Work date at Heartwood Lodge Hospice Garden on June 13

Our first MGV group work date at the Hospice Garden will be held Saturday, June 13 starting at 9:00 AM. This will consist of moving the compost into the planting area for the shrubs and then setting the shrubs into place. These are potted shrubs and most of them are fairly small sized (easy to handle). Please bring shovels and if possible, wheelbarrows or other carts for moving the compost.

I know this is scheduled for the same day as an Education Garden work date but we had to work around the delivery of the compost. This is a good opportunity to diversfy your volunteer hours. Heartwood Lodge is a non-profit nursing home/assisted living center/hospice facility. Hours volunteered at Heartwood Lodge qualify under the category of Nursing homes & Assisted Living Facilites. This is a great place to volunteer your personal choice hours.

You have to see the amazing fountain/pond that Lyndon Rosser of Weekending built for the garden, from scratch. You also have to see the beautiful cedar arbor that Roger Vigland and Tim McPherson designed and constructed, again from scratch. I hope you will come out in person to see them and help add to the garden.

The mailing address of Heartwood Lodge is 18525 Woodland Ridge Dr., Spring Lake, MI, 49456. I think it's actually located in Ferrysburg. The address is so new that it doesn't show up in mapquest, etc. just yet, don't let that throw you. Here is a link that shows the street location from google maps. http://tinyurl.com/HWLodge I also plan to put out some signs to help direct you. Any questions, just email me at hospicegarden@gmail.com. Hope to see you there.