A Midsummer Night's Garden Tour - Saturday, June 21st - 6PM to 9PM
hosted by Garland Urban Farmers and members of Loving Garland Green
Even if you don't believe in fairies, we hope you will join us for our first Midsummer Night's Garden tour.
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Just this morning I caught a glimpse of a fairy climbing into the cover of an olla in my garden. Among other things, they really enjoy the rain. You may not see any fairies on our garden tour (and you certainly won't if you don't believe in them) but you will see some of the magic that Garland residents have growing in their yards if you take the tour. For example, you will be able to see my famous blackberry bushes. I'll even allow visitors to pick a blackberry and eat it.
I think the tour date will be a little premature for my grapes, but if not, visitors can have a taste of these fruits from my garden as well.
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Our garden tour is free and open to the public.
How will you know where to go?
That's easy, you can continue to daily return to my garden blog at Eat Green DFW, or you can visit Loving Garland Green on Monday, June 16, to download the map of the Midsummer Night's Garden Tour with the addresses of the gardens to be featured. The maps will certainly be available by then. We will also feature copies of these maps at selected Garland businesses four or five days prior to the event.
The tour is planned for early evening of the Summer Solstice to take advantage of the cooler evening time, to celebrate the longest day of the year, and to honor the world of plants. Each garden is special for its own reasons and comes with unique stories to be told by the gardeners themselves. We hope you will be able to join us for this fun and educational evening. Four of the gardens I know for certain that will be featured are all within a short walking distance: Margie and Gene's garden at 211 E. Kingsbridge; Mine at 216 E. Kingsbridge; Charlie's at 269 Bellwood; and of course, the Garland Community Garden at 4022 Naaman School Road. Thus, you can park your car on Kingsbridge (near Naaman School Road) and walk from there to all four of these gardens. Please be careful when crossing Naaman Road and only cross at the light.
The Garland Community Garden is an area of 17,000 square feet located at 4022 Naaman School Road. It is the first Community Garden on city-owned property. Members of Loving Garland Green are currently the official stewards of this licensed area. On April 12, 2014 we installed the first garden plot at the site. It is a 4 foot by 7 foot square foot garden that was constructed according to guidelines of Mel Bartholomew, the man who first this gardening method in the early 1980's. Other examples of various gardening formats at the site include container gardens; a concrete block raised bed; an IBC container bed; a keyhole garden; a pallet garden; and various examples of lasagna gardens. Unlike many community gardens, we do not till the soil. We build new soil on top of the existing earth using leaves, vegetable matter, compost and garden soil.
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We hope you will be able to join us for this fun and educational evening in which we hope to inspire more Garland residents to begin growing some of their own food.
and who knows? It's purported to be a magical night. You might even see Puck* himself hiding out in one of the container gardens.
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* In English folklore, Puck is a mischievous nature sprite or fairy. He is also known by some as "Robin Goodfellow." He was a character in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer NIght's Dream.