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August Roudup! Grapes in Season and our last movie night is set for Friday September 11.

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Orchard Happenings and Updates
🐝☀️August☀️🦋
 
Phew! It has been a hot season out at the orchard and our community has been as busy as can be! We had a visit from the Freshman football team at Green Mountain Highschool that helped renovate a patch of the orchard and plant over 50 milkweed plants, in addition to tackling weeds in our vineyards and planting some medicinal herbs in our native medicinal walking maze!

See below for gardening tips about Succession Planting and planning and planting now for a bountiful fall harvest, and a fresh recipe that uses seasonal garden produce!

Our final movie in the park for the year will be held on September 11 and we will be showing The Lorax! 

If you are interested in being a vendor for our upcoming Fall Festival (October 10), sign up soon! More information below.


In other news, even though it has been one of the hottest seasons on record, our team and community together have been able to reduce our water needs by over 40%!
 

See below for upcoming events (including the last movie night of 2026), what’s going on around the orchard & tomato gardening tips! 

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Saturday, Sept 5 –  Labor Day Weekend.
In observance of the holiday, we will not be gardening or hosting a workshop this weekend.

If you’re interested in coming out for a Garden Workshops, Citizen Science Events or Volunteering, you can sign up through the volunteer portal HERE.

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Join the Jovial Team at 4700 S Cole St, Morrison CO for our next Nature Walk! The team is super excited to be partnering up with expert Tim Berg for this activity on Saturday September 19th at 10am! 

Drop-ins welcomed! 

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Now Scheduling Fall Volunteer Groups!

Looking for a meaningful team-building activity or a fun way to give back with friends and family? We’re now scheduling fall volunteer groups to help with gardening projects and harvest fresh produce for the community. Learn more below or contact [email protected] to start planning your visit!

Group Interest

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Summer Vegetable Pasta Salad

A great way to make a fresh meal using summer garden produce!

(photo by Beth Moncel and BudgetBytes)

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Succession Planting

Succession Planting… It’s time to think about fall and winter.

Succession planting is a process used to maximize vegetable and garden production throughout the year. It’s a strategy to routinely seed your garden to maintain a steady set of crops and avoiding leaving empty spaces.

The technique is especially important in Colorado where the spring and fall are fairly cool and can stunt tender warm season vegetables which need daytime temperatures above 60°F and prefer temperatures above 70°F.

By planting cold hardy plants in the early spring, and again now for a fall harvest, we are able to eek out a little more production and a bountiful final fall harvest from our gardens for when temperatures starts to dip.

We are at the end of August and if you want to plan for a fall harvest, now is the time to get your vegetable seeds in the ground! October and fall temperatures are right around the corner! It is the perfect time to plant cold hardy vegetables that mature quickly for a fall harvest.

Additional Information from trusted resources.

Succession Planting – what to do
The seasons are tending to be warmer, but we don’t have enough information to predict when our first fall frost may be.

Historically, we have expected to have frost visit the region around October 11th. Using information about ‘days until harvest’ on seed packets, we can plant with this information in mind.

Now is a great time to plant: Swiss Chard, (cold hardy, avg. 60 days until harvest), Broccoli (65 days), Spinach (40 days), carrots (70 days), beets (60 days), and even peas can mature in time with an average of 65 days until harvest.

The best way to succession plant is to have multiple “harvest seasons” in mind. Many crops have a limited lifespan/harvest. Plan what vegetable to grow as a replacement based on temperature needs and days until harvest. Remember, there are cold season and warm season crops.

It’s also a great idea to plant in rounds – for quick growing, single harvest crops (such as spinach and radishes), planting in small batches at spaced out intervals (approx. every two weeks) allows continuous harvesting. This prevents an overload of any single crop.

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Fall Festival – October 10th

Vendor applications are now open for the 5th Annual Fall Festival at Weaver Creek Park!

Join us on Saturday, October 10th from 12:00 PM–4:00 PM for an afternoon centered around community, local businesses, food, music, and connection outdoors.

Last year, the festival welcomed around 2,000 visitors from Morrison, Littleton, Lakewood, and surrounding communities looking to shop small and spend time together in the park.

Hosted by, the Fall Festival supports our nonprofit mission of cultivating community through gardening, education, and shared green spaces.

Vendor booths are $75 and include space to set up and connect directly with the community. Sponsorship opportunities are also available for businesses interested in additional visibility.

If you’re a local maker, artist, small business, food vendor, or community organization, we’d love to have you involved.

Know someone who would be a great fit? Please share this post or flyer with them.

Signup Here

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