Huzzah! The Garden Posse has installed a new garden at the New Movement Theater, home of improv comedy classes and shows, as well as the megaphone pictured above. And temporary home to the monkey pictured below.
As we mentioned in our last post, the plan for this garden was hatched by our new friend Jen, who is both an improv and guerrilla gardening enthusiast. This makes her a person who is funny and handy with a shovel. She'd spent some time planting at the door of the theater and had started making her way down the side of the small building. The Garden Posse joined in to speed up the process, with a whole bunch of perennials donated by Shoal Creek Nursery, and more hands.
One of the Garden Posse's favorite adages to needlepoint on pillows is "Many hands make light work." So we were psyched to see a whole bunch of new guerrilla gardeners cruise in on bikes to help out! Here we are, hard at work.
We pulled out all the weeds that lined the side of the building, in order to amend the notoriously crappy soil that Jen had warned us about. Then we spaced out all of the plants - blackfoot daisy, lantana, firecracker, verbena, and more - and settled them in to their new homes. Here is Jen putting the finishing touches on the newly installed garden plus some improv people hanging out:
Yeah, so that's not the best photo, but trust us, it's going to be so pretty! As we were digging, we got lots of encouragement from neighbors driving by, who would stop at the stoplight and shout out their windows things like, "I appreciate what you're doing!" in perhaps more colorful language.
The other great thing about this garden (besides all the people who helped out, and its beautiful future) is that the people of the New Movement Theater are truly awesome (love fest time!). We are looking forward to the fall when we have some property stuff worked out and we can unleash the Posse powers on this beautiful, wide expanse of grass behind the building:
Can you say community garden? Also, can you say delicious smoked BBQ? The smokehouse!
10 comments:
Looks great! Can't wait to see in person.
I love everything!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH! Garden Posse is all hearts and flowers and brave shiny swords that protect all the nice things in the world!
It looked super awesome in the dark, when I left on Tues. I bet it looks even more awesome in the daylight! Yay, Garden Posse!
It looks so nice, that I have started wearing suits to the theater. That's how nice it looks. Thanks for making it look nice and forcing me to wear suits.
Oh wow! Now all of our comedy sprites and gnomes and mini mice-sized unicorns have some place to live! So many Thanks!
Thanks guys, for the awesome feedback! We are glad you love and appreciate the garden. Your happy feelings make everything worth it for us!
And thanks again to all the new gardeners who came to the dig. You guys are totally awesome, and we hope to see you again soon!
Great Job! What a difference. I noticed y'all used some Lady Bug product. My Fav!
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