Local Girl Scouts Team up with Wellington Garden Club to Restore Church Butterfly Garden
Girl Scouts from Troop 20511 of Wellington and the Wellington Garden Club came together on Saturday, September 14 to start the first phase of the church’s butterfly garden restoration project at St. David’s In-The-Pines Episcopal Church.
The troop, which has been meeting at St. David’s for the past couple of years, is very excited and honored to be under the guidance of the Wellington Garden Club. The WGC contacted the church last year to offer assistance to help bring the garden back to life. The church’s pastor, Rev. Thomas, was aware that the troop is always welcoming new service projects and made the suggestion to team up the scouts and WGC. The troop’s leaders and families are looking forward to being educated by the WGC about native butterfly plants and gardening techniques.
The WGC also sponsored Troop 20511 as a Junior Garden Club and will be assisting the troop with earning the National Garden Clubs Native Plants Patch for Girls Scouts. For more information about this native plants patch program for Girl Scouts, visit http://www.gardenclub.org/youth/scouts.aspx
Members of Girl Scout Troop 20511 of Wellington get ready to groom the St. David’s In-The-Pines Episcopal Church’s overgrown butterfly garden under the guidance of Wellington Garden Club members, Linda DeSanti, Twig Morris and Linda Ferrano. (Girl Scouts shown: Eve Essery, Valen Adam, Grace Essery, Cora Smith and Maddisen DeRubeis)
Wellington Garden Club members give a thumbs up to a successful first day after the initial clearing of the garden (photo: scouts Grace Essery, Valen Adams, Cora Smith, Faith Cardello, Alexa Roberts, Eve Essery (back row: Anne Nelson and pup Tallulah, Linda DeSanti and Twig Morris of WGC, Ed Cardello, Lisa Ferrano of WGC, Troop 20511 Leader Vanessa Essery).