ECGDallas Weblog

The new Seedling report (September issue) is now available online at the ECG website. Click here to check it out.

Red okra, green peppers (Hungarian wax) and egg plant. These are the bounties from the Education Community Gardens @ Dallas harvested today!

The upcoming educational program will begin at 9:00am on October 20th, 2007 in the classrooms at the Whitehurst Education Building at the Texas A&M Systems Urban Solution Center - Dallas. We are privileged to have a rescheduled program from our resident soil scientist, Dr. John Sloan. Dr. Sloan is also a Master composter and a real certifiable 'soil freak' (according to me -Ong). He is passionate about soil (not dirt!!!). So come, invite your friends and learn how we can all have healthy soil even in the city! For more information about the 3rd saturday programs at the ECG website http://educationcommunitygardens.org or call our ECG Central line at 972-952-9210 (Scherle Barth is there usually on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Construction of the rain garden has begun! Dr. Dotty Woodson, our Extension Water Education Specialist, is in the process of installing TWO rain gardens in the ECG @ Dallas. A rain garden is an area designed for the purpose of capturing excess rain water, and utilizing it in a fashion where we can grow more water loving plants. It is a method of water conservation as well as a natural approach to reducing runoff (which may carry unwanted chemicals) to our storm waters. We have had the work crew from the Collin County Sheriff's Department helping us to construct these novel gardens. With their help, we hope to make this effort into a learning experience for all people. It will be use to demonstrate that a rain garden can be put into your yard and it is a beautiful thing!