2015
There were Hundreds of Dwellings, creations of students of Dover High and Oyster River Middle Schools working with their teachers, Francine Kontos, Shelley Quintin, and Joe Boucher.
The exhibit took place at the May 16 & 17 Open House.
The exhibit took place at the May 16 & 17 Open House.
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Some dwellings in the Rock Garden:
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Lots of work went into this picture book of dwellings:
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We launched a new undertaking in the Town of Lee: Lee in Bloom!
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We started with a 1000 sq ft area in front of Mastway School that was empty, and prepared it:
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We planted tulips with the help of the Mastway Elementary students, who did an entire project on bulbs:
When done, and plants were added, it looked a little thin:
But then the tulips burst forth:
the students loved it:
and it shone from then until the fall, including the Hairy Balls in the plant on the left:
We hosted Music, Dancing, and Art
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An authentic Folk Group from the west coast named Ben and Joe. |
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Dale's Jazz Lab, who has volunteered and has performed at almost every open house. We love you! Nice hot pants, Liz! |
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A pickup group without a name, but Riv Rivers and David Clapp are also part of Dale's JazzLab. |
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A local band playing Irish music, complete with harp and dulcimer, Penhallow.
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A wonderful classic concert for Oboe and Cello with Margaret Herlihy and Harel Geitheim.
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A Shoe-Themed Art Show:
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Our Open Houses had themes:
The Caterpillar Lab
The Bug Guy, Alan Eaton
Wildlife Encounters, with a hedgehog and a tortoise and lots more
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We sold food, courtesy of The Portable Pantry,
and sold Plants, courtesy of Broken Arrow Nursery, growers of rare and unusual plants.
Bedrock Gardens is a good place to have a wedding.
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...and future wedding: we had two proposals on our first Open House.
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There are always visitors.
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Lotsa kids: Dover High Art Students, |
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Live and Learn, in Lee
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and Pour La Table Homeschool, among others.
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Garden Clubs: Nashua Garden Club, |
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Rockport Garden Club |
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Portsmouth Senior Activities Center |
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We did some work
Put a Patio under the Termi
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Looked a little shabby,
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and was a bit unstable,
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so we dug it up and put crushed rock down,
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piled loam around it, and...
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nice patio, Bob!
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Harvey's Farm added tree stumps to our berm
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Friends of Bedrock Gardens continued being increasingly active:
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Manning booths (Francine Kontos, Deb Nugent and Larry White).
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and supporting us at benfits (Friendly Toast)
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A drone and its owner popped in
and took photos:
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and some videos:
Jill made a sculpture for the Lee transfer Station
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commemorating its 250th anniversary. Themes are those of old Lee, dairy, lumber, and hearth. It is 13 feet high...
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End Notes:
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Garrish Garden lived up to its name.
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We had a raven family that we fed regularly, and they would come (maybe) when we called.
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Tulips announce Spring.
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Bob caught another 3.5 ft Northern Water Snake...and relocated it alive to the river.
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We took some interesting photos.
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