Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop | Prairie Moon Nursery

Agastache foeniculum Anise Hyssop | Prairie Moon Nursery:



"Anise Hyssop has very showy flowers, fragrant foliage and seems to be of little interest to deer. It self-seeds readily and often blooms the first year. New seedlings are hardy and can be transplanted easily. It's a bee, hummingbird, and butterfly magnet and makes an excellent addition to herb gardens, borders, perennial gardens, and prairies. When the leaves of the Anise Hyssop are crushed they smell like licorice and have been used to make tea and cold remedies.  Other common names in use: Lavender Hyssop or Blue Giant Hyssop" It is not particularly frost sensitive but may have some die back.  It is looks ratty you can cut them back strongly and they will bust out in the spring again.

difficult to germinate, cold stratify 30 days, surface sow and bottom water

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Children's Garden Ideas

Below was first offered and published on our facebook

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As a summer project at Oasis Community Farm we will be working on creating a sensory garden and learning space for school groups and a space where we can host weekend workshops geared towards kids and families.

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Below are random images to inspire ideas for future projects in and about the garden.

Here is a themed sculpture garden piece that connects the tactile to the dinner table a connection that many people in the modern world do not make

As  you know rubber tires are forever so they may as well be forever beautiful and something to play on and plant stuff in.

This is an example of a project that Arlo and Marina and have been thinking about for some time.  It is simply done by using cutting from our willow bog and then irrigating them until they sprout.  Planted in late winter they will look like this by April and May.



One of my favorites.  We did fairy houses in the back yard of our old Jungle Vibes store in Petaluma.



A gate is an symbolic entry to place -- a child size gate would be perfect.



Color is important and participation can create a lasting sense of value, enhancing learning.  A picket fence like this is infinitely expandable and prettier than a name plate.



This one seems quite ambitious but it reminds me of a play garden built around a water feature at the Hopland Solar Living Institute grounds.  Plans for water recycling and serene water features are already under way at Oasis.  Perhaps in the future we can extend the that infrastructure to the children's area.

Bikemore

This is a great organization and one of their project is Meals on 2 Wheel and this could be a model for us to use as it collaborates with bike activists and the young.  We also have bike shops that may get involved in the program and many service organizations that can help refer clientele.  We are in conversations with several local caterers and local service groups on the idea of connecting farmers directly to people who need meals.

All Work — Bikemore:



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