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The sensory garden is full of annuals (plants that come up from seed, live during the growing season and die before winter) and perennials (plants that come back up year after year). The colors and textures are wonderful, especially in July and August. Encourage the children to smell the flowers (making sure you aren’t putting noses in the business end of a bee!) and to touch the foliage…BUT NO
PICKING OR EATING, PLEASE. At the waterfall we have our amazing floating boulder (pumice).
The Montana plant garden is a work in progress. In this garden you can see a collection of native plants that have been used for thousands of years by the native peoples of the area. When Lewis and Clark traveled west on their epic journey of discovery, they learned how to use some of these plants from the tribes they met along the way.
“Dottie’s Garden” is the name we gave our water-wise garden. Dottie loved flowers and her family wanted her to be remembered in a special way. All the plants in this garden are plants adapted to living in dry climates. You will find succulents (like the cacti), small leaved plants, waxy plants, fuzzy plants and spiky plants. Many developed ways to prevent water loss and to hang on to as much moisture as possible. They also grow in ways that allows them to shade themselves. This pretty little garden is visited by hummingbirds and butterflies all summer long.
Continue on to the North American Loop!
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