The Littleton Garden Gang, as distinct from the older and revered Littleton Garden Club, started when Betty HARRIS began teaching classes on how to grow more food in Colorado with less water. the focus is also on soil, composting, native plants, and pollinators.
These classes came about because Betty received a grant from the City of Littleton, Colorado, a part of Arapahoe County, for part of the tuition for a nine-day class at the Woodbine Ecology Center. As a condition of this grant, Betty was requested to disseminate what information she had learned at the Woodbine facility.
Betty includes in her classes such things as how to make soil (which is biology) out of our Colorado clay and dirt (which is chemistry).
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2023 Littleton Garden Gang Event Schedule: |
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Sat Apr 8 - Watch the Eclipse, but do NOT look directly at the Sun 12:30 pm to 3:00pm Wherever you happen to be. Sun Apr 9 - Happy Easter! 🐰 10 am at Prince of Peace Ch of Brethren 7000 S. Windermere St., Littleton 80120 Sat Apr 22 - ☺ Earth Day This is a good time to do the following: Volunteer with LGG to help plant trees for Littleton citizens. Mon May 1 - Merry May Day Celebrate the Cross-Quarter Date 🌻 halfway between Vernal Equinox and Summer Solstice Sun May 14 - Happy Mother's Day a Trinity 👶 👩 👵 the maiden, the mother, and the crone Sat May 20 - LGG Annuals Plant Sale 🌼 Always the first Saturday after Mother's Day Always in the parking lot of the Prince of Peace Ch of Breth 7000 S. Windermere Members of LGG can ask for a booth space for a $25 donation to the church. Each member will need to provide their own tent. Contact Betty A. Harris for details and reservations at <betty@littletongardengang.com>. Watch for further details 🌻 Wed Jun 21 - Happy Summer Solstice ☺ Merry Mid-Summer Night the season of the longest day of the year Sat Jul 8 - Annual Garden Tour Sun Aug 6 - Happy August 6th This is a Cross-Quarter Date halfway between Summer Solstice and Autumnal Equinox Thu Sep 21 - 🍂 Autumnal Equinox 🍁 Happy Autumnal Equinox the beginning of Fall in the Northern Hemisphere days and nights are now of equal length |
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Write to Betty at <betty@littletongardengang.com> |
Temporary O'Toole's Replacement
Plants by Creek Side Gardens5730 W. Coal Mine Ave.
Littleton CO 80123
Here is a list of when to plant what by Paul Szilard.
Since the Planet is in a climate crisis and the citizens need to be involved in solutions, then garden gang members might want to consider joining Citizens Climate Lobby to help push elected officials.
Sometimes we study companion planting and here is an additional separate link from The Old Farmer's Almanac.
We often study recycling opportunities.
Here is Donna Berti's document showing plants that pollinators do like.
Flowers for Bees.
Here is a document by Donna Berti showing what plants Japanese Beetles do NOT like.
Here is how to grow blueberries in Colorado.
Here is concerning saving seeds in Colorado.
Write to Betty via email.
Sponsored by Betty Harris and Ray Flesher
Write to Betty's website administrator via email.
Write to Betty's website administrator via email.