Grant Project Report: Mineral Point School Garden

May 23rd was a picture perfect and planting perfect day...and also perfect for Wisconsin School Garden Day. Jeff David , Music, is newly in charge of the Mineral Point School Garden. Every child had the pleasure of a sunny time in the garden, walking in the Oak Savanna, and planting.

Uplands Garden Club supports this effort with a small grant.

Uplands Garden Club Plant Sale 2019

After a one year hiatus, the annual Upland Garden Club Plant Sale returned on May 18th, once again at Harris Park in Dodgeville.


In order to prevent the spread of jumping worms, this year's sale consisted entirely of plants that were grown from seeds or cuttings, in soilless mix, whereas previous sales relied primarily on perennials dug from member's home gardens.

There were annuals, house plants, prairie plants, shrubs, herbs, vegetables...and lots and lots of tomatoes - one table just for cherry tomatoes, one for paste tomatoes and several for slicing tomatoes. Customers appreciated the wide variety of tomatoes that were available.

And the sale even included miniature Bonsai plantings and beautiful homemade gardening hods.

May 2019 Meeting: Spring Blooms "Show and Tell"

Every spring, gardeners anxiously await spring color and the first blooms of the year. In honor of those early blooming plants, our May meeting focused on unusual or uncommon plants that provide color through early May.

The program was structured in a 'show and tell' format. Program committee member Jean Halverson ran a slide show of early flowers blooming in home gardens submitted by Uplands Garden Club members. If the plant was blooming by our meeting date on May 1st, members could also bring a flower stalk or small bouquet...or pot them up and then take them back home to replant. Anything that blooms in early spring was eligible, including shrubs or trees, natives, special daffodils and tulips.

Program committee member Mary Mayo even made a special edible bouquet inspired by spring blooms - totally beautiful and also delicious!












A huge thank you to the committee (Mary Mayo, Jean Halverson and Ashley Pfister) for a delightfully creative program. 

Reminder - Plant Sale is coming up on May 18, 8–10:30am, Ley Pavilion at Harris Park, Dodgeville. Everet brought in garden hods that he made to sell at the Plant Sale. Gorgeous!