The Liberty Spring Pollinator and Demonstration Garden was established in July 2017. The garden is about 192 square feet providing a point of interest in the Liberty Spring Ruritan Park where visitors can watch pollinators while reading the paper or taking lunch. The Garden is a joint project supported by both the Liberty Spring Ruritan Club and Suffolk Extension Master Gardeners. The garden provides visitors an opportunity to view a wide variety of native pollinators in action. Planned community education sessions include National Pollinator Week, offering a tour of the garden and participation in a pollinator count. Information about the garden is shared on Facebook and other social media platforms, including when Extension Master Gardeners (EMGs) are in the garden and able to answer questions. Come see this great example of a rural pollinator habitat!
Garden Program
The Garden Leads are EMGs Jeff and Cora. Typically, we have a small group of volunteers and welcome any who might come. We work the 2nd Wednesday of every month, from 9:00 – 1030. Please visit the garden to work and/or ask questions. Exceptions are made for inclement weather and holidays.
Educational Focus: Rural Pollinator Garden
2024 Leads: EMG Jeff and Cora
How to Get There
Address: 232 N Liberty Springs Rd, Suffollk, Va 23434
Garden Plants
Native Pollinator Plants:
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
- Yellow Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
- Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)
- Wild Quinine (Parthenium integrifolium)
- Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
- Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum)
- New England Aster (Aster novae-angliae)
- Big Blue Stem (Andropogon gerardii)
- White False Indigo (Baptisia alba)
- Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
- Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)
- Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans)
- Purple Giant Hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)
