Happy Birthday, Carol!

Posted August 28th, 2009 at 2:28 pm by Danielle Bricker, Yahoo! Green Team

 20 Comments / Filed in: General

Today is Carol’s birthday!  As you know, she’s been working overtime since she arrived at Yahoo! in January. However, we heard that when she does get some time away from work, she likes to get her hands dirty in her garden.  So, in celebration of Carol’s green thumb and purple spirit, the Yahoo! Green Team got together and planted an herb garden right here at Yahoo!’s headquarters in Sunnyvale   This is the start of Yahoo!’s first ever Purple Garden, and we’re dedicating the garden to Carol.

To get ready for this birthday dedication, a dozen or so Yahoo! gardeners gathered on a Tuesday morning several few weeks ago, ready for some gardening action. They dug into planter boxes and planted basil, thyme, oregano, cilantro, mint, parsley, dill, and purple sage.  The garden boxes were distributed around our main courtyard to soak up the sun.  Today, after a few weeks of growing, the plants were ready for their presentation to Carol!

The Purple Garden is more than just lovely landscaping.  Our café’s Catering Director (also an avid gardener) helped us to select herbs which would not only grow well in the Silicon Valley climate but also be most popular in Yahoo!’s cafés.   That’s right – the herbs in these garden boxes will be used right in our very own URL’s Café.   We’re very excited about this opportunity, especially since our café is installing a food waste dehydrator, which converts food waste back into a nitrogen-rich soil fertilizer.  We’ll be using that very fertilizer to provide nutrients back to the Purple Garden plants, giving us a small taste of the human food web right here at work.  And Yahoos can take extra nutrition home with them when they snap off a sprig of thyme or mint for use in their own home-cooked meals.

Growing an herb garden at the office is a great way to remind ourselves that the combination of good planning, hard work, and attentive dedication can reap great rewards.  Fresh, flavorful, and delicious rewards, in this case!  Happy Birthday, Carol!

Danielle Bricker

Yahoo! Green Team

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Ulee | August 28th, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Happy Birthday!!! :-)

Dirk Ginader | August 28th, 2009 at 2:45 pm

Happy Birthday Carol!
You rock! :-)

Ira | August 28th, 2009 at 2:53 pm

Happy Birthday Carol! We share the same birthday! Virgos rule.

– Ira (Yahoo! Burbank)

gag | August 28th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

Happy Birthday, Carol.

dave | August 28th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

I love Carol, she is great

Giacomo | August 29th, 2009 at 1:30 am

Yeah, happy birthday! http://www.flickr.com/photos/99076598@N00/3196574234/ :D

aidy | August 29th, 2009 at 5:24 pm

I thougt Gerry Yang was good, I still do but you seem to be doing wonders with yahoo me favourite internet company since you got there in January Happy birthday carol

aidy | August 29th, 2009 at 5:25 pm

Keep doing what you great at Yahoo is the best

Spammer | August 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am

Hi Dear Ms Carol !
A some day after, but many happynes on your Birthday – now and in the future in many – many years !
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU !!
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Anonymous | September 1st, 2009 at 9:53 am

For heaven’s sake. What other company will blog about the CEO’s birthday and even take up her hobbies. Is the editor trying to avoid the next round of layoffs?

Seriously, no need to publish this if you find it insulting, but you should understand that a steady diet of this kind of fluff is not very good publicity for a serious business.

Anonymous | September 1st, 2009 at 9:55 am

Oh I didn’t even see that “break off a sprig of thyme” comment. Come on. Are you trying to sabotage Yahoo with postings like this? Perhaps herb-collection privileges can be a part of the severance package.

哈哈 | September 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 pm

happy birthday ！！

生日快樂

Molly | September 5th, 2009 at 8:17 am

I am glad that you posted about the CEO’s birthday. Yes, there may be more lay off’s but life does go on and I personally embrace upbeat stories vs crime, layoff’s and the economy. What’s it to you anyway Anonymous? Get a life and go post some where else…..

Penny Kyte | September 9th, 2009 at 2:01 pm

happy birthday Carol, I hope God blesses you with many more

Meganathan | September 9th, 2009 at 8:50 pm

Belated Birthday Wishes!

ronald weintraub | September 11th, 2009 at 3:32 pm

happy birthday carol many more ok .

Hitendra Vaghela | September 11th, 2009 at 7:16 pm

U live thousands year & every year’s day full of 50,000 day.

permanent magnets | September 14th, 2009 at 12:26 am

I ues yahoo search energy every day.
Happy Birthday!

peter | September 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pm

think deeply on that great moment and never ever forget your parents.all the best.

Designer Purses | January 16th, 2010 at 11:36 pm

Herb gardens are a wonderful thing to do, and even neater to use for a birthday gift! I hope that your birthday was a wonderful one, Carol.

I’d really like to see more herb gardens in public places. Not only can many of them accent the work space and bring more tranquility, but they can help keep the air fresh and people using them for healthy eating.