Sisters Community Garden newsletter April 2024   We hope you are as excited for the new gardening season as we are! This month we have three important events that will bring us, and our 11+ new members, together to start the gardening season.   Garden opening, orientation, and info and seed sharing Join us Saturday April 6, from 10 a.m. to noon at the garden as we officially open the 2024 season. Come learn the ins and outs of the garden and greenhouse and meet your board members and other gardeners. Get tips and tricks to growing in our challenging environment, how to wor ..read more

Hello new and returning garden members!  As we wind up for our 2024 gardening season, the board of directors has been working diligently to plan events for now and the future.  "Now" focuses on workshops, work parties, opening celebrations and getting our garden ready to plant. "In the Future" means the extraordinary amount of work that needs to be done to find a new place to garden and get ready for that move. As you have heard, as far as we know, 2024 is the last year we will be able to use our current site. (more on this below). MARCH 9 But first - let's get ready to gar ..read more

Are seed and garden catalogs filling your mailbox? Well you know what that means. Time to order and get ready for plant starting. While the Sisters Community Garden is still covered in snow, we do have news for you. Read on……. First things first - mail in your 2024 applicationF! Applications for your garden spot, our 2024 Information and Rules, and a Letter of Liability can be found on the "members" tab on our website. Returning gardeners have until March 1 to apply for their current plot. If you wish to use a different plot, you should still get your application in by that date, as ..read more

February 1st is the start of a new season for the Sisters Community Garden. We hope you will be joining us this year. Applications, Information and Rules, and a Letter of Liability can be found on the ,,"members" tab on our ,,website. Returning gardeners have until March 1 to apply for their current plot. If you wish to use a different plot, you should still get your application in by that date, as plots will be assigned (to current members) before non-members. Returning gardeners will receive confirmation of their plot choices as soon as forms/fees have been received. Applications ..read more

Sisters Community Garden Newsletter January 2024 What? With this heavy snow and freezing rain and relentless wind and whatnot? Who is thinking about gardening? Well, we are! Do you realize that official spring is just over two months away? Time to get ready! But first, read on for news and info from the Sisters Community Garden.   RESERVE YOUR PLOT FOR 2024 February 1st is the start of a new season for the Sisters Community Garden. We hope you will join us again this year!   Watch the Sisters Community Garden website starting February 1st for the 2024 applications that will be ..read more

Sisters Community Garden Newsletter December 2023 MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL GARDENERS! Thank you for all your great gardening stories, efforts at composting, planting, harvesting and keeping the garden in planting shape all this last year. We especially thank you for your support in the search for a new home. Gardeners have passed on contacts, written letters and e-mails, attended meetings, given input to city and SPRD boards. We also want to thank you for the excellent jobs you all did this summer. From cleaning the garden to having a massive plant sale to seeing our first-ever monarch butterfl ..read more

The Sisters Community Garden invites the public to its GROW flower sale Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11. The sale is the non-profit group’s major fundraiser of the year. Volunteers from the garden have planted and nurtured hundreds of annuals and perennials that are ready to bloom and make home gardens shine! Many of the plants for sale are proven deer resistant and drought tolerant, making them good additions to Central Oregon gardens. The sale also offers native species and pollinators, and even a few plants that can be used to dye fabric. Plants such as dahlias, Texas blue bonnets, hol ..read more

OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners to teach class on growing vegetables in Central Oregon Hey Sisters Community gardeners! Our friends at OSU Extension Service are offering a class on how to grow vegetables in Central Oregon. The two-hour session will help you grow a successful vegetable garden in our challenging desert climate. Learn about soil amendments, site selection, season extenders, helpful techniques, and about recommended vegetable varieties to grow and those you might want to avoid. The class includes the 24-page book "Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon," published by the OSU ..read more

Hello Gardeners, February 1st is the start of a new season for the Sisters Community Garden. We hope you will be joining us this year. Returning gardeners have until March 1st to register for the 2023 season. In order to keep the plot you used last year, please return a completed 2023 Application along with the fee payment and the 2023 Release of Liability by March 1st. Returning Gardeners will receive confirmation of their plot choices as soon as forms/fees have been received. New gardeners Applications will be accepted during this same period. You will be assigned an available plot on a fir ..read more

Do you want to get involved in your community? Join the Sisters Community Garden Committee! The Sisters Community Garden is run by an all-volunteer Committee who meets a couple times a season to ensure that the garden runs smoothly. President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Membership Coordinator, Events Coordinator, Social Media Coordinator, Garden Manager, Garden Steward, our range of activities is quite wide! With Committee members retiring or moving on to new pastures this season, we have seats open! Do you have skill that you think would benefit the garden? Do you want to get invo ..read more