Looking forward to another year of gardening

Another spring is here in Shaw and the rains have been very generous to us so far. We should have an excellent growing season as long as we do not see too much summer drought. The prairie plants at the Thurman Gateway Prairie are thriving and masses of flowers will begin appearing in a couple of weeks. Already we have seen the native clematis, the native geranium and prairie coreopsis flowering. Only about 60 species of flowers left to go! Prairie watchers know that once they get started we will continue to see flowers into November.

The Shaw Memorial Forest is growing as well. We have about 250 trees planted along the 3800 block of DeTonty so far. Through grants and donations we have procured another 300 trees this spring and that should finish the entire block and fill in a few holes where previously planted trees have died.

Our next planting day is Saturday, May 7th. We will meet at 9am at 39th Street and Detonty. Come with your shovels and garden gloves. You can find details of the planting day here or follow us on Facebook for updates.

On Saturday we will also hold a flower sale at the tree planting site. Flowering annuals and native perennials are $2-$5 each. Flowering trees are $10 each. After the tree planting we will hold a drawing for free trees as well.