"What is there to do?"
Take a walking tour
There are QRC codes all over the orchard. Scan them with your phone and learn more about everything that is there.
Pollinator Garden Plants
There are so many different kinds of regional pollinator plants here. Take a look at the flowers. Scan the QRC code to learn more about each plant!
Apple Trees
Three different varieties of dwarf apple trees. Learn about all of them!
Berry Plants
Both raspberries and blackberry plants.
Choose a tree and watch it grow over the year
Each of the trees are named. Adopt one and check in on them over the course of a year's time, or longer!
Keep a Journal
Record how it grows! Draw pictures and chart the progress of the tree through the year. It's like watching a little puppy grow up. The trees all have names, so you'll know who to call on when you come by!
How many apples?
How many apples are coming around? What do they look like? Practice your art skills by drawing a picture.
What are unique tree characteristics that you see?
No one tree or plant is the same. What do you notice about the tree that makes it unique from the others? Is it bigger, smaller, wider, skinnier, shorter, and the list goes on!
The Pollinator Garden
The pollinator garden is something to behold. Spend some time just watching the pollinator traffic and you'll see what we mean!
Observe the Pollinators
There are a lot of them that you will see. There are bees, moths, hummingbirds, and butterflies. They are always making the rounds across numerous plants. All day long.
Each flower is unique and important
Every color of every flower is adapted to attract pollinators. Regardless of the way they may see the flower through their own unique eyesight, the shape and color of the flower affords the plant a better chance to reproduce through pollination.
Blooms take many forms to benefit the plant
Some pollinators are unique and some blooms are unique. The Milkweed has a very unique bloom. When it disperses its seeds, they float on the wind through long cotton-like attachments to the seed pad.
Insects also lay their eggs on the underside of some plants, like the milkw
Pollinators often take advantage of plants they are attracted to and lay their eggs on them. The underside of the Milkweed regularly hosts seeds from different pollinators.
Every flower is a unique plan adaptation
No one tree or plant is the same. What do you notice about the tree that makes it unique from the others? Is it bigger, smaller, wider, skinnier, shorter, and the list goes on!
Some are tall and others are short. This is also an adaptation
Plants often compete with one another. This is the reason that some are short and others are tall. The Hollow Joe Pye Weed can grow up to fifteen feet tall. Other plants never reach that height.