On September 6th, Uplands Garden Club hosted Susan Carpenter, Native Plant Garden Curator and gardener at UW Arboretum, for a talk on Native Bees of Wisconsin.
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| Susan Identifies characteristics of the Rusty-Patched Bee, an endangered Wisconsin native. |
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| Matt Waltor, lucky winner of the door prize, shows off the hypertufa planter made and planted with hardy succulents by club member Connie Tibits. |
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| Two of these lovely hydrangea "Bobo" were obtained through an Uplands Garden Club grant. |
We started with an introduction and to some, a refresh, of the signage on the wooden posts and also on the trees, the history of Betty Hansen's formal design, additional plantings which extend the bloom time, an in-process pollinator garden and the Father Hugo rose.
Thank you to Jennilyn McNeill for reminding us of the specific plants in Betty's design and Jennilyn's additional plantings; also Jane Stenson for insight on the pollinator garden. Jennilyn is currently maintaining the garden and we appreciate the beauty and care put into it.
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| The Garden Shed, the only remaining original out building on the grounds. |
On July 5th members visited the garden (and home) of Sue and Mike Curtis in Mineral Point. Sue guided the garden tour with Mike providing anecdotes of how the projects reached fruition. Very informative, relaxing and humorous!
Their lovely yard contains a variety of gardens from perennials, vegetables and annuals with hardscape and spaces to sit and listen to any of the three water features. The signature of this garden is the design element of color and the gardens provided a riot of color which was achieved not only with perennials but many, many containers of annuals. Eye-popping!
As an added treat, we were invited to tour the inside of their home, the Nelson Snow House, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
