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We are the community service organization that maintains the flower beds and butterfly bed  on the Beaver Meadow  walking trail in Du Bois. We also maintain beds at the public library, the city building, the two Penn State embankment beds, the butterfly bed at Parker Dam, and the Brady Street Parking Lot bed. The flower boxes on Brady Street were added in 2006.  In the year of 2007 the group took on the renovation of the Reitz Theater landscaping and did some plantings at Rumbarger Cemetery.

Our Mission

The Down to Earth Garden Club functions as a forum for local gardeners to swap plants, exchange ideas, and discuss gardening techniques.

Meeting Schedule

The Down to Earth Garden Club meets on the fourth Thursday of every month.
Time: 7:00pm
Place: Christ Lutheran Church; 875 Sunflower Drive; DuBois, PA

Volunteer Group of the Year Award

 

Presenting the award for Volunteer Group of the Year is Downtown Revitalization Group manager, Karen Vanderhoff. Accepting in memory of Aline Huey, from left to right are President Pat Panighetti, Diane Raymondo, Vice-president Sharon Bobal and Julie Wildaur.

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Green Mulch

 

Winter is a good time to think about ways of making the coming growing season easier on both backs and knees. Certainly, one of the most onerous tasks in the gardener’s repertoire is pulling weeds. Anything that keeps weeds from taking over a flower bed or border, foundation planting or other cultivated area has got to be a good thing, so perhaps we should start considering green mulches.

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Justica carnea ‘Alba’

Occasionally, even after many years of gardening, growing hundreds if not thousands of plants, one comes across something that is so different that it is a challenge to identify it. At the bottom of the page is a picture

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Tired of Raking Leaves

It’s that time of the year when the leaves are cascading from the trees. After you have raked three, four or five times do you wonder why you are bothering? After all Mother Nature put them there and doesn’t mother always know best?

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Perennial Plant of the Year 2011- Amsonia hubrichtii

Every year the Perennial Plant Association chooses a plant with outstanding characteristics upon which to bestow the title of Perennial plant of the year; sort of like Miss America with roots. Again like Miss America these plants tend to be robust, native or well adapted to regional gardens and hardy growers. The criteria on which this selection is made are:

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