{"id":2839,"date":"2026-06-08T22:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.laguardiacornergarden.org\/wp\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2026-06-08T22:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T02:48:02","slug":"open-garden-day-and-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laguardiacornergarden.org\/wp\/open-garden-day-and-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Garden Day (and recap)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last weekend was GreenThumb’s “Open Garden Day”. On this weekend, all community gardens are open and many offer an event or workshop. People can garden-hop see a variety of the more than 500 community garden in the city. It was a gorgeous summer weekend with plenty of sunshine and a cooling thunderstorm on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, at LaGuardia Corner Garden, every day is open garden day: we unlock the gates in the morning and only close them up again at night (weekdays at 8 pm, on weekends at 6 pm or when the last gardener leaves). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make the day special, we prepared a little crafts workshop for children. This time, we were making flapping butterflies out of carboard and drinking straws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the adults version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A couple of kids had fun with this, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hard to believe that the last entry here was from the beginning of May and we are already well into June. So let’s see what has happened since:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roses bloomed beautifully although they were again attacked by the “rose slug” about which I wrote last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Butterflies and wild bees emerged from their winter quarters, below a leaf cutter bee (and a tiny masked bee, too) and a painted lady butterfly. We still wait for black swallowtails and monarchs won’t make it here until August or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hugh repainted the labyrinth. He used a different paint this time, which will hopefully last longer than the kind Laine applied last year. This coat of paint did not stand up to snow plowing and ice chopping during the winter. We are really grateful that our labyrinth is fresh and new again because it brings such joy to children and adults alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The late spring\/early summer flowers are already fading. However, we had a stretch of cool weather that made them last longer than usual. Below is a theme in purple and blue: a Lamium and a Campanula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Now, the earlist Heliopsis sunflowers and Echinaceas are open, the hollyhocks and clematis are blooming and the first hydrangeas show their stunning colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lastly, the New York Sanitation Department delivered two pallets of compost for our garden. We are still busy spreading the bounty. It should help our garden grow lush, beautiful and bountiful all summer long!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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