Thursday was slightly cool and overcast which made it very pleasant for working in the garden. The irrigation ditches are filled in, and most of the garden is on auto for watering, just in time for the hot, dry August we are supposed to have.
I am really looking forward to this donated gazebo getting installed. It will make a great place to take a break, have discussions, lemonade and cookies. Plus, vertical structures are always exciting because now you have a place to grow vines!

They look like they know what they're doing!

The plants are growing by leaps and bounds all over the garden. The cools signs you see have been made in Eugene by Tarra at The Common Sign. Some pictures to update you: The spiral herb garden path is filled with gravel thanks to Intel employee volunteers who worked hard to make it happen last Saturday.

Spiral Herb Garden, you can see the aluminum edging getting installed

No caption needed - look at that beautiful sign!

Some of the spectacular vegetables the team is growing:

Cabbage

Broccoli 

Artichoke

Potatoes

In the Companions Planting garden the espaliered apple trees are in and looking good.

Espaliered apple trees

Perennials and trees on the berm

In the Urban Edibles garden:

Squash

A pleasing combination of edibles and ornamentals

 Waterwise garden:

Helenium 'Mardi Gras', with Bouteloua gracilis making its distinct seedheads, and Crocosmia 'Lucifer' in the back

Salvia 'UC Davis', uderplanted with Zauchneria

Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'

Northwest Natives garden: