Second Big Planting Day for the Literary Garden and More

To simply say our new Literary Garden (LG) at the Durango Public Library is popular would be an understatement. “Amazing,” is probably the most often used term people share with us. It’s also amazing how our member volunteers have really put their backs into installing the plants in this garden. On May 18, we had 30 volunteers planting 450 plants—in some very tough soil. Then, on July 23, as many as 25 volunteers showed up to plant an additional 250 plants. Much needed monsoonal rains are helping our plants get established.

Two other new features have been added to the LG, including...