Tuesday, August 2, 2011

A Successful Sale at Pine Valley Days

Peggy chats with a Pine Valley resident about the PVCG

Despite the hot, muggy weather this year at Pine Valley Days 2011, the friends of Pine Valley Community Gardens gathered an impressive selection of edible and growable items for sale. All proceeds go to benefit the garden and continuing education programs for local school children.

Freshly picked organic greens and various plants grown in organic soil were also available, in addition to a bevy of delectable baked goods!

With edibles ranging from chocolate chip and cranberry oatmeal cookies to morning glory muffins and fruited oatmeal cookies to carrot cake "ice cream cones" and pecan pralines, plus freshly picked organic greens, Peggy, Karen and her grandkids, Judith and her family, another Karen and her grandkids, and Susanne and her four kids, did brisk business all day long.

Also for sale were heirloom bean seeds, dried Italian herbs, and various gallon and three-gallon plants: butternut squash, green pumpkins, various heirloom tomatoes, sage, basil, and rosemary all sold very well.

By selling baked goods and organic plants, the PVCG brought in $225!

Over the course of the day, which was cut short by a violent thundershower with driving, drenching rain, PVCG brought in $225!! We thank all who baked goods to sell and provided greens and plants. These funds will help continue our gardening efforts and allow us to continue to educate our community about the benefits of gardening together!

And the PVCG offers many thanks to Renee's Garden who donated many of the seeds that made this year's Community Garden and sale at Pine Valley Days possible!!

Also take a peek at our new photo album above, with photos from this past month: Garden Photo Album 2011.

Come grow community spirit as well as fresh organic vegetables by joining Pine Valley Community Gardens! Come to our next meeting (August 27--see post below this one) or contact one of the e-mail addresses in the sidebar of this site.

Happy Growing, Everyone!!

1 comment:

  1. From our Co-Director, Judith Dupree:

    Thanks for the excellent description of our first year of offering produce, Susanne! We are so pleased with what Mama Nature has done (with our help), and hope others in the area will come and take part in this worthy project. Pine Valley Days was a great event, and we were delighted to be part of it. The responses of our visitors was truly gratifying.

    Much thanks to our intrepid Peggy Sargeant for her hard work and patience, riding herd on the rest of us neophytes this past year+!

    For the joy of fresh veggies & dirty fingernails!

    Judith

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