Union Hill Community Garden Planting

Our last event planting flower bulbs and vegetables was a huge success, so we're continuing our efforts for at least the next two Mondays, June 20 & 27, 5-7:30pm to plant some more veggies and flowers! A regular planting schedule for the rest of the summer will be announced shortly. We'll be meeting at the corner of 20th & O St. again, so come on out - no gardening experience necessary. Wear sturdy shoes & bring your own water bottle, gloves, watering can, trowel, large shovel, hoe, and pick ax if you have them (this soil's tough!). There will be a limited amount of extra gloves and garden tools for those without them. We will have free snacks & water to share with everyone for helping to beautify RVA!

If you aren't able to make it and would still like to help by making a donation or lending items to this ongoing project, we are in need of the following items:

• Garden top soil, complete with fertilizer, peat, and all the other goodies
• Coffee grounds - you can pick them up for free at your local Starbucks and arrange to drop them off for us (email mcv.greenunity@gmail.com)
• Garden gloves (kid and adult sizes)
• Garden tools (trowels, shovels, hoes, pick axes, etc.)
• Watering cans (both adult and kid sized) to give to local residents to help them keep their new gardens watered
• Bark mulch, straw, or hay
• Plant stakes (4-8' length)
• Wheel barrows & garden carts
• Garden twine (jute or other biodegradable variety)
• Easy to grow garden seeds (e.g. marigolds, peas, beans, radishes, etc.)
• Items to help the kids make signs for their gardens: permanent colored markers, plastic corrugated "for sale" or other signs that are blank on one side, sign stakes