Marvels’ First Meeting at Blue Marsh on March 20th

bds5314Blue Marsh, Marvels, Projects

This Friday we met with Hallie for the first time in the Ranger Station at the Blue Marsh Lake! Kathy then gave us a tour of the Sensory Garden Trail and showed us what will be working on. Our tasks will include some minor repairs along the trails, cleaning up dead vegetation, and generally sprucing up some areas of the trail.

Overlooking the lake
Overlooking the lake
The Visitor Center overlookinng Blue March Lake
One of the gardens we will be working on cleaning up
Another of the gardens we will be working on
Our groups touring the area
The dam
The start of the Sensory Trail
Map of the Sensory Trail
Kathy showing us the first display on the Sensory Trail
Another of the displays on the trail
A station on the trail where visitors can reach inside the holes and literally “feel nature”
Each station targets a different sense. There’s a station each for seeing, hearing, smelling, and touching. The “see” station is designed with visually appealing plants. The hearing station attracts birds so visitors can listen to their calls. The smell station contains pleasantly smelling plants. The touching station is filled with plants stimulating to touch, such as soft, prickly, and smooth plants.

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