So this is a little belated, but I thought I’d share some July photos from our “wildflower tour” with Maria Center residents.
Many of the folks now in retirement have had rural or agrarian childhoods, so it’s always a great time of mutual sharing of personal memories and observations about life outdoors.
Some of our residents are very active walkers and cyclists, but others hadn’t seen the full extent of our property and what we have growing.
We discussed the ecological (and aesthetic) importance of having flowering plants in patches across the landscape, with varying bloom times from early spring to late fall.
I remember that one resident remaking, “I had no idea… I just thought they were all ‘weeds’.” You could imagine the smile on my face!
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What a great idea to get your residents out and about.