Weekend, April 8 -9, 2023 – Come by and see our refreshed garden

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FROM THE ARCHIVES

WEEKEND, APRIL 8-9,  2023

ISSUE  959

THE KIOSK GARDEN

IS NOW

READY FOR SPRING AND SUMMER

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“DOLLARS FOR DAFFODILS”

UPDATE:
OUR FIRST DONATIONS HAVE ARRIVED 
THANK YOU TO RACHEL MAINES AND GLORIA, MARK HERMAN, CAROLINE CAVALLI, MR. & MRS. RICHARD MEYER,  NANCY BROWN, ARLENE &STEVE BESSENOFF, MARIE EWALD & DAVID DANZIG, BARRY & JUDY SCHNEIDER,  & MICHELLE ROY, ARON EISENPRESIS, TANYA MORRISETT, MATTHIAS ALTWICKER, JUDY CONNORTON, THOM  HEYER, STEPHEN QUANDT, QING XUN, LAWRENCE FEINALTER, ANNE & DAVID CRIPPS, STEVE & RITA MEED, JOAN BROOKS, MARK AND JINNY EWALD  & ANNONYMOUS FOR THEIR DONATIONS.
WE ARE WAITING TO ADD YOUR NAME TO OUR DONOR LIST

BEFORE AND AFTER 
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WE ARE WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS OF REACHING OUR GOAL OF $2000- THANKS TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS.

HELP PUT US AT OUR GOAL THIS WEEK!!!!

Join us in making our garden thrive again.
ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE

TO MAKE YOUR DONATION: https://rihs.us/donation/
TO MAKE YOUR DONATION BY CHECK:  R.I.H.S., 531 MAIN STREET, #1704. NY NY 10044

On Friday morning a crew from Plant Specialists arrived the clean-up, trim, cut and plant our garden at the kiosk.  Bag loads of overgrown grasses, weeds and dead plants were removed and our perennials were visible for their spring blooming.  We have daffodils, tulips, day lilies, pachysandra, roses, lavender, echinacea, daisies  & ivy already planted in the garden and the crew brought us trays of pansies and annuals to decorate the path to the kiosk.

Our rose bushes are beginning to bud along the path.

Our irises are already growing strong and ready to burst into bloom in May.

The ivy will soon be green and  echinacea will soon fill the hill at the rear of the kiosk

When all done a last minute sweep and the landscape was refreshed.  Soon the planting will grow and the garden will be in full bloom for summer.

Our crew was finished with our job and off to the Upper East Side for more gardening.

After a few hours of gardening the kiosk opened to customers; who have been plentiful this week to shop and support the RIHS

WEEKEND COMMENT 

The RIHS kiosk has never had a water supply.  When we need water, a garden hose must be hauled from the bathroom at the rear of the Tram Station, 300 feet to the kiosk.  Currently we have no staff member strong enough to do this work.  Wouldn’t it be nice if RIOC would provide us with a water line?

Text by Judith Berdy
Thanks to Bobbie Slonevsky for her dedication to Blackwell’s Almanac and the RIHS
Thanks to Deborah Dorff for maintaining our website
Edited by Melanie Colter and Deborah Dorff

All image are copyrighted (c) Roosevelt Island Historical Society unless otherwise indicated

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Judith Berdy

THIS PUBLICATION FUNDED BY DISCRETIONARY FUNDS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBER JULIE MENIN & ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION PUBLIC PURPOSE FUNDS.

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