Windchill Factor of Zero?

If you brave it out to the Playhouse Tomorrow - I believe those of us from the snowy climes of Wisconsin may be gardening on our own!

See you next Tuesday, 2 March

Friday 26th Feb - Flat Rock Playhouse

To all garden lovers - we'll be gardening at the Flat Rock Playhouse on Friday at 9.30am.
Yes, it'll be colder than 50 degrees, but I only promised MG's we wouldn't garden under 50.

Bring your friends and if you are an MG, bring yourself, clippers, a bucket or large canvas/sheet to haul debris.

You wont believe the work Wayne did for us.


See you Friday - Tamsin

FlatRock Playhouse - 1st day back on the job. 2010

The snow had all but gone; temperature was in the low 50's; no wind and the sun was shining. A perfect day to start the 2010 season. Pete couldn't wait to start the new roof to the wishing-well, history will tell if Georgia was happy or not. The rest of us moved plants, winter debris, and soil for Robin's memorial path while Annette tackled winter damage.

The Dead-Mud process

Today I was asked to figure out how much 'Dead-Mud' I'd be bringing to the show?

Hamamelis

Even when winter refuses to fade my dear witchhazel brings cheer and beauty

NC Native Plants Symposium - 20 Feb 9.00am

Please consider joining us at the NC Arboretum 9.00am - 3pm, for a free symposium on Native plants in our area... speakers will be :-

Alan Mizeras
Tom Baugh
Gary Walker
Scott Dean

For more information www.ncwildflower.org/index.php/site/event_details/calander-wnd-native-plant-symposium

Please RSVP to Mitch at mitch@ncwildflower.org or call at 828 505 2467 - Limited to 150 attendees - It's a BYOL - Bring Your Own Lunch - event.

FlatRock Playhouse Winter Projects

Great meeting this morning and a big thank you to all who braved the threat of more winter storm warnings.

Feb 23rd - 9.30am - I'll be at The Playhouse to plan the path to Robin's Cairn. If the weather has improved, we'll do sub-shrub pruning and 10-10-10 fertilizing of the appropriate perenial beds.

For the weeks to follow, there's enough to do to get us back into tip-top phsyical shape..

Mar 2 - Removal of the top soil for the path and placement of sand from the Volley Ball court.

Mar 9 - Preparation of sand and soil for seeding of the lawn.

Mar 11 - Chestnut tree planting

Mar 16 - Seeding..

Mar 23 - Path laying - (and already we're into spring!)

Mar 30 - Correcting crumbled rock wall ..

Everyone is always welcome

AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREES

Exciting news !

March 11th at 10.30am Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and at 11.15am The Flat Rock Playhouse will receive and plant the new fungal resistant American Chestnut trees.

We are honored and proud to be a part of this program...and look forward to the raising these magnificent trees - Thank You Chris McDonnell and The American Chestnut Society in Asheville.

For further information please visit The American Chestnut Foundation at http://www.acf.org/