Community gardens also provide a great place to build friendships as you work alongside your neighbors. It is so much easier and natural to get to know people when you participate in a project with them. Gardening provides just this kind of relationship building opportunity and often can lead to a stronger sense of ownership and pride in your community. Another major benefit to gardening this way is that you can save considerable time and money. By buying in bulk and splitting up the work costs can spread across the entire group instead of being shouldering by any one individual.

Finally the last benefit to working with others on your garden is that it provides a sense of accountability. My biggest struggle in gardening is sticking with the weeding and watering. When you know you are part of a group that wants to see the whole garden look nice and cared for the bar gets raised to consistently take care of your flowers and veggies. The closest comparison I can think of is working out with a partner. You are going to be a whole lot more motivated to get out of bed and make it to the gym if you know someone is there waiting for you. With spring in the air, this is the time to check out this option. Fortunately, Des Moines has a couple fantastic community gardening programs. You might want to hurry to sign up though, as you don’t want to be planting late and spots fill up quickly. Watch the Des Moines Register every spring for specific locations and contact persons.

This sale presents a prime opportunity for you guys to pick up a dozen roses for your wife or girlfriend for only six dollars. Or if you want to be a gentleman and make your female co-workers feel appreciated and valued show up with a vase full of yellow, orange, and pink roses and a card for all the women in the office. This is a great way to make some feel good by giving a rare gift without breaking the bank. At fifty cents per flower the possibilities are endless.

Typically you can find out the exact dates of the sale by watching their weekly ads or deal sites like http://slickdeals.net will usually always catch this sale. Happy shopping.

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The Holiday Flower Show in the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory’s Sunken Garden is a ride of senses with hundreds of poinsettias surrounding six carousel horses from Cafesjian’s Carousel, which will be celebrating their 95th anniversary in January.

This event is free and should be an excellent family day trip to enjoy some beautiful Christmas flowers.

Please leave a comment if you know of any similar Holiday flower shows in Des Moines?