Flower Gardens
In 1986, President Ronald Reagan declared this flower as the national flower of the U.S.
What is a rose?
This vegetable is the official state vegetable of New Jersey.
What are tomatoes?
This country is where fairy gardens originated back in the 1890's.
What is the U.S.?
Early examples date back to what century in Europe.
What is the 19th century?
This wild flower, or weed, is the only food for Monarch butterflies.
What is milkweed?
The scent of this flower deters mice, flies and other pests. The name comes from the Latin verb, "lavare" which means to wash.
What is lavender
This vegetable is part of the allium family. They have been cultivated for at least 5,000 years. They come in many colors including yellow, red and white
What are onions?
This famous fairy's name was derived from the fact that she was originally a fairy who fixed pots and kettles, just like tinsmith or tinker.
Who is Tinker Bell?
This is a distinct type of rock garden that emphasizes the use of rocks and sand in a minimalist and meditative design.
What is a Zen garden?
These colors are preferable for a butterfly garden.
What are red, yellow and orange
These flowers are one of the largest plant families in the world, making up around 10% of the world's total flowering plant population
What are daisies?
This vegetable is a member of the Lily family and is related to onions, leeks, and garlic.
What is asparagus?
What are fairies most attracted to?
Flowers
What plants thrive in rock gardens?
What are succulents?
This substance is what adult butterflies need the most.
What is nectar?
This flower is edible. It is often an ingredient of salads and for decoration of sweet desserts.
What are marigolds?
This vegetable when left unharvested develops a 3-foot towering stalk with yellow flowers on top of it.
What is lettuce?
Name a key element of a fairy garden.
They contain miniature structures such as fairy houses, bridges and other small structures.
This is another name for a rock garden.
What is a rockery?
These predators are always looking for butterflies.
What are birds?
This plant is actually a member of the mint family. The entire plant above the roots is edible. It also attracts beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies.
What is monarda or bee balm?
This vegetable actually has the ability to "cool" the temperature of the blood.
What is a cucumber?
She is credited as a pioneer in popularizing miniature fairy gardens and even worked on a fairy garden for Queen Elizabeth II when she was a princess (1937)
Who is Anne Ashberry?
These 2 things breakdown rocks to create soil.
What is weather and the action of organisms.
This color is the rarest butterfly color.
What is blue?