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‘Spring Guide 1 & Whats UP!


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The rain has come, but the warm sun is beginning to show it’s face. It’s Spring! And new life is all around us. In the spirit of the season, the Art Trails Gallery at Corrick’s is de- lighted to host a lively new art exhibit: The Birds and the Bees! From April 5th to May 30th, a group of artists from the Sonoma County Art Trails program will have works featured


to-


gether within this timely theme. The exhibition will include diverse media and approaches to the concept: playful and sincere, represen- tational to figurative, and from painting to sculpture to etch- ings, and more! Here’s the best part: on Fri-


day, April 7th, from 5-7 in the evening, the exhibit will have it’s opening reception. The fea-


tured artists will join us, avail- able to talk about their work and inspirations, surrounded by


work. SAY will also receive a percentage of all art sales and the Gallery at Corrick’s the opening weekend! In fact, the Gallery at Cor-


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and opening at the Gallery at Corrick’s ponder acquiring bee hives, build a birdhouse, plant a big pot of seed potatoes to harvest and steam with rosemary.


Plant Heirloom


rick’s hosts a “First Friday” art opening almost every month out of the year (the usual holiday


delectable hors d’oeuvres, and even more delectable art! To top things off, SAY (Social Ad- vocates for Youth, a local non- profit working for the benefit of young people in need) will be pouring the wine, with all wine proceeds going to their great


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Bluegrass w/ Ed Neff Friday & Saturday: Karaoke


Sunday Evening Blues Jam


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of January and July being the exceptions), welcom- ing newly featured artists to the Gallery, and featuring a variety of Sonoma County non-profit organizations, helping to spread the word about the beautiful labors of all our neighbors, both in the Arts, and in wonderful ser- vices to the community. Please consider celebrating


the Local Arts at this fabulous, seasonally charming art exhibit and opening. Enjoy delicious refreshments, and learn about “The Birds and the Bees” in a whole new way!


WONDER


sweet peppers, Butterfly Ascle- pias, green, flat leaved parsley and Greek oregano.


Make a Jewel Garden meadow, choose rich, vibrant colors of wild- flowers, choose a sunny site, mix them up and rake them lightly into the disturbed soil! Don’t let them dry up. Keep them moist. Grow sweet violets to scatter on salads, orange and yellow calendulas to dust petals on everything.


Plant purple pansies, purple


string beans, purple flowering Clematis and a nice row of purple flowering lavender. Cup of tea? I always grow tender green onions, red, yellow and white for chopping in Salmon croquettes, a delicious favorite.


Do something different this garden season, learn to create the best garden soil, start a compost pile with neighbors, with friends, with your kids, build a raised bed, make a little ‘safe’ pond, eventu- ally full of happy frogs and amaz- ing water plants. Create a habitat.


“You are happy when you are


enthusiastic and action-orient- ed, not when you are luxury


and pleasure oriented.” Debasish Mridha


New Exhibit “The Birds and The Bees” The Growing Garden ... continued from page 11


Attract hungry red wigglers to digest everything you compost into rich earthworm castings that will eventually become your own en- riched garden amendments. Mulch everything with oat or ryegrass hay or a combination thereof, al- ways keeping an inch or two away from the stem or trunk of the plant to prevent rotting. Keep that pre- cious moisture in the ground! You decide!


Be an explorer this month! Dis- cover your favorite nursery/s. Take a trip to California Flora to finally landscape your little piece of para- dise with California natives. Visit King’s Nursery, Pricket’s Nursery, Bennett Valley Gardens, Harmony Farm Supply & Nursery, Urban Tree Farm, Cottage Gardens and google


Farmer Fred’s blog for


workshops and garden events this month and every month. Take a few deep cleansing


breaths, (really!) and celebrate each precious day on this tiny planet, named Earth, in the orbital system of Sol, the Orion Spur of the Pegasus Arm, in the Milky Way Galaxy within the Local Group we so fondly call ‘home!’


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