Tours of Pat Sutton's Private Wildlife Garden
Date and Time
Sunday Sep 10, 2017
September 10, 2017 (Sunday) - 2 tours
9:30 a.m. to Noon (Morning Session)...
2:00 to 4:30 p.m. (Afternoon Session)
Location
Nature Center of Cape May
1600 Delaware Avenue
Cape May, NJ 08204
Fees/Admission
LIMIT/tour: 20
COST/tour: $20 (NJ Audubon member), $25 (nonmember)
Contact NJ Audubon's Nature Center of Cape May at (609) 427-3045 to register.
Contact Information
Nature Center of Cape May
Description
Join naturalist Pat Sutton for a tour of her 40-year-old wildlife garden in Goshen (Cape May Co.), NJ. During the tour we'll study and identify pollinators. She will share mistakes she has made and joys the garden has brought to her and her husband Clay. Their garden showcases many different ways a habitat can offer the basics: food, cover, and water.
The ½ acre property was largely bare in 1977. See how it's grown since then. They've planted native shade trees (from tiny 1' tall seedlings) that today tower over the house, put in two wildlife ponds, a pocket meadow, extensive shade gardens, wildlife corridors, shrub islands, a woodland of native plants (saved from a jungle of Multiflora Rose in 2009), an extensive butterfly and hummingbird garden (also full of native bees and so many other beneficial pollinators), native nectar plants galore, an extensive array of native host plants, feeding stations, and many and different water features.
You are sure to enjoy many fun garden features and design ideas in this garden. This totally educational experience will benefit and dazzle long-time gardeners and new-to-wildlife-gardening participants alike.