by Coast Botanical | Jul 14, 2024 | Garden Notes
After the hot week we had, it’s time to harvest garlic! Our Veggie Garden volunteers harvested several kinds of garlic last Thursday and the bulbs will be cured for a few weeks before being cleaned and bagged; look for them for sale during Harvest Festival on...
by Heather Vince | Apr 1, 2024 | Garden Notes
A lot of what we do at the Veggie Garden when we start up in spring is weeding. Taking advantage of all this green material, we do trench composting, burying the weeds deep below our veggie beds. Trench composting is simple: You dig a trench – or any shape hole – 18...
by Heather Vince | Oct 30, 2023 | Garden Notes
Our dedicated Veggie Garden volunteers came together last week to plant a variety of garlic bulbs. The weather was dry and sunny – the perfect day to finish off the planting group’s work for the year. Looks like they had fun doing it too! After an...
by Heather Vince | Aug 25, 2023 | Garden Notes
Many plants in the Botanical Garden are identified with metal labels. A good place to find conifer identifications is near the gate into the volunteer area from Mason Road. Some large native trees are labelled along the edge of the ravine and around the native habitat...
