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The Ojai Garden: September 2009 Archives

September 26, 2009

Evening Primrose

Evening Primrose (Oenothera Biennis) provides nourishment for hummingbirds, moths, bees.... and even people! All parts of the plant are edible. The plant is also used medicinally.EV-primrose-web2.jpg Evening Primrose's fragrant flowers open in the evening. Ev-primroise-web1.jpgThe tall plants self sow readily in the City of Ojai Community Demonstration Garden. Photos by Les Dublin.

September 15, 2009

Volunteers

Volunteers worked hard Saturday to help the City of Ojai Community Demonstration Garden look its very best.work-web2.jpgThe enthusiastic group of regulars and newcomers fanned out and weeded, planted, mulched, trimmed and thinned paths and overgrown areas. work-web1.jpgPhotos by Les Dublin.