We’ve wrapped up a busy April!
The Alpharetta Arboretum was busy every weekend of April:
April 7: Donation/Build-out Vegetable Garden to YMCA
April 14-15: Alpha Arts StreetFest “Upcycled Containers”
April 21: Plant Sale/Swap & Workday Alpharetta Community Garden
April 28: Dedication of Veggie Garden to Ed Isakson YMCA @ Healthy Kids Day
Upcycled Container - “Barbie Doll Car with Potato Vine”
Sold as part of our fundraiser at the Alpha Arts Streetfest
Many thanks to the Magic Glove and Safety Company
...for their kind donation of 3 dozen pairs of gloves to the Alpharetta Arboretum. We’ve already put these gloves to good use at two of our events!
Former Alpharetta Community Garden member now volunteering at the Harvard Community Garden.
Emelie Coleman, who lead the Milton High NHS Science Club gardeners in 2011 at our garden, went off to Harvard University last August and has just been elected secretary for the semester at the Harvard Community Garden. The garden is located on campus and serves the community with the sale of fresh produce.
Volunteers Are Amazing !
On Saturday, January 28th, the Atlanta Community Food Bank supervised two groups of volunteers for the benefit of the Alpharetta Community Garden. The group above chose to volunteer as an “alternative birthday party” for Katy Purwin and Ben Watson. What a great and generous idea! The group pictured below was a girls youth group from Mountain Park First Baptist Church in Stone Mountain. What a fine group of young women.
It isn’t often that you get to have 20+ folks turning compost bins, digging up plants, hauling wheelbarrow loads of dirt around and all for...what? For the joy of volunteering! I stand in awe. Thanks guys!
New Garden Shed at
Alpharetta Community Garden
Jim Waters, carpenter and builder of the new storage shed.
The Alpharetta Community Garden, a project of the Alpharetta Arboretum, is pleased to have a new and attractive storage shed for storing tools, wheel-barrows, hay, chairs and other garden necessities. The final phase of this project will be to install a rainwater catchment system to collect rainwater from the roof that can then be used in the garden.
Find Out More About the Alpharetta Arboretum!
We invite you to discover all there is to know about the Alpharetta Arboretum by following the links at the top of this page. Learn more about our Arboretums at Webb Bridge Park, Wills Park and Cogburn Park and learn about our Community Vegetable Garden. Our mission is educational and we invite you to explore our Knowledge Resources page and Blog page for helpful information.
Contact us at:
AlphaArboretum@bellsouth.net http://www.awesomealpharetta.com
