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Many store owners and denizens of downtown Rochester know Kimberly Landis for her work with the parks department maintaining more than 30 19-gallon flower pots along Main Street. However, in recent years “the pot lady” — as she is sometimes jokingly called — has also joined forces with Diann Grube and other volunteers to tame an unkempt garden plot at Lakeside Park, which she has transformed into a colorful sanctuary for butterflies. “I was hired three years ago to maintain it,” Landis recalled. “When I took over it was a mess, all weeds. … I spent days pulling and tugging.” With the help of her daughter Cassie Carroll, Landis set to work laying down garden paper covered by rock, which provides a natural, eco-
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friendly barrier against weeds. Holes were then cut in the paper in planting locations. “It worked out really well.” The focus of the garden is attracting butterflies, which share two characteristics with bees; they play a crucial role in the ecosystem as pollinators and their populations have plummeted in the last decade, likely as a result of warming temperatures, the use of herbicides and pesticides and habitat loss. Two plants central to the garden are butterfly weed and butterfly bush. Other flowers include petunias, zinnias, catmint and sunflowers. To keep down pests, Landis uses gentler alter-
natives to spraying, such as dish soap, vinegar and salt. However, the garden’s open concept also left it prey to other pests like hungry deer and rabbits. So Landis reached out to Grube for help raising funds to create a structure of wire and wood to keep four-legged mammals out while letting winged creatures and sunlight in. Humans can simply use the front door. O’Dell Lumber and UE’s Construction were among those donating labor and materials, along with Northern Indiana Community Foundation, REMC, Treasures for the Heart Ministries, Good Family Funeral
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Home, Rich Figlio, Jason Grube and other family members. “It got big in a real hurry,” Landis remarked. “It’s been a total delight. It just Continued on page 2
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