Ah yes, our wish list. It is a bit far-fetched, but we’ve gotten this far by dreaming big and believing in the kindness and generosity of others. If you have anything you would like to donate that is on our list, please contact us with the link at the bottom!
With gratitude,
Alline (aka Blanche DuBois)
Thanks to those who have already answered our call for help, including Lisa at Bark for Peace and Chris R.
For Store
- Ceiling screen to use with projector
- Three 8-foot folding tables
- 20 durable folding chairs
For Garden
- 3 picnic tables
Plants appropriate for zone 5:
- Herb starts
- Arrowood virbunam* - Viburnam dentatum
- Black-eyed Susan* – Rudbekia hirta
- Bee Balm/Wild Bergamot* - monarda bradburyana
- Bee balm/Wild Bergamot* – monarda fistulosa
- Blue False Indigo* Baptisia australis
- Blue Sage* – Salvia azurea
- Buddleia purple emperor (dwarf variety “Butterfly Bush”)
- Buffalo Grass*
- Butterfly Milkweed* - asclepias tuberose
- Button bush* – Cephalanthus occidentalis
- Clethera Ruby Spice Summersweet - Clethra alnifolia
- Compass plant* Silphium laciniatum-
- Crab apple (between 7-14’, possibly Malus Mary Potter
- Culver’s root* – Veronicastrum virginicum
- Dense Blazing Star* - Liatris spicata
- False Indigo* Baptisia bracteata
- Hawthorn – Crataegis coccinea (not native but good for birds and butterflies with fall color)
- Hazelnut* - Corylus Americana
- Lamb’s Ear – stachys (not native, but soft & inviting for children)
- Long-Headed Coneflower * (Mexican Hat) - Ratibida columnifera
- New England Aster* – aster novae-angliae
- Ostrich Fern* – Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Oxeye Sunflower* -
- Prairie Dropseed* Sporobolus heterolepis
- Prairie Milkweed* – asclepias sullivantii
- Prairie rose* – rosa setigera
- Purple Coneflower* – Echinacea purpurea
- Purple Milkweed* – asclepias purpurascens
- Red cardinal flower*- Lobelia cardinalis
- Sedge* – Carex cheerokeensis
- Tickseed* - Coreopsis lanceolata
- Wild columbine*
- Yarrow* – Achillea millefolium