Rain Barrel Workshop

What: Rain Garden Workshop
When: Saturday, June 16, from 9:30am-12:30pm
Where: Camp Round Meadow at Catoctin Mountain Park near Thurmont, MD

A Workshop of the Green Homes Challenge - www.FrederickCountyMD.gov/GreenHomes

Beautify your property and control your stormwater run-off! Learn about the benefits of rain gardens from experts in rain garden design.  Gain hands-on experience by helping to install a 320 square foot rain garden on site.  Learn about Frederick County’s Green Homes Challenge and how it can help your household to reduce its environmental impact.

The workshop is free and includes light snacks and refreshments. To register or find out more, contact Nicole Robinson at 301.600.1306 or NRobinson@FrederickCountyMD.gov.

Registration deadline is June 11th. Space is limited.
Sponsored by the Chesapeake Bay Trust

Earth Month Playlist for the Planet

  I saw an article online the other day called Garden with the Greatest Rock Band. In it,  the writer compares gardening to many Rolling Stone songs, including “Under My Thumb”, “Gimme Shelter”, “Start Me Up”, and others.

The opening line says: “As we head into April, let us be thankful for many things: warm days, cheerful flowers and the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones rock band.”

It’s a cute article. Here’s the link if you want to check it out.

Anyway, it got me thinking about gardening songs and I thought I would try to come up with a list of  songs about gardening, or with titles that relate to gardening. I had a heck of a time and only came up with about ten on my own. So I asked some of my online friends, who came up with a few more.

So, in honor of Earth Month and our upcoming Earth Day, I thought I would ask the rest of my readers for suggestions of songs to add to an Earth Month Playlist.  My original request was for songs with garden-themed titles, but I’m open to anything that reminds you of gardening or nature.

I’ve linked some of them to YouTube videos, so if you want to start your day with a smile, check out a few of them. The Sound of Sunshine (a song I had never heard before – thanks Shannon) is sure to bring a smile to your face and  Tiptoe through the Tulips will probably make you LOL.

If you can think of more titles, I’d love to add them. Just submit them in a comment below, tweet them to me on twitter @dclawngarden, or post them on our Facebook page!

Rock (and not so rock) Songs for the Garden

1. Ants Marching – Dave Matthews
2. Blackbird (Singing in the Dead of Night) – The Beatles
3. Diggin’ in the Dirt – Peter Gabriel
4. Garden Party – by Ricky Nelson
5. Garden Song (Inch by Inch) – John Denver and Others
6. Grazin’ in the Grass – Friends of Distinction
7. Hummingbird – Leon Russell
8. I Never Promised You a Rose Garden – Lynne Anderson
9. In a Gadda da Vida (My friend Kathy told me it was supposed to be named In the Garden of Eden)
10. Johnny’s Garden  - Steven Stills
11. Kiss From a Rose – Seal
12. Let it Grow – Eric Clapton
13. Nothing But Flowers – Talking Heads
14. Octopus’s Garden – Ringo Starr / the Beatles
15. Orange Blossom Special – Roy Clark
16. Poison Ivy – The Coasters
17. Red Roses for a Blue Lady – Pat Boone
18. Red, red robin goes bob bob bobbin’ along – follow link for cute video
19. Rockin’ Robin – the Muppets (haha)
20. Sunshine on my Shoulder – John Denver
21. The Hanging Garden – the Cure
22. The Rose – Bette Midler
23. The Sound of Sunshine – Michael Franti and Spearhead
24. Three Little Birds – Bob Marley (Connie Talbot version linked)
25. Tiptoe Through the Tulips – Tiny Tim
26. Walkin’ on Sunshine – Katrina and the Waves
27. Where Have all the Flowers Gone – Peter, Paul and Mary
28. Yellow Rose of Texas – Gene Autrey
29. You are My Sunshine – Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
30. You are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder