More Lavender planted this month. Expecting two more beds to be planted this summer. Deb's shipment has arrived, and it will boost the project.

Planted more lavender this weekend. The other bed is going strong and the bees are loving it!

Getting ready to add plants to the project.

Plants are ordered and plans are made to install another 125 lavender plants this spring. One member has signed up for a class in March that is part of a lavender conference. Things are moving along.

Lavender in bloom

Deb & Jessica looking to attend a lavender class this year.

New beds of lavender expanding into the back of the property.

Lavender starting to take shape at the Country Thyme Farm

Made new beds for Lavender this fall. Pictures to come after this weekend meeting.

Add 36 Goodwin Creek Lavender to compliment the Essence and Munstead Lavender planted last season to complete the bed.

Lavender is growing well. The second round of planting has been scheduled for September when the plants arrive. Project coming along fine thanks to the work of the team.

Placed an order to get more plants in September. The project is coming along very well. I appreciate the effort everyone has made considering the circumstances. Now nature needs to take her course and we should be fine.

The funding for the project helped a great deal in the procurement of pollinator plants. Without the funding the project would have never got off of the ground. The impact upon the community has been very positive. We have used local growers and landscapers for the procurement of soil and plants. We have established a good relationship with them during this phase of the process. We explained that we have a grant from Microsoft to do this and they have been very interested in the progress and all want pictures as evidence of their participation in the development of the project. Word of mouth mileage of the project and the seed funding at its best.

The local beekeepers association have been invited to see the project and will sign up for cuttings when they become available for their bee yard. I think the biggest impact has been for the bees and butterflies. These plants bloom twice a year in our climate and is a wonderful safe source of food for these creatures. If the bees and butterflies are healthy then so will the orchards and vegetables grown by farmers and citizens in the area. The local crops grown will benefit by this project a great deal.

Completed Phase II of the project this weekend. The group worked to plant more lavender. A good team effort.

Progress this week on making an impact with the community.