Mill Pond Garden to host visitors Aug. 20

Mill Pond Garden will open to visitors from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 20, to share the peak of summer pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies and the abundant flowers that support them.

The botanical garden displays feature pollinator favorites hibiscus, phlox, crape myrtles, salvias, waterlilies, sunflowers, zinnias and more. The garden hosts many species of birds and wildlife including 3-year-old Allie the wild snapping turtle, and many butterfly koi and shibunkin fish, with views onto beautiful Red Mill Pond with turtle-basking logs and many water birds.

Besides being the Cape Region’s only public botanic garden, Mill Pond Garden is a National Wildlife Federation Certified Wildlife Habitat. The garden serves the community with inspiration, advice, professional horticultural information and examples for best choices of plants to grow in the Cape Region as well as how to host wildlife with special features. The garden includes more than 2,000 feet of beautifully landscaped pathways through differing garden rooms and sub-gardens such as the increasingly famous epiphyte garden.

Tickets, available at millpondgarden.com, are $15 to admit a vehicle with up to six visitors, or cash only at the gate.