Harmony Music Park



Come visit Harmony Park, right next to the library! We have some fun, kid-friendly instruments in the park already, as well as a gazebo and benches. We hope to soon have plenty of plants in the park. All of this has been a combined effort to create a place to play, relax, and learn.


Rainbow xylophone

Many thanks to:

  • The City of Sherman for providing the main funding for the pavilion and instruments
  • The Friends of the Sherman Public Library for purchasing benches and trash cans for the park
  • The Grayson County Ag Extension Office and Grayson County Master Gardeners, both of whom have been instrumental in advising and planning

The Grayson County Ag Extension office and the Grayson County Master Gardeners have been involved in advising and planning. These groups will be educating city staff and the public, as to what grows the best in this area, times of year, and how to best care for plants.  

Gardening Tips from Grayson County Master Gardeners

Native Plant

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Butterfly

Falcate orangetipFalcate Orangetip

January

To-Do List


Fertilize: asparagus, pansies, snapdragons, iris, peonies, rye and fescue grass

Prune: Fruit trees, Ornamental trees and shrubs except spring bloomers

Seed: English peas, Hardy Perennial, Ox-eye daisy, coneflower, coreopsis, larkspur, cornflower

Seed indoors: Tomatoes, Peppers, Eggplant, Calendula, Petunia, Sweet alyssum, California poppy

Transplant: New trees and shrubs, Asparagus, Onion, Perennials from nursery

Birds

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Vegetables

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Native Plant

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Butterfly

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February

To-Do List


Dig: New beds

Fertilize: Trees and shrubs, Roses after mid-month, Early-spring blooming perennials

Prune:  Liriope and monkey grass, Roses after mid-month except spring bloomers

Seed:  Vegetables: beet, broccoli, brussels sprout, carrot, chard, collard, English pea, lettuce, potato, radish, spinach, turnip

Transplant: Trees and shrubs, Onion plants, asparagus, strawberries, diantus, pansy, snapdragon, bare-root and container grown roses



Birds

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Vegetables

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