Today the Gardening Committee planted zinnias, marigolds and calendulas in pots that will be placed about the garden for beauty and to help draw pollinators to our raised vegetable beds. We also protected the vegetable seedlings given to us by GreenThumb from drying out by sinking them, still in their plastic containers, in the soil of one bed. Next Saturday (May 15) people will bring the seedlings they started at home to the garden, and, once we see what we have, we will come up with a plan about what to plant where and begin planting the beds. While we were busy with the plants, other volunteers were creating structures out of cattle panel and bamboo for the plants that like to climb. Another set of folks was busy cleaning up the garden in preparation for the new fences which the city began installing this week.