Slack Farms: The Garden Project 2025

Friday, 11th July 2025

Today was our first day at Woodlawn Farm. We started together with a lovely breakfast in the morning. Afterwards we met at the Tidewater Barn to talk about the plan for the day. One of our duties was to weed the place in front of the Tidewater Barn where the wedding receptions take place, which took quite some time. Even though it was a little bit of “dirty work”, it definitely paid off. Seeing the results of our work, was quite satisfying (before and after, below). Furthermore, we also helped prepare for the wedding reception, cleaning chairs and tables and setting linens. It was really interesting to look behind the scenes and get to know how much preparation goes into such an event.

Before: Weeds detract from an otherwise nice stretch of pebbled walkway. After: Lovely how the Walnut tree now seems so much more open! Notice also we’re getting ready to set an arch into the landscape!

After work we spent the afternoon together and went out for dinner to Chipotle, where we had some very delicious burritos. Our first taste of American Fast Food was not disappointing All in all, we can say it was a great first day here at Woodlawn!

— Magda

Paths always lead somewhere, and here’s what’s on the agenda next, with Klara and Magda explaining how we improved the Boxwood Allé with its special swag lights and twinkle lights at nighttime. More to come tomorrow!