"Sowing the Seeds of Harmony through Nature"
About this committee:
The Butterfly Garden is an on-going project that provides visual enjoyment for numerous visitors to a large park and recreation area at Covered Bridge Park and Wehr's Dam. The Club donates the plants and the township provides mulch for the garden. Planting, trimming and general maintenance are done monthly by the team throughout the growing season.
Members of the Butterfly Garden Committee met for a final time to tidy up the garden before its long winter rest. Co-chairs Tom Conroy and Marie Peart were joined by Maria Dax, Patti Molitoris and Donna Wagner on November 12th. The group raked, swept and used their leaf blowers to corral the leaves into 8 large bags.
The bags were collected by president Helen Papathanasiou and brought to Gail Micca for use at the Community Garden to add organic matter to the soil.
Thank you to the volunteers for your work all season!
Bagged leaves were collected to recycle for use as compost for the Community Garden!
The Butterfly Garden committee members met on the crisp Fall afternoon of October 15th to pull weeds, trim back perennials and clean out leaves. Having many volunteers made it easier to get the garden ready for winter. Thank you to all those who worked including Tom Conroy, Marie Peart, Helen Papathanasiou, Maria Dax, Lori Zimmerman, Evelyn Broad, Larry Pimble, Millie Mosella, Ardith Huesz, Donna Wagner and Patti Molitoris.
Committee members met at the garden on September 10th. Tom and Marie brought 3 perennials from Edge of the Woods - a pink Turtlehead, a white Turtlehead and a yellow Rough Goldenrod - which the team planted and watered. South Whitehall Township had recently cleared a number of large trees from the right side of the garden, allowing an abundance of light to reach the numerous day lilies already in the ground. Helen planted mums from her garden along the stone wall. Many thanks to all who helped out including Tom Conroy, Marie Peart, Helen Papathanasiou, Maria Dax, Anne Mitman, Debbie Barr, Evelyn Broad, Patti Molitoris, Claire Kukielka and Gayle Brinker.
Tom, Marie and Patti met again at the Butterfly Garden on 9/22 to water and add some plants that were leftover from the Yard & Plant Sale. The turtlehead, goldenrod and mums that were planted less than 2 weeks ago are blooming beautifully!
