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Our two-acre Garden is open year-round and we have a steady stream of visitors, but the Garden is rarely crowded. Instead, it offers to our community a spot to have picnics, a way to relax in our covered pavilions, or time to just wander the Garden and enjoy its beauty. Along with our flowers, shrubs, ferns, and trees, you’ll find birds and insects, squirrels and butterflies all sharing your experience. Come wander in every season. And feel free to chat with any of our many dedicated volunteers who work diligently to maintain and improve our Garden with plants to support wildlife and intrigue our visitors.
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The native buttonbush in the garden is in bloom. The blooms look like a pincushion and attract a wide variety of wildlife and pollinators. There is a hedge of these shrubs in the butterfly garden. The buttonbush enjoys moist soil and the recent rains have made them flourish. The straight species can grow rather large at 8’ tall, but there is a cultivar ‘Sugar Shack’ that will mature at around 4’ tall.
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