by Beth Holden | Apr 10, 2018 | Active Seniors, Gardening, General, Independent Living, Volunteers
Did you know there was a garden in the west wing at Springmoor? It’s a surprise to many who don’t walk down this hallway on a daily basis. The Garden Room is a beautiful sunny greenhouse for residents to tend to their plants in the winter months. There is ample...
by Beth Holden | Jul 21, 2017 | Active Seniors, Community, Gardening, General, Independent Living
Most mornings you will find the Springmoor Garden Club, a group of almost thirty gardeners: pulling weeds, watering plants or picking their vegetables. They are early risers and up and out before it is too hot each day. The season starts in April and will run through...
by Beth Holden | Jun 10, 2016 | Active Seniors, Gardening, General, Independent Living
The soil was tilled, the fertilizer added, the seeds planted (some in paper cups), the stakes put in and the watering began. Much to the gardener’s delight Raleigh has had 9.5” of rain since March! Today, the gardeners are beginning to pick their cucumbers, zucchini...
by Beth Holden | Mar 20, 2015 | Active Seniors, Community, Gardening, General, Independent Living
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager Right now the weather doesn’t seem conducive to enjoying our outdoor hobbies such as hiking, bird watching or gardening. I’m writing this blog just after the February 16/17 “Event.” The hot weather will come soon enough...
by lovedigital | Oct 6, 2014 | General
By Thom Morgan, Springmoor landscape manager As we get older, some of us consider the color gray a bad thing, but in the landscape, Gray is Great! Gray goes well with any color, so you can’t go wrong using it in any color scheme. If used with the warm colored plants,...
