Tag: Highfield Discovery Garden

An orange-colored moth enjoys nectar from a purple flower.

Join us on our Facebook page every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Don’t be sad that summer is winding down, there are still plenty of fall blooms you can enjoy. Conservation & Parks Manager Kurt joins us at Glenwood Gardens where he’s talking about fall blooms and native species you can plant now for spring beauty.

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Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. Potatoes, carrots, squash, basil – oh my! Highfield Discovery Garden at Glenwood Gardens is bursting with fresh vegetables. Follow along as Nature Interpreter Allyson takes us on a tour of Highfield Discovery Garden and shares some gardening tips along the way.

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A monarch butterfly enjoys the nectar of common milkweed.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff. We’re celebrating pollinators for National Pollinators Week. Go on a tour of the butterfly garden at Glenwood Gardens with Highfield Discovery Garden Manger Doug and Nature Interpreter Lisa and learn more about these important plants.

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Scent Garden Grows

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This past season, Glenwood Gardens underwent a few changes. One of the changes I am most proud of is an upgrade to the Scent Garden in Highfield Discovery Garden. It was a project that was only possible because of the support of our amazing volunteers. The project began with a community grant from United Plant Savers. The grant funded […]

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As the chickadees buzz in and out of the blossoming redbud branches hanging overhead and the plants sprout so fast you can almost watch them grow, it is the youngest visitors that draw my attention. After emerging from a class in which their tiny hands gingerly plucked apart a flower to study each part, the […]

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