Beth Jones
Lakeview Cemetery Plants Pollinator Garden at Main Street Entrance
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A pollinator garden, an extension of existing “pathways” around New Canaan that help bees and butterflies, was planted last week at Lakeview Cemetery. Created in memory of Bailey Stewart, former president of the Board of Directors of the 1867-founded cemetery, the new garden is located by the Lakeview Cemetery entrance on Main Street. “He passed away and we all loved him dearly,” said master gardener Beth Jones, a member of the cemetery board. “It was Stewarts’ idea when they first started the pollinator gardens to do one here, so we decided to do it in memory of him because he was such a big part of it.”
The garden consists of nepeta flowers, autumn fire sedums, and black-eyed Susans, Jones said. More than just decorative, the garden helps the environment by feeding pollinators such as bees, hummingbirds, butterflies and other insects, she said.