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ESLT’s current AmeriCorps Member Catherine Tao (left), poses with ESLT Land Conservation Porgram Director Susanna Danner (center), and ESLT Executive Director Kay Ogden (right) at our annual GardenFest Celebration earlier this spring.
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Joe Lane of Mountain Rambler Brewery, sharing his latest brews.
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Steve Blair (right) of Chalfant Big Trees showing gardener Jill Paydon (left) about bee boxes.
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Erin Livingston of A Whimsical Face, bringing cheer to the ESLT backyard with her face painting.
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Master Gardeners Roberta Lagomarsini and Harold McDonald.
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Margaret Phelps (left) and a friend were eager to check out all the native plants.
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Mark Wagner and Adrianne Hnizdil of Owens Valley Growers Co-Op.
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Everyone enjoyed the selection of vegetable plant starts sold by Chalfant Big Trees Farm & Feed!
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Michael Cleaver (center) and Julie Vargo (right) of Abundant Harvest CSA.
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ESLT’s Catherine Tao and Steve Parmenter show off the CNPS – Bristlecone Chapter t-shirt.
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Some were more excited than others at the idea of compost tea made from worm castings…
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CNPS – Bristlecone Chapter President Katie Quinlan (left) with gardener Sydney Quinn.
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Erin Livingston of A Whimsical Face kept young green thumbs smiling with face painting activities.
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Celebrating the completion of our new ESLT Native Plant and Pollinator Garden.
Eastern Sierra Land Trust held our annual GardenFest on April 30 – and what a fun celebration it was! The daywas spent welcomingthe spring season and helping friends and supporters get their gardens growing.
California Native Plant Society – Bristlecone Chapter sold native plants, and Chalfant Big Trees Farm & Feed sold vegetable starts as well as a variety of other landscaping plants. Attendees learned gardening tips and tricks from Master Gardeners of Inyo and Mono Counties, signed up for a CSA share through Abundant Harvest Organics, had their faces painted by A Whimsical Face, learned about compost tea from Julie Fontaine of Trestles Environmental Corporation, and much more. For lunch,Owens Valley Growers Co-op soldcoconut limeade and slices ofbrick-oven pizza that they made on-site.And Joe Lane of Bishop’s own Mountain Rambler Brewery was on hand to sharesamples of his latest brews with GardenFest guests.
At noon, we helda special ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate our new Eastern Sierra Land TrustNative Plant and Pollinator Demonstration Garden. If you haven’t come by our office recently, we encourage you to stop by to see it! Thanks to ESLT supporters and volunteers, this beautiful garden is now blooming in our front yard.
We’re very grateful to all of you who came out to celebrate with us at GardenFest. We had a wonderful day, and hope to see you all again soon.
Happy spring!
