Volunteer Work
Today I completed 52 hours of volunteer work for the Master Gardener program.
Bus Stop Garden after weeding. (Larger version)
On some days in July and August I worked two hours each day before going to work at the University and worked some Saturdays and Sundays. The major project I worked on was at the Museum of Northern Arizona. A new 11,000 square feet building is being constructed that will have a living roof. I helped plant Blue Gramma grass in 5,500 coconut fiber trays. About six other species of seeds and plants will be added to the flats before they are moved to the roof in November.
Planting Blue Gramma. (Larger version)
Last week and this week I took a few hours of vacation to finish the remaining hours of the required 50. I worked with other volunteers to collect native seeds: cliffrose, lupine, buckwheat, cinquefoil, lotus and sunflower.
Now that I have these hours completed, I'm going to apply for the Master Naturalist program next year. This program requires 40 hours of volunteer work.
Bus Stop Garden after weeding. (Larger version)
On some days in July and August I worked two hours each day before going to work at the University and worked some Saturdays and Sundays. The major project I worked on was at the Museum of Northern Arizona. A new 11,000 square feet building is being constructed that will have a living roof. I helped plant Blue Gramma grass in 5,500 coconut fiber trays. About six other species of seeds and plants will be added to the flats before they are moved to the roof in November.
Planting Blue Gramma. (Larger version)
Last week and this week I took a few hours of vacation to finish the remaining hours of the required 50. I worked with other volunteers to collect native seeds: cliffrose, lupine, buckwheat, cinquefoil, lotus and sunflower.
Now that I have these hours completed, I'm going to apply for the Master Naturalist program next year. This program requires 40 hours of volunteer work.
posted by Paul at 9:01 PM
5 Comments:
Nice! And I bet you learned some things too :)
Do you HAVE to learn latin to be a Master?
Paul, are you familiar with Kitchen Gardeners International and their "Eat the View" campaign to have a food garden planted on the White House Lawn? They have a video about it entered in a contest of videos urging the President to act on climate change. You can view it (and thus vote for it) here.
Laura, I hadn't heard of the "Eat the View" campaign. Thanks for the link. Julie works in a Social and Behavioral Sciences building. On the south side of the building a demonstration garden has been planted to illustrate the integration of landscaping beauty and food production. It may be a slow process but hopefully we can encourage more and more people to plant food beside annual and perennial flowers.
You might be interested in the living roof this interesting couple have on their unique house
http://tobiascrawley.net/house/
Their main blog you can find in my sidebar under Maria.
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