GARDEN DAY is April 14, 2012!

Last school year, in the fall, we had "Gravel Day" to put in the Butterfly Garden's gravel pathway. We had crafts for the kids and refreshments for all.  Look at all these incredible parents, faculty, friends and kids who turned out to build the gravel path that now wends its way through the garden! We cannot thank them enough. It is amazing what a team effort can accomplish in just one day.

This year our GARDEN DAY (Saturday, April 14, 2012 from 9 AM to 12 PM) will focus on planting the shrubs and large plants that will give the garden its structure. We hope seeing this transformation will be as exciting as watching the gravel path take shape last year. Come on out and bring your shovel or wheelbarrow or just yourselves and your enthusiasm! 

Set Pieces

On the list above are the shrubs, trees and other large plants that will provide the overall structure for our Butterfly Garden. To envision them all together, look here.

Good news: the Butterfly Garden already has four fairly mature butterfly bushes..

Bad news: We took a cutting of the light purple flowers all around town seeking a color match, but to no avail.

Good news: Butterfly bushes root fairly easily. We took two cuttings and just stuck them in the ground in a partly sunny, sheltered location.  Seven months later, we have two more light-purple-flowered bushes--small, yes, but healthy.  One to plant and an extra, just in case. They are not even a foot high yet, but one day what a canopy of butterfly magnets we will enjoy! Hopefully, seeing tiny plants turn into giant bushes over time will be a memorable experience for the tiny humans who will grow into middle-schoolers and, one day, adults. Maybe even adult gardeners.