Members of Dig and Dream Garden Club in Centennial, Colorado, measure the success of their volunteer gardening programs by the effectiveness of their efforts and impact on the community.
Garden club members James Pickering, Victoria Schmidt and Marilyn Sotelo.
The garden club was the recipient of the 2020 Ames Tool Grant and uses the tools it received on this project, as well as at the club’s other projects, including the Pickens Technical College Rose Garden and the Ronald McDonald House gardens. The garden club also garnered an NGC 2020 Plant America Grant. The garden club also garnered an NGC 2020 Plant America Grant.
Dig and Dream Garden Club members use the tools and garden wagon they received from a 2020 Ames Tool Grant at the butterfly garden at Smoky Hill Library. Prior to earning the grant award, members furnished their own gardening tools on the project and even needed to tote water in buckets for the lack of a garden hose. The cart, and other needed items, furnished by the Ames Tool Grant, simplified garden chores, especially in the transport of plants and other materials.
Garden club members volunteered in shifts on workdays to comply with area COVID-19 guidelines.
