to enjoy the tour given by four of our garden docents (Layton, Art, Virginia and Margaret). Ken shadowed Art and will likely be an excellent tour guide as well. The color is really filling in nicely and we had another “bumper crop” of Thursday volunteers help out primarily in the morning. With the Home Garden Tour looming this Saturday, July 11th, it should be an exciting weekend. The tickets for this event are on sale now for $10 at K&W Greenery and RBG. They’ll go to $12 on the day of the event so come get them now and know that they are also valid as a one day pass (July 11th) in to RBG as well. See eight beautiful home gardens and RBG for a full day of garden enjoyment! All the photos in this blog were taken today!
Our volunteers were such a huge help today and I’m sure I’ll forget some of those helping hands as the memory is not what it used to be. The “family atmosphere” with our volunteers is such an asset as these folks help each other out, bond, chat and ultimately form new friendships (like Peg and Bonnie above…Bonnie driving). Other volunteers today included Ron P., Ed, Ron Y., Dave, Jim, Bobby K., Vern, Dick H., Dick P., Winifred, Kathy, Eva, Mary R., Suzie, Pam B., Gary B., Dr. Yahr, Dr. Gredler, Lloyd, Bob C., Shirley H., Kylie, Forrest, Betty, Maury, Gary S., Doris, Sue S., Janet M., Jean, Barb T., Mary H., Kathy P. and many more! It was another amazing day with gardening, vehicle repair, carpentry, path work, brush clearing, etc.! The photos below have some captions as well…