THE GARDEN STORY

Retail Construction Services, Inc. is dedicated to giving back.

We give back not only to those in need within our community, but also the future generations of this wonderful community. What started out as a great idea has grown exponentially and became an amazing reality. Here at the RCS Giving Garden, school groups, master gardeners, corporate volunteers, and our own employees work together for the common good of teaching children the art of gardening and the importance of healthy eating. Click Here for Full Story.

LOCATION:
Retail Construction Services, Inc.
11343 39th Street N.
Lake Elmo, MN 55042

From HWY 36 - go south on Lake Elmo Ave, turn left onto 39th Street, garden is at corner of 39th and Laverne.
From HWY 5- going west from Stillwater take right onto Laverne (near Fury dealership) garden is on the right at corner of Laverne and 39th street.

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6/19/13

Woodbury Peaceful Grove UMC Summer Stretch Visit the Garden!

A group from Woodbury Peaceful Grove UMC's Summer Stretch joined our Scarecrow Bob in the garden today!  The first lesson was given by Master Gardener Mary was about the root structure of plants and its importance in planting, etc.

From there, Master Gardener Liz worked with the group on several projects.  They did a fantastic job assembling the cucumber t-pee structures for the cucumber plants to climb!  They thinned the Kohlrabi seedlings AND this group picked our first donation harvest for the 2013 season!  .5 lbs of strawberries!


Thanks Woodbury Peaceful Grove UMC's Summer Stretch and to our Master Gardeners Mary and Liz.







6/13/13

"Helping Hands" Youth from Stillwater's Trinity Lutheran Church!

Names will be added soon!
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Many youthful “Helping Hands” descended upon The Giving Garden on Thursday, June 13th! This fine group of 3-6th grade kids from Stillwater’s Trinity Lutheran Church and their Helping Hands summer program were busy constructing tomato cages, mulching tomato plants, thinning carrot seedlings, weeding, planting extra corn seeds and making vegetable identification cards. The extra special part of the day was the weather as we worked on a morning with clear blue skies and warm sunshine! Thanks Trinity kids for your service here at The Giving Garden! Come back and see the garden grow up!

- Guest Contributor:  Kathy Luoma, Washington County Master Gardener volunteer

Turn up your volume, and click to begin the slideshow below!

6/11/13

Rutherford's Jr. Master Gardeners First Garden Visit



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Front Row:  Kaylena, Ellie, Avery, and Annabelle
Middle Row:  Josh, Caden, Sarah, Anna, Ryan, Evan and Elliana
Back Row:  Kathy, Isabilla, Elle, Maya, Elizabeth, Anna, Rochel, Syndey Jo and Sydney
 The Rutherford Junior Master Gardeners arrived here for their first visit to the RCS Teaching & Giving Garden.  They took a tour of our office, learned where they will be weighing the produce before donation, and then headed out to the garden to get their hands dirty!
Their leader, Master Gardener Kathy Luoma stepped the group through planting the tomatoes that the group had grown from seed.  We had reserved one row for their tomato plants.

The group also made garden posters to put out in the garden.  We had these laminated and one of the upcoming projects is to get these distributed on stakes around the garden!
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More information about the lessons learned that day will be posted.

Thank you Rutherford JMG kids! 
We are so excited to have you in the garden this summer!
- JFletty
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