Last Updated on May 16, 2019
Wildflower Day – click to enlarge.
Today on April 9 The Nature Trail Committee had its annual Wildflower Day to welcome spring and “open” the Nature Trail for the season. The rain thankfully held off, and we had well over 100 people in attendance, although only 97 signed in. Besides walking the Trail, we also showed videos of the Trail, the Trees of Charlestown, and Herbert Run. The latter video was shown for the first time, having just been completed last month. Wildflower Day also had exhibits on the Butterfly Garden, ferns, birds, the Monarch butterfly, the covered bridge, and various items of local biological and historical interest on campus. We also had two raffles for prizes and a great assortment of homemade cookies for participants.
Mother Nature tried to play one of her tricks on us at the last minute. We always make sure that the Trail is pretty and in good walkable shape before Wildflower Day. Last night a large tree fell across the stream, and blocked the Trail, but the Grounds crew was out early and they cut and cleared the branches before the official Trail Walk, in which about a dozen people participated. Several species of wildflowers were poking their early spring heads through the green carpet of invasive Lesser Celandine. Our special thanks to Bonnie Kawecki for leading her first Trail Walk.