The Brookside Butterfly Garden Club has been busy at work these past few months. Time spent toiling in the garden has rendered another successful year of happy blooms. This past week, our first hummingbird siting was noted (Thank you, Vera!)  The garden is full of brilliant red bee balm, crisp white Ox-eye daisies and many pretty pink cone flowers and Rose-of-Sharon. Volunteers have maintained the garden through weekly watering, weeding, trimming and the thinning of plants. Special thanks to Helga, Jody and Marie for their contributions of time and care. We even had a stealth volunteer of the four-footed variety. The presence of deer couldn’t be mistaken as numerous plants were trimmed of blossoms before they even bloomed! Luckily, many plants came back more bushy and robust. While at Brookside, take the time to view the garden and enjoy one of Life’s simple pleasures.