Monthly Archives: November 2025

Late fall with cookies

Posted on 2025-11-23 by Karin Kiontke

Last weekend demonstrated what is most likely to get many of us to the garden on a chilly and windy day: cookies! Two garden members had the wonderful idea of organizing a cookie exchange. Many gardeners obliged and brought cookies … Continue reading →

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The Seed Labyrinth looks fresh again

Posted on 2025-11-19 by Karin Kiontke

More than 10 years ago (in 2011), our then-chair Sara Jones painted a labyrinth on the large empty patch of pavement next to the garden. We always see people of all ages walk (and sometimes run) through this labyrinth. It … Continue reading →

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Season recap part six. October: Halloween

Posted on 2025-11-18 by Karin Kiontke

The Sunday before Halloween was another big day in the garden. We had organized a pre-Halloween crafts workshop. We got pumpkins to carve and learned how to fold cool origami bats that flap their wings. Because we had listed this … Continue reading →

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Season recap part five. September: A gallery on the fence

Posted on 2025-11-17 by Karin Kiontke

Aside from beautiful flowers, our garden grows a variety of fruit and vegetables. Everybody who has the tiniest bit of land wants to grow their own delicious tomatoes. Some of our gardeners plant much more than that: different varieties of … Continue reading →

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Season recap part four. August – September: Monarchs!

Posted on 2025-11-16 by Karin Kiontke

As in previous years, Johannes, our butterfly expert, collected eggs and small caterpillars of monarch butterflies to let them grow up in a safe environment (his apartment), free of predators and parasites. This is not an easy feat! Each little … Continue reading →

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