TO: Friends and Neighbors

FROM: John Gerber

My gardens in North Amherst are open for you to enjoy again this summer. Access is on Rolling Ridge Rd (between 132 and 158) which is a side street off of East Pleasant. Please feel free to wander about, sit and relax, and pick anything you find. This garden is for sharing….

Look for the Wildlife Habitat sign by the gate. The entrance looks like this….

A short video walking in from the Rolling Ridge entrance.

The first edible plant you’ll find is the mulberry tree near the blue chairs. Mulberries should be picked when they are just about to fall off the plant (otherwise they will be kind of bitter).

Next,

Next you’ll find the blueberries.

And then you’ll find the raspberries and blackberries. Kids love these.

Cut flowers are in the center garden along side the Three Sisters garden (corn, beans and squash).

There will be tomatoes in the hoop house in July.

And another cut flower garden is next to the hoop house. Please feel free to cut bouquets!

The mess of perennials at the west end of the garden is my pollinator garden. Lots of tansies which make good cut flowers too.

Just to the south of the garden is my house (you may be greeted by the very friendly dogs). They will stay on their side of the fence!

If I’m on the back deck, please say hello!

You are invited to bring friends and enjoy the gardens whenever you like.

And for a 10,000 year history of my neighborhood, see: https://changingthestory.net/2020/11/22/our-backyard/