Help us celebrate our new Rain Garden! The Crawford-Marlborough-Nakoma Neighborhood Association has constructed and planted a new Rain Garden, located just down-slope from our existing Butterfly Garden. It is designed to improve infiltration of water that comes off the adjacent … Continued
A very big Thank You to all of the hardworking, literally ground-breaking crew that spent several hours on Saturday August 17, constructing our new Rain Garden! Rick Gullickson started on his Bobcat at about 8:30 am, excavating the site and … Continued
After several months of planning and preparation, the CMNNA Rain Garden Project is getting “off the ground!” Actually, it will get INTO the ground. The Big Dig will start on Saturday August 17 at 9:00 am, with friend and volunteer … Continued
Where did the time go?? It seems such a short while ago (early May), that Prairie Smoke began blooming, and then went to seed. The seed stage is when whisps of upright pale pinkishtufts appear, looking like a haze of … Continued
The Open House at the Neighborhood Butterfly Garden Saturday morning was a great success, despite the chilly weather! We had a couple dozen attendees, including several of our Garden Volunteers, Arboretum Volunteers, Neighbors, Board members, Neighborhood Leaders from “over the … Continued
You are all invited to come celebrate the successes of the first growing season for the Neighborhood Butterfly Garden. The Garden and the Open House are sponsored and supported by the Crawford-Marlborough-Nakoma Neighborhood Association, with much welcomed advice and support … Continued
There has been lots of activity at the Neighborhood Butterfly Garden and great progress is being made! In late May and early June several of us, including some neighborhood children, planted the 96 donated plants from Dane County’s Plant Dane … Continued
Spring is finally here at last! It’s time to be thinking about what’s happening with our Neighborhood Butterfly/Pollinator Garden. I’ve been poking around and have found some early season plants coming up! Prairie Smoke, Golden Alexanders, and Wild Strawberry are … Continued
There is an easy way to contribute plants for our Butterfly Garden! The Neighborhood Association applied and was approved to receive plant donations this spring through Plant Dane, a Dane County program. As you’ve seen in our last Garden post, … Continued
October and November were very busy and productive for the Gardening Volunteers. We held six sessions in October with anywhere from two to ten volunteers, planting approximately 200 small seedling plants grown by myself and by one of our Arboretum … Continued