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June Jovial Updates at Weaver Creek Park

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Orchard Happenings and Updates
🐝☀️June☁️🦋
Hi all! We have been busy this month over at the orchard! We had a movie night two weeks ago (photo above), a great plant sale, and have been renovating the grape vineyards by pulling up weed fabric (finished!). We will be mulching those areas with wood chip mulch from the area in the coming weeks.

This weekend, we will be working in the Butterfly Garden, Labyrinth, and preparing our backyard for a summer youth gardening camp called Sun Sprouts! We have a few openings left, check out the information below if you may be interested.

Next Saturday, July 4th, we will NOT be gardening in observance of the holiday.

Stay informed about drought in our area by following the links below!

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

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Flea Beetle Management

All about Flea Beetles that love to eat tomato and pepper plants.

These tiny pests can do a surprising amount of damage, especially when left unchecked. They create round-ish “shot” holes in leaves and can severely impact a plant’s health. They are tiny black beetles and when disturbed, they’ll jump away faster than the eye can see (like a flea).

What can we do?
Flea beetles thrive in overgrown, weedy areas. And as a community, we’re tackling the weediest garden areas during our Saturday mornings. To help others out and reduce places for these beetles to hide.

What about insecticides?
We encourage Integrated Pest Management (IPM) whenever we can. This is like a full toolbox of hammers and screwdrivers and multiple techniques for managing a pest or weed.

Integrated Pest Management – Flea Beetles

Step 1 for management is to take out weedy areas and later conduct a thorough fall cleanups to prevent over wintering of these pests. It doesn’t help to reduce flea beetle populations if there are weedy reservoirs and hiding places for them.

In smaller gardens a floating row cover can be installed. This is fine mesh netting and doubles as hail protection! The Mesh can prevents these insects from getting in.

As a further measure, the use of diatomaceous earth is suggested as a control by CSU, the University of Maryland, and Virginia Tech Extension. Diatomaceous earth is only effective when dry, and may need to be reapplied after a rain. Use Caution, read and follow the label and instructions of any product you apply. Learn more in the following links.

And further, Insecticidal Soap (NOT Dish Detergent) is suggested by education based resources to be effective. This product can burn certain plants and it is therefore recommended that it be tested on a few leaves before entire plants are sprayed. This product is only effective while it is wet. Read and follow the label of any product you apply.


Volunteer Help Needed!

We’re excited to make it easier to get involved and jump into a variety of fun volunteer roles and events! 

GardenAbility Program: Support learning & gardening alongside our IDD participants. Tue–Thurs, 9:30am–12:30pm (high need).

General Garden Volunteers: Help with planting, maintenance, and harvest—various times throughout the week.

Movie Night Crew: Assist with setup, activities, and cleanup. Second Friday, 6:00pm–10:00pm.

Face Painter: Join our events team for movie nights (second Friday) and other community events.

If you’ve already completed a 2026 waiver/portal signup, click the button below to sign up. If you haven’t volunteered/completed a wiaver with us this year, please use this link to register first.

Complete Interest Form Here

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Volunteer Login

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Contest Registration

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Movie Night Registration

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Volunteer Portal/Signup

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Swarming Bees?

Earlier this year, we found bees swarming in Rabbit Brush at the orchard. It was quite a sight and sound. We called the Bee Swarm hotline and a local beekeeper was able to come out and swiftly take them away. If you find a swarm your can always call: 1.844.SPY.BEES (1.844.779.2337).

https://coloradobeekeepers.org/resources/swarm-hotline/

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