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Gardeners Out East Garden Club in Lakewood Ranch, Florida
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Butterfly Garden

​Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fill in the Volunteer Form to let us know you are coming or just show up with your garden tools!
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​                                               Come anytime to enjoy the peace and quiet this garden will bring you.

See our updated Butterfly Garden work day pictures.

History of the Garden: The restoration and expansion of the original Butterfly Garden was GOE's first community project.

A Butterfly Garden was created many years ago,
located in Summerfield Community Park, 6402 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
(just south of SR 70, adjacent to the now empty LWR Information Center), in Lakewood Ranch (LWR), FL.

​The original plaque explains how the garden came to be and can still be viewed in the garden.


The LWR Community Development District 1 (CDD1) Board of Directors approved the restoration of this garden;  GOE worked in conjunction with Ryan Heise, former Director of (LWR) Operations, to have most of the remaining overgrown plants and weeds removed, the soil conditioned, the trellis built and the shell path installed. The garden was planted with the help of students from the Pinnacle Academy.

Our Master Gardeners created the garden layout after researching what plants attracted butterflies. 
Many thanks to Norma Kisida, GOE Master Gardener, who took the lead on this continuing community project.

On
March 2, 2015, Gardeners Out East (GOE) completed the restoration of the butterfly garden.  The garden dedication took place October 17, 2015. See some pictures  from the dedication.
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June 2015: Brian T. Lambert Trellis, centerpiece of the Butterfly Garden in Summerfield Park, LWR
 This trellis was lovingly donated by the Lambert family: 

"In loving memory of Brian T. Lambert, a devoted father who cherished every moment outdoors."  

In Mr. Lambert's final days, the family found much peace and solace in the butterflies which gracefully fluttered outside in a beautiful butterfly garden. 

See how the Garden and the Trellis has developed since June, 2015.


Gardeners Out East is a 501(c)(3) organization and a member of
​the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
​and the National Garden Clubs, Inc.