From the Registrar: April 4, 2024

 Hello Gardeners, 

Seed Fair this Saturday! The Seed Fair will be held at the Community Center this Saturday April 6th from 9 AM to 11 AM. Each plot will receive free packets of seeds. If you drive, you can park in the Community Center parking lot. If the lot is full, you will need to park in the gardener parking spots on Eagle Heights Drive and walk over to the center. Please join us! If you are not familiar with the location already, there is information and a map on this page: https://www.housing.wisc.edu/apartments/resident/community-center/    

 

No plants in the trash: Please remember to put all plant waste in the weed piles, and never in the dumpsters. A large quantity of plants was found in the dumpster at Eagle Heights Gardens last week.   

 

Row cover sale: We’ll be selling row cover at the Seed Fair. The pieces are approximately 7 ft x 20 ft and they are $5 each, CASH ONLY. Please bring exact change if possible. We will have copies of this handout on row cover with instructions at the Fair: http://eagleheightsgardens.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/row_cover_handout.pdf  

Lakeshore Nature Preserve: Both Eagle Heights and University Houses Gardens are a part of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve. The Gardens consist of the garden plots, common areas, tool areas, weed piles, and mulch piles (and the paths between). Any area outside of that is a protected area. Please never dump weeds in the protected Preserve areas or take anything out of them. The branches and sticks in the Preserve are not available to use in plots. All weeds should go in the weed piles, and only sticks in the blue stick barrels are available for use in gardens.  

  

We observe the Preserve’s hours, which are 4 AM to 10 pm every day. Bikes are permitted on the garden paths, but not on the Nature Preserve paths. Dogs must be on a leash in all parts of the Gardens and Preserve.   

  
Please note that events that are held at the Gardens and within the Lakeshore Nature Preserve must be approved by both the Garden Committee and the Preserve.   

Thanks, and happy gardening,    

Lily