Garden club members, Pulaski County Sheriff’s trustees and Key Bank employees have contributed their time in construction and maintenance of the garden.

Iris-Elm encourages everyone to visit the garden at 200 West Main Street and observe the variety of plants. Visitors will be treated to butterflies and bees feeding throughout the garden.

The National Garden Club’s theme to “Plant America” and other organizations have helped with the comeback of the Monarch butterfly by educating the public about planting milkweed and other native plants. The results are that the Monarchs are making a comeback after years in decline. A recent survey of the Monarchs’ congregation site in Mexico in 2018, revealed a 144 percent increase in Monarch population over 2017. The Iris-Elm Club has spotted three monarchs in its garden this year.

The club’s next year civic improvement goal is to expand the pollinator garden and to plant dogwood trees along the pathway to tie into the Blue Star Memorial at the Freight Depot. The club will have a booth at the Healey Fall Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, Oct 5. There will be an assortment of vendors, pumpkins, and mums and, of course, food! Also, Iris-Elm’s members will be selling non-carved decorated pumpkins as its fall fundraiser.

The Iris-Elm Garden Club was organized in 1930 and became a federated member of The Garden Clubs of Indiana and the National Garden Club in 1936. Started in 1891, the National Garden Club, is a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in St. Louis and is adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. There are 5,000 Garden Clubs with over 165,000 members in the USA.

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