Garden Party Season is upon us!

It's prime time for gardening at home and at school, and the Dundee PTO Garden committee has been working their tails off planning the new north side gardens and now the plans for the south side gardens!

Help us kick-off the gardening season by joining our May Day Party in the Garden. Details:

• Monday, May 1st from 5:30 to 7:30pm
• Bring the kids and a good pair of gardening gloves
• We will weed and remove old plants to prepare the south side gardens for a makeover!

And the fun won't stop there. Garden maintenance days and evenings will continue all summer and fall. Volunteers are needed every second Sunday of the month from 3-5pm and the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30-7:30pm. Here are the dates for the next few months:

• Wednesday, May 31 at 5:30pm
• Sunday, June 11 at 3:00pm
• Wednesday, June 28 at 5:30pm
• Sunday, July 9 at 3:00pm
• Wednesday, July 26 at 5:30pm
• Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 3:00pm

We do get some questions about how the Dundee PTO came to be responsible for the gardens and what it entails. Here are a few bits of information provided by the garden committee:

• The Dundee Elementary school gardens are 100% planted and maintained by parent and student volunteers. Parents agreed to care for the gardens after the last remodel.
•  Dundee has a tool shed with supplies to help maintain the gardens!
•  Our Garden PTO raised over $50,000 in grant funding for the North Side project!
• For the last three years, a majority of the garden work has been done by less than a dozen parents! They do a fantastic job, but NEED YOUR HELP! 

We'd love more volunteers! Either show up at one of the garden parties or email garden chair Meridith Dillon for more details.

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