Rain Garden Update

It’s hard to believe that only a few years ago, visitors to our lovely stone building were greeted by a disheartening mix of scraggly yews and droopy daylilies. Now this month, visitors are welcomed by giant cup plants, bright red monarda, and butterfly milkweed. The prairie dropseed and little bluestem around the rain garden’s berm are thriving, and last month we even had a bit of blue-eyed grass blooming for the first time. The asters and goldenrods are three feet high already; we will clip them so they will become bushier and bloom even more heartily in the fall. On the other hand, with this advanced summer, they may start blooming next week.