“Have hand trowel, will plant”!!
The “day” is almost upon us –
Global Hope Community Garden Planting Day, that is.
Grab your plants, your garden gloves, hand trowels, flat shovels/spades/hard rakes and empty gallon milk jugs (any or all of these) and head on down to “the garden” – Global Hope Community Garden, that is. We invite you to join us as we set our “garden of goodwill into motion”.
By the way, come prepared for more than just planting – our rain barrel and plant markers await your artistic touch (kids and adult kids alike) and they will proudly display your creative designs all season long (we will supply art materials).
When: Saturday, May 29th – 9am-11am (or so)
Where: Mar-Dukes Farms (67th and Saratoga) in Downers Grove. Look for our colorful garden sign
Please RSVP: By Clicking here – and give us your phone number, so we can call you in case of a rain date
A few last minute suggestions…
Please save your empty milk jugs (they serve as perfect watering cans)
Please save any store-bought produce containers (for harvest and delivery)
Thanks to some amazing volunteers, who worked in and around the recent rains, delivering and spreading soil amendments and steering “the beast” (a rototiller to behold!) around an approximate 60×40 foot area, our garden boasts a fresh new look –rows upon rows of neatly formed mounds of freshly tilled soil – fully prepped and ready for planting. 
We can’t let another second go by without shouting “thank you” from the rooftops to these wonderful Global Hope friends:
John Pavich Nick Scelfo
Forest Chapman Greg Lee
Tyler West Ahmad Hahn
Petey Sydello Mary Hason
Teri Niedospial Marge Pavich
John Pavich, we don’t even want to think about what this job would have entailed without your rototilling expertise.
Doris Taylor and the Morton Arboretum, your donation of leaf mulch is the perfect amendment to head us toward producing a flourishing, bountiful garden.
