Dedication Ceremony of Garden Club BEE RESILIENT Garden at Hillside Cemetery

The Wilton Garden Club will dedicate its new Bee Resilient Garden at Hillside Cemetery and Arboretum on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 2 p.m. The public is invited to attend the event and learn more about the garden and the important role native plants play in supporting pollinators and local wildlife.

Partially funded with a Bee Resilient Garden Grant from the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, the garden was designed as a contemplative space for people visiting loved ones at the cemetery.

The garden features several of ecologist Doug Tallamy’s keystone plants, along with a variety of native perennial pollinator plants, including milkweed. These plants provide valuable habitat and food for our native bees, butterflies and other pollinators, while the milkweed provides essential support for visiting monarch butterflies.

The garden demonstrates how even a small, thoughtfully designed native-plant garden can provide meaningful benefits for both people and pollinators.