We stopped by
Wellfield Botanic Gardens last Tuesday for their drop in activity. It's always a beautiful space. They also keep adding improvements to the area, which makes it interesting. The seasonal changes make it something we go back to again and again! We've been here
several times, so thought we'd share a few highlights of our visit.
We took the path to the left, as we always like visiting the
Adventure Path! On the way, we checked out the lily pads and this plant with all the "fringe". It almost seemed like feathers!
We walked by the creek and the heron's nest in the water. There are so many colors and textures out right now--it's a great time to go!
There is a new installation, showcasing various options for vertical gardening. I'm familiar with the option and have probably
pinned several ideas on Pinterest (though these are not mine), yet it was neat to see the variety of options presented. I'd love to hear follow up with this and how successful people were as they implemented it in their gardens.
These were all just really neat! Many of the items could be repurposed to add something to your fencing. This seems like a fun way to garden. I would expect more water than normal might be needed. Here are vertical gardening tips from
Mother Earth News, though, as you can see, there are many options!
We saw these remnants from the
Grow Down where groups got together to put together a small landscaped area quickly. Neat to see what they did. I want to play in this area and rearrange it, then do it all over again. :-) We call this
small world play in early childhood education.
Of course we had to visit the adventure path! The boys love this area! They like climbing and finding the animals throughout the path.
Of course, we stopped by the elk as well! Always a favorite spot on our visit.
In the Activity Tent, the topic was on pollinators for the drop in activity that day. We matched pollinators with plants, with some good hints along the way. :-) There was even a bald faced hornet's nest to look at. We have been finding these in our yard the last couple of years.
Here are details on other upcoming drop in activities this summer at Wellfield. I always like adding on an activity or program to keep it interesting as we return.
They also had a flannel board with the various parts of a plant. The boys enjoyed making the pollen (chalk) move from one flower to another on their bee (cotton ball). This was a good idea!
There were also crafts to do--either a butterfly or bee. Loved his butterfly to fly through the flowers pollinating as it went!
While waiting for one of the projects to dry, we walked the nearby woods, finding flowers like spiderwort. Hollow logs are also neat areas to explore! It's a nice little stretch of woods.
We even found a bunch of goose feathers before we left! What a great visit!
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