Check out the wildflower garden that Winifred planted for REWHC's 2002 Earth Day celebration. It is along side the Northeast portion of the Ligon trail near the power substation and even the section that was inadvertently mowed is beautiful. Also, the Providence building butterfly garden is spectacular.

For those folks like me who "need to know" the bright red flower is called Bee-balm and is a native plant. It will grow almost anywhere that there is lots of sun. In fact, it will sometimes take over your yard, so be cautious in where you plant it. It is about the best thing in the world for attracting hummingbirds.

The pink flower is a type of milkweed and there are certainly native versions. It certainly grows wild and is the storied partner of the Monarch butterfly (the sap of the milkweed makes the Monarch taste bad to its predators so they avoid it). You really will see Monarchs living/ eating/laying eggs, larvae crawling around, and pupae resting on these "weeds".

It is time for all to check out the wildflower meadows in the northeast corner of the site (straight ahead from the Nimitz lobby, up the hill and turn to your left).

The front of this area is where we have planted wildflower seeds. In bloom at this time are a large number of white daisies (not sure if they are Shasta daisies or ox-eye daisies) blue flax, phlox and Sweet William. Today we planted seedlings of yellow coneflower, purple coneflower, ironweed, penstemon, New England aster, and bergamot (bee-balm). All are native to this area and raised especially to thrive in meadow conditions.