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Located at 211 1st Street S.W., Carmel, IN 46032
317-846-7117
Purpose
The purpose is to provide an attractive and educational garden located on the grounds of the Historical Society.
History of Committee
The committee started in 2005 as a project to help out with one bed located on the grounds. We have provided signage with the various plants and have also put in a prairie garden.
CCHS monarch chrysalis, September 9, 2019
Through much dedicated work from our volunteers, the garden at Carmel Clay Historical Society is now certified as a Monarch Waystation. Summer 2020 saw the installation of the sculpture by Scott Osborn depicting the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. All 2nd grade students in the Carmel School District visit the Depot and walk through the garden as they learn about “change.”
We meet in the Spring to clean up the garden after winter and prepare it for new mulch and annuals. Volunteers sign up to be responsible to weed, deadhead and water, if necessary, over a week’s time. In the Fall the garden is put to bed for the winter.
New Art Sculpture – Life Cycle of a Monarch
Transplanting Perennials to make way for a new building
Transplanting Perennials to make way for a new building
