Visit Greensun Gardens to learn about our new 4H Victory Garden Project .

We will host a Gro Green, Happy St. Patrick’s Day Orientation on Wednesday, March 18th.

Greensun has partnered beyond recycling  to plant a victory garden with Barnesville Street Community Church and Barnesville Street Montessori School.  Contact: victorygardenlive@live.com

Barnesville Street Montessori School

“Your most treasured memories hold the key to fulfillment and living with purpose and joy…Spending a few hours a week on a special hobby could be all that it takes to reconnect you to joy.” Here are the Kashi Steps to Recycling Joy per Dr. Joan Borysenko  Recycle tips at Kashi Eco-Friendly

Kashi Steps for connecting memories to your best life

1. Sit with a friend and share three treasured memories each.
2. Reflect together on what felt most “alive” and compelling in the sharing. Be specific. For example: Was it the joy of witnessing children discovering the world, the invigorating feeling of being outdoors, or the energy that comes from giving hope to people in need?
3. Identify an activity that you can do now that will create the desired feeling. For example, take children on a field trip, plan a camping trip, or volunteer to work with the disabled.
4. Make the activity a priority. That means putting it on your calendar and, when the time comes, doing it!
5. Let each other know when you’ve followed through on your new priority. Even an empty email with the simple words “I did it!” in the subject line is great motivation to continue. Then, as you begin to reap the benefits of the gift your memory has given you, find time to share the treasure with your friend.

Greensun toured the site for the Griffin Georgia State Recycling Hub Collection Center. The Recycle Hub Staff in Griffin is the recycling heart and soul of the 50 mile recycling radius infrastructure. The City of Griffin was closed Monday morning March 2 due to snow and wind in Georgia.

Click here to visit PBS online Victory Garden.

Greensun was invited to the 2009 Pinewood Derby by Thomaston Scouts.  We were happy to find the recycle bins filled and Scouts recycling in these bins at this fun Scouting event.   Scouts made this a green event by recycling.  Click here for more Pinewood Derby ideas.

Mickey the McCaw

Songbird Deli

Organic Seeds of Change

Greensun has received valuable gardening direction for over 2 decades from Hastings Garden Center.  We  attended the free seminar offered by Hastings on Saturday, February 21, 2009.  Seed Lovers, Start your Victory Gardens.  

Hastings has an excellent program for organic practices including lady bugs and praying mantis egg casings which may be hatched in a bug habitat. They offer fruit trees and berry bushes and top varieties of seeds to begin any gardening effort.

Here is an excerpt from the Hastings Newsletter–you may subscribe here:

In the Spring 1943 Hastings Seed Catalog, Donald M. Hastings, son of pioneer H. G. Hastings wrote an article titled Victory Gardens, in which he says,“Any program for the development of gardens for Victory must include the growing of trees, shrubs, and flowers, for the health of the mind, as well as vegetables for the health of the body…”

Victory Garden triviaThis jingle from a 1942 radio show “Farm and Home Hour” sums up the spirit of the day: “Get out and dig, dig, dig in the sunshine. You can make one garden grow…”

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Please remember to Recycle Cans and bottles.