1st Annual BPUMC Member’s Garden Tour 2013

Saturday, June 1, 2013 the Green Team organized it’s first ever Member’s Garden Tour thanks to Olivia Howard. We toured 8 homes and enjoyed all the beautiful details and history behind the hard work of these families and want to let them know how much we appreciate their hospitality. Also, thank you to the folks that signed up and convoyed to the gardens to make this event a success. We look forward to future tours – We could be coming to your home next?

We begin at the church with the children’s Gardens:

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Then off the Phil and Pat Cartrette’s Creative vegetable garden and grape arbor.

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On to Otis and Temmie Bibb’s home where it will bring out the kids in you!

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Next was Bobbie Toehill’s eye catching front entrance with her proud 3 year beautiful Gerainiums.

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Onward to Margie and Bernie Thompsons home to see their pation garden and vegetable garden under the power lines. Take note of the vegetables interspersed among the flowers and shrubs.

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We continued to Bill and Paulette Pearson’s to see their beautifully landscaped outdoor dinning area and garden room.

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Rain Barrel Workshop

On Sunday, June 2, 2013 the Green Team hosted a rain barrel workshop sponsored by the Alabama Environmental Council.  The workshop began with a 20 minute reminder of our earth’s valuable and limited resources. Then a demonstration on the how to turn a 55 gallon soda syrup to a rain barrel. Everyone volunteered to tackle a part of the assembly and in about 1 hour minutes we cranked out 18 rain barrels ready to taken home and filled up with rain water. Thank You to Scott from AEC and all those that purchased rain barrels to make this workshop possible.

** With all the recent rain I hope everyone’s barrel is full of water for those up coming dry days!

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Home Garden Tour

We had a great time at the home garden tour on June 1.

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