Recently the garden received some great donations from two wonderful local gardening resources. Last Friday Snow’s Garden Center at 1875 Avon Street welcomed five of us and donated plants (herbs, marigolds) and bags of soil and mulch, along with as much loose straw as we could gather into bags. One of their employees even pitched in too, then Snow’s Garden Center Manager Zachary Pittinger walked us around pointing at things we could take. This is not the first time that Snow’s has supported the garden and we really appreciate their plants, knowledgeable staff, and great upbeat attitudes.
Then on Saturday, Jeremy was visiting the Blue Ridge Farmers Co-op at 810 Harris Street. Garden Center Manager Dorie Smolar was kind of to donate a bucket of Sweet Potato slips and 30 packets of Organic Summer seeds (tomato and pepper). They indicated that would continue their support with some bags of soil, compost, or mulch to donate.
We are so grateful to both organizations for their support. Many of us with the garden have shopped at one or both locations before and know how crucial they are to us local gardeners. Please, support your local garden centers instead of the big chain behemoths.
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