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TOGA- Spencer Tomorrow’s Outstanding Gardeners of America- Energized youth- ages 10-16 interested in gardening in bite size pieces- Spencer Community Gardens

This one amazing gourd!!!! Extra long dipper gourd!!! 50 inches!!!!
09/19/2026

This one amazing gourd!!!! Extra long dipper gourd!!! 50 inches!!!!

This amazing “King Julian” is Kadence’s creation! She spent over 25 hours on him and he has quite an attitude to match!...
09/19/2026

This amazing “King Julian” is Kadence’s creation! She spent over 25 hours on him and he has quite an attitude to match!
I think he has a little Flip Wilson in him- Kadence doesn’t know who that is, so her grandma is going to fill her in, but laughed and agreed- Kadence consulted with her grandma on a couple things on developing King Julian and Mike was pulled in on a couple engineering questions regarding his head and feet and securing feathers- but she did everything- loves spray painting- the color choices- all hers- she and King J- definitely strong opinions!!!! Great job!! They did great job at speaking engagement, too, last Monday!! Of course, we knew King J would shine!!

09/19/2026

Wondering why there were so many fairy gardens from the TOGA group? We had a workshop in my garage in July creating fairy gardens!!! Bomgaars had fairy garden plants on sale for $.49 each, the thrift store was a great source of pots, and had a box of fairy garden props for sale and we have endless imagination!!! So fun!! August we were having
Weekend “Come ‘n Go Workshops” both Saturday and Sunday’s from noon till 6pm for Pumpkins, Dry gourd art and to tweet fairy gardens and pinecone art! We have lots more ideas for next year!! Probably going extend workshops to most of July and August so we can do pumpkin etching and gourd etching! Always trying to learn something new-

Kadence received a red , 90% , which means it was blue ribbon quality, but they can only give 1 blue- great job!!!
09/19/2026

Kadence received a red , 90% , which means it was blue ribbon quality, but they can only give 1 blue- great job!!!

More fantastic fairy gardens!!!! These are from the “not more than 24 inchs” the brown pot is Bianca’s 13-17 yo categor...
09/19/2026

More fantastic fairy gardens!!!! These are from the “not more than 24 inchs” the brown pot is Bianca’s 13-17 yo category Blue top Exhibit award, the mustard colored dish in the front is
Blaine (again) Blue top Exhibit award
There are judged on plants, how plants work together size and color but more how your garden tells a story -

Bianca from TOGA submitted open class blue ribbon winners in the “Trouble” and “Red River” class competitions - the zinn...
09/19/2026

Bianca from TOGA submitted open class blue ribbon winners in the “Trouble” and “Red River” class competitions - the zinnias in the red rivers fainted from competition pressure- but they were beautiful when it counted!!!! What a gorgeous creation!!!
We grew a lot of these flowers in my neighbors yard, too!

This “Ker Plunk” floral arrangement by Riley received “Special Merit” recognition in addition to blue in open class arra...
09/19/2026

This “Ker Plunk” floral arrangement by Riley received “Special Merit” recognition in addition to blue in open class arrangements!!

The TOGA 2026 group - Blaine, Kadence ,Riley, Lynndah - group leader, and Bianca ( not pictured was Dax who is a TOGA ...
09/19/2026

The TOGA 2026 group - Blaine, Kadence ,Riley, Lynndah - group leader, and Bianca ( not pictured was Dax who is a TOGA
sprout- to be explained later)

This is our TOGA logo and Tshirt for the year- I think we are going to stick with purple!!
09/19/2026

This is our TOGA logo and Tshirt for the year- I think we are going to stick with purple!!

05/18/2026

Due to stormy forecast- next planting day will be Thursday- May 21st- Happy for the rain !! Glad we got so much planted!!

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1st Street West
Spencer, IA
51301

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(972)9712903

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