Butterflies Attracting Tips From Local Gardeners Display
CSRA Master Gardeners showcased butterfly information at Hopeland Gardens Doll House with Mary Norman and Becky Geeting answering questions. The Clemson Extension handouts highlighted about 32 local butterfly species and the four-stage life cycle, including host plants for larvae and nectar sources for adults.
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Laurens Street
Alta Vista
CSRA
Hopeland Gardens
Mary Norman
Becky Geeting
Clemson
Butterflies in Aiken Garden Life Cycle and Attractants
Aiken gardeners learn butterfly life stages from egg to adult, noting overwintering eggs and nocturnal caterpillar feeding. Tips include sunny wind‑protected spots, mud puddles, leaf litter, and organic practices, with a long list of host plants and nectar sources for local species.
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Clemson
Country Gardeners Club meeting at Live Oaks Farm
The Country Gardeners Club gathered around the pool at Mrs. Ginny Sherman's Live Oaks Farm gardens for a May meeting and picnic lunches. Sherman announced leaving her psychology career to pursue horticulture and shared growing tips. Visitors toured a parterre and cottage garden, and plans for the coming year were set by co president Mrs. Eunice Sizemore. The club will reconvene in September at Mrs. Ollie Baughman's home with Crystal Olsen and Kitty Windham as co hostesses.
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Country Gardeners Club
Ginny Sherman
Live Oaks Farm
Eunice Sizemore
Ollie Baughman
Crystal Olsen
Kitty Windham
Doll House centerpiece marks National Garden Club Week
In conjunction with National Garden Club Week ending June 13, the Aiken Garden Club Council will decorate the Garden Center Doll House with fresh flower arrangements. All eight federated Garden Clubs participate, with Mrs. Mary Norman and Masters Gardeners featuring a Butterfly Exhibit. The display shows native Aiken Area butterflies, plants to attract them, and numerous handouts.
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National Garden Club
Aiken Garden Club Council
Doll House
Federated Garden Clubs
Mary Norman
Masters Gardeners
Garden Center
Aiken
Northeast Faces Yellow Pine Pollen Fog Across the Region
North East residents endure a thick yellow pollen haze from white pine trees dominating Maine to the mid Atlantic. Officials attribute the heavy bloom to dry weather and cyclical peaks, while motorists seek high powered car washes as dust smears windshields.
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Boston
Maine
mid-Atlantic
Great Lakes
John O'Keefe
Fisher Museum of Forestry
Petersham
Mike St. Pierre
Gente Toucn
Nashua
N.H
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Aiken Clemson
Clemson.edu
Aiien
Tonwoo
Star Reports
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Aquatics
Ant
Marc A. Buchan
Georgia Avenue
North Augusta
S.C
Prudential
Esurane
Spede
Empere L
Zousia
St. Augustine
Fresh Farms
Fergie
Nurseries
Caroliniana
Georgia Ave
Hugh St
North Augusta, Sc
Nurseriescaroliniana.com
Faumeno Ralm
Pind Palme
Coward Corley Seed Co
Park Ave
Palmetto Nursery & Florist
Wave Petunias
Salvia
Ageratum
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