Our Saturday, 4/21, Memory Café in the Garden® hosted six participants, five volunteers, and one staff member. Four of the participants were from the L’Arche Community in Haverhill, Dan (staff/driver), Debbie, Ryan, and Donald. Two participants were Topsfield residents, Gloria and Bizzy. The volunteers included Sue, Bonnie, and Penny from the Topsfield Council on Aging, […]
Getting ready to host our April 21 and 22 events next weekend… we spent most of the weekend burning storm fall, pruning rose plants (Saturday) and spreading compost in the bitter snow (Sunday). We noticed neighbors passing by us in their cars Sunday, pausing a little longer than usual at the stop sign to see […]
It’s becoming more and more clear to us the vole war we’re in. Over the winter, they ate 20% of the 2017 new rose plants, and appear to have eaten all of the rock garden iris. We’re crossing our fingers that at least a majority of hundreds of new lily plants we planted in the […]
Take the Wheelchair-accessible entrance and find us in the first room on the left, the Emerson Center Chapel. This was our location for a second year, at the local Topsfield Grow Spring Expo, Saturday, April 7, 10am – 3pm. Thanks again to the Topsfield Garden Club and Grow Spring Expo Team for the opportunity to […]
We love daffodils here, especially because they can grow and multiply without vole and deer interference. Researching yesterday online, I came across the American Daffodil Society. I’ve contacted the local “New England Region” group and look forward to meeting them soon. Moving forward with a listening heart, vision, inquiry, and action, Mary
Happy Easter Monday! For a first-ever Egg Hunt – All ages, All abilities – we had a great spring celebration with old and new volunteers, Marlene and Ethel, new friends, Jennifer and daughter Jayna from Rockport, Edith and Roger from Newbury, and Kathleen and Tom from our neighborhood! Karl planted new trees – a weeping […]
Anyone interested in learning more about the Stations of the Passion and Resurrection is welcome to join us, tonight, Friday, at 5pm for a contemplative practice (walking or sitting, outside or inside), followed by fellowship inside our home (Karl made a delicious fish chowder fresh last night). Please see flyer here: Stations and Chowda 2018 […]
We’re gonna have a great time spreading this black gold over the garden beds soon. We’re planting a new Lavender Festival 2018, new trees, new roses, and a new carnation farm. Please join us for our Opening Day: Easter Sunday, April 1, 11am – 2pm Sunday Stroll, Bulb Parade and Egg Hunt for Crazy Garden […]
