Please help us see our garden through the heat of the summer by adopting a plant species to water and care for each week. This should be the easiest way for people to help without taking up too much time or having to haul a lot of water. Basically all you’ll need to do is bring a few gallons of water (milk jugs work great) each week to water your plants.
Please pick from the list below — as people choose a plant species, I’ll mark it on the list so nothing is duplicated.
STILL IN NEED OF ADOPTION
NOTE: If you missed getting to adopt a plant, we’d love to have a back-up list of people who can fill in while others are on vacation. Let me know and I’ll add you to the watering team! There are other areas around school that could also use a drink of water from time to time, like around the sign, so there’s definitely room for help!
Anacacho Orchid (1) – requires a deeper watering every few days PENDING
Arbor Beds (2 beds, with Coral Honeysuckle, damianita, pink skullcap, and Texas Betony): these plants need a deeper watering because of the raised beds, especially the honeysuckle PENDING
ADOPTED:
Birdbaths (4) — keep them filled and clean of dirt for the wildlife habitat water requirement–the Midkiffs
Autumn Sage (14 total: 12 in one set, 2 elsewhere) — despite the large number, they are easy to water–the Busfields
Blackfoot Daisy (10)–the Carriers
Sensory Garden (thyme, lavender, oregano, Society Garlic, Gray Santolina, plus Chocolate Daisy, 3 damianita, 3 Mexican feather grass): easier for one family to just take the whole bed – the Hattons
Tropical Milkweed(6) + Antelope Horn (1) — the Coates family
Lantana, Texas–the Midkiffs
Basket grass, or Texas Sacahuista (2) – Fitch family
Big Muhly (3) – Fitch family
Yellow Bells (3) – Kondra Family
Damianita (14) -- Kung Family
Butterfly Herbs (3) — Kung Family
Black-eyed Susan (9) – Kung Family
Prairie Verbena (10) — The Higdons
Woolly Butterflybush (1) — The Higdons
Texas Sage, Compact (2) — The Purcells
Gaura (6) — Mais family
Gregg’s Mistflower (3) — Mais family
Purple Coneflower (2) – Sanders family
Skullcaps (3) — Sanders family
Firebush (1) – Purcell family
Flame Acanthus (6) – Baddour family
Mealy Blue Sage (8) — Shrull family
Standing Cypress (2) – Shrull family
Tropical Sage (1) — Shrull family
Texas Betony (12, around Anacacho Orchid) – Rodriguez family
Zexmenia (3) — Miller family
Four-Nerve Daisy (14) — Faires- McClellan family
Once we’ve got our rain collection system installed (and once the plants are established) this won’t be necessary anymore! Thank you so much for keeping our beautiful garden thriving!
