North Avondale gardens are still in bloom. A big thank you to those who volunteer in our community gardens, and to those who have captained our beautiful gardens, some for many years. We have 8 gardens that our NANA gardeners maintain. Our garden at the triangle of Clinton Springs and Washington is in need […]
Author: Jolene Struebbe
Beautification: Summer 2021
Flower PotsYou may have noticed that our flower pots are decked out for the hot summer. The Park Board offered us options and we have chosen to have them fill the pots with “Striped Beauty” Canna, “Dragon Wing Red” Begonia, “Lucky Lemon Glow” Lantana, “Trailing Red’ Mezoo and “SC Bewitched […]
Featured Garden of Month: Summer 2021
Welcome to the Butterfly garden of Denny Harper and Kim Hubbard at 3946 Rose Hill Ave. Denny and Kim moved in to their North Avondale home in 2018 and Denny immediately got started creating his butterfly garden. About a decade earlier, Denny had purchased a farm in Adams County, where he was […]
Neighborhood Garden Plots: Summer 2021
Did you know that our neighborhood tends to about ten (10) garden plots that enhance the beauty of our neighborhood? These plots are at: Seasongood Square (and Circle); the Dana Triangle; the Dana Roundabout Circle; Marion Triangle (diagonal from the Belvedere); Washington Triangle; Asmann at Winding Way; Roundabout at Dakota & […]
Beautification – Litter: Summer 2021
The Beautification committee is pleased to announce the addition of two new volunteers: In charge of Litter, we welcome Coral Weigel, (Edge Hill Place) and overseeing our neighborhood garden plots, we welcome Judith Evans (Rose Hill Avenue). We are indebted to Laurie Pike for her previous work as our Litter/Clean up Chair and, of course, to […]
North Avondale COVID Garden Stroll
The Garden Stroll that I quickly put together (in less than 3 weeks) to give neighbors something safe to do, away from their homes, turned out better than I could have anticipated! Neighbors were so generous in offering their gardens and I want to say a special thank you to them […]