Chatham Mills
"Pollinator Paradise" Demonstration Garden

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Early May in the garden.

Eric Mader (far right), National Pollinator Outreach Coordinator for the Xerces Society,
visited the garden in April 2010 with a group from NRCS and NC State University.

Bumble bee enjoying a Baptisia bloom - note the pollen baskets
on her hind legs, filled with orange Baptisia pollen!

Painted ladies enjoy a stand of purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea).

Bumble bee on St. John's wort (Hypericum frondosum).

Bumble bee on ornamental oregano.

Front bed by the sidewalk in early September.

Trellis bed in early September.

Hannah Cowell is a frequent visitor to the pollinator garden and always
brightens my day! This bed features herbs as well as native perennials and
vines (as well as a little girl who loves cupcakes and going barefoot!).

Local potter Siglinda Scarpa donated this lovely urn for the garden.

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This page last updated May 12, 2010.

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