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:

Summer is finally here and the garden is in full swing! The vegetable garden is lovely to behold, everywhere you turn there is something interesting to see. And already there is enough produce to share! We made the first donation to the Westside Community Food Brigade:

Starting a stock tank for onions:

Keyhole raised bed

Asparagus - growing!

Kale!

Pallet "raised" bed

Leggo my Kale & Peppers!

The other sedtions of the garden have undergone massive transformation in the last few months. Behold the evolution of the spiral herb garden:

The Native Plants Garden:

 Corn field flanked by zucchini:

 The Urban Edibles garden:

The Water-Efficient Garden:

The Flower & Shrub Garden:

The main path through the garden is completely done, and tamped down. It makes working there so much easier when you don't have to tramp through the mud.

The vegetable garden is getting some raised beds:

A little styrofoam in the bottom to lighten the load

The Ceanothus for the water-wise garden is flourishing in the greenhouse waiting for some drier ground before being planted:

Ceanothus

Three little olive trees, will be shading the path one day. We're not totally sure if they'll be hardy, but we're going to give them a chance:

Deb is making progress on the path around the compost area:

First Trees Planted!

Our first tree! Cupressus macrocarpa 'Fine Gold' planted in the Urban Edibles garden! Thanks to Carolyn for the donation.

Our second tree! Also in the Urban Edibles garden, this one is Pinus strobus 'Pendula' - Weeping White Pine, donated by Patty. Here it is getting a good root soak, then the roots were teased apart as much as possible. Ideally we would soak it overnight so we could remove more of the potting soil and really spread out the roots.

Donations of heather, sedum and peonies, temporarily put in the ground till they find a permanent home.

The first raised bed in the Vegetable Garden is almost done. Each of those blocks weighs about 50lb! 

 Greenhouse plants are thriving:

Fragrant Brugmansia

Pitcher plants

Awesome raincoat!