The Jeff Dullea Intergenerational Garden of Penn South is a world of garden delights packed up in a small lot in Chelsea, New York. As it awakens in early spring the JDIG members eagerly start to prep their patches. Decisions have to be made as to what veggies, flowers, herbs or combinations of all three will be planted.
Every year the garden takes on a different look as the gardeners experiment with their choices. It's always beautiful, peaceful, aromatic and educational. Once in a while we'll get a wonderful surprise, like in the spring of 2010 when a robin chose to place her nest within the orange rose tree growing against the East fence. We marveled at the perfect shade of robin's egg blue and were thrilled when the baby chicks finally hatched and beckoned to be fed.
This year the roses are robust, the fig tree is joyously fruitful, the basil scent wafts in every direction and the sour cherries went as fast as they came! I planted red leafed beets for the first time. They are a deep garnet red so I threw in some silver Dusty Millers for a pop of cool color. I'm eager to see how the beets will turn out.
Happy cultivating!
Chrysoula
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