Hi - I graduate on Monday from the NC Master Gardener’s program. I have really enjoyed this class and the people I’ve met are a diverse and friendly group. I’ve found a garden that I can help tend in order to get my volunteer hours in for this next year (40 hours). It’s a wildflower preserve on approximately 2-3 acres. It’s mostly wooded and very shady (which is nice considering that we are headed into a warm spring and typically hot NC summer). The person who started the garden 50 years ago has collected over 28 different species of trillium and it’s mostly populated with native plants.
The exciting part is that the front of my father’s property is almost the same type of microclimate. So instead of trying to figure out how to radically modify the landscape, I can just focus on ridding the area of english ivy and poison ivy. Then focus on creating natural pathways and finding and planting native plants. Also, while assisting on the wildflower preserve, as we thin the plants we are also allowed to take home some of the thinned out plants. (Nice benefit!)
My tomato seedlings are growing rather vigorously and the flower seedlings are doing well also.
Hope everyone has a wonderful week. God bless!
Save that trillium! It’s sold on the medicinal herbs market as “bethroot”. Last I checked, the roots were going for around $25 a pound. Nice little cash crop if you can get it established.
Congratulations!