Corporatize My Garden
I know, it’s a freak of nature, right? But this year, I’m tempted. Just a little. I might sneak down to the garden center and pick me up a couple of those new-fangled, branded, trademarked, corporatized roses and see how they do. I expect to come away from this experience disappointed, dispirited and ashamed of myself for giving in to the promises of a press release. If it turns out otherwise, I’ll let you know.
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Lanphere Dunes Restoration
STAFF PICK / outdoors / 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Meet at Pacific Union School. Help remove non-native invasives at the Lanphere Dunes Unit of the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tools and gloves provided, wear work clothes and bring water. Carpool to the protected site. 444-1397.
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STAFF PICK / events, art, outdoors, sports, for kids, free / 9 a.m.-6 p.m. A 3-day, 42-mile kinetic sculpture race over land, sand, mud and water! LeMans start at the Noon Whistle on the Arcata Plaza. Follow the race through Manila, Eureka and into Ferndale on Memorial Day for the Glorious Finish. kineticgrandchampionship.com. 889-3024.
Open Gardens
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Organic Gardening Seminar
garden / 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Shafer's Ace Hardware and Garden Center, 2760 E St., Eureka. Free lecture by Duncan McNeill on how to create a healthy environment and healthy soils for your plant’s roots. E-mail shafers@sbcglobal.net. 442-5734.
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TWO Comments
Comment / By Cindy Graebner / Jan. 29, 11:15 a.m.
“…I really don’t want a new one. I want an old, difficult rose. A rose with a complicated history that makes mysterious and incomprehensible demands upon me. A rose that always lets me know that I’m not worthy of it. A rose that reminds me who’s boss….”
Amy, this definition of our beloved old roses just cracks me up. Maybe a few of us really are fascinated by the unpredictable..the exotic history…the more than meets the eye…. Of course there is always something to be said about well behaved consistency…and people don’t always want their relationships and gardens to meet the same standards….but….well…a rose you can swoon over….that is a different matter altogether.
Comment / By Mathias / Feb. 10, 4:28 p.m.
What could possibly go wrong with a plant completely disease resistant, hardy, and drought resistant?
Ecology.
and the millions of dollars to restore an invasive species.