July 28, 2015 - The Center Garden Club dedicates the "Butterfly Preservation Garden" on the 1885 Historic Shelby County Courthouse grounds. This is in honor of Mrs. Margaret Hathorn, a life time member with 50 years of membership in the "Center Garden Club" as well as being a charter member. She has worked diligently in the preservation of birds, butterflies, and bees.
The deeds which Mrs. Hathorn has used to protect and provide habitat for these pollinators has been profound. It is typical of the mystery of nature that small deeds make profound impacts.
She treasures her work and asks that her legacy will continue with the people of Shelby County, making sure that we include wildflowers in our gardens, yards, and highways.
(Editor's Note) Working periodically over the last couple of months, Center Garden Club members have been tilling and weeding the brick border edged garden area.
Tilling up broken glass and trash left long ago and buried under the weeds and dirt, the Garden Club members restored the ground to a rich mulch ripe for planting. The ladies laid down a black fabric to help keep-out the weeds, spread 4 cubic feet of fresh mulch, and planted native plants including wildflowers. The wildflowers were collected from around the area and are all local.
