PARTIAL LIST OF ACTIVITIES IN WHICH BURKE EMGVA PARTICIPATED IN 2015
- Promoting and assisting in the Master Gardener class
- Working with a local Boy Scout troop to construct 4 new raised beds at Joara
- Removing lily turf/other invasive plants from grounds of the Burke Ag Building
- Assisting with Small Fruit Plant sales and distribution
- Conducting our second Annual Spring Fun Sale
- Working with Freedom HS students to construct a fence around our Community Gardens
- Establishing a perennial garden on the grounds of Burke Ag Building
- Working with Catholic Youth Heart Camp to construct 5 raised beds at the Habitat site on Enon Road
- Conducting a number of demonstration workshops for students and Garden Clubs at the Joara Gardens
- Continuing scholarship funding for a horticultural science student at Western Piedmont Comm College
- Working with an area Girl Scout in the design and construction of a Meditation Garden at Burke Hospice
- "Critter-proofing" the Community Gardens fence by adding wiring to the bottom of the fence
- Mulching the Community Gardens and the garden grounds at the Extension Center (at least twice)
- Adding 15 new shrubs to the grounds of the Burke Ag Building
- Staining the fence that surrounds the MGVA Community Gardens
- Monitoring the water supply for Exploring Joara, Habitat Enon Road, and MGVA Community Gardens
- Setting our group up for 501(c)3 status under the umbrella of NCEMGVA
- Working with Donna on plant take-in for Drexel Fair, and on "Veggie Varmint" contests at both fairs
- and the list goes on...
