buckley courtyard garden

The Buckley Courtyard…It’s Beautiful!

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The gorgeous icon of The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA)—the Buckley Courtyard—is ready for the April rains. Sitting in the middle of Mayflower’s 30-acre campus on the west side of the Buckley building and patio, the mixed foliage, two-pond garden is approaching its 20th year. Each year, it matures a bit more extravagantly. Pre-season pruning, cleaning,…

Easter lillies planted on the corner of Buckley Hall

Easter Lilies Live on at Mayflower

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The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA) is lush with gardens. There are the Buckley Courtyard gardens and ponds, the Watertower Square Jewel Garden, the Pearson/Edwards Sail Garden, the Health Center eastside gardens, the Montgomery “Secret Garden,” the Fellowship of Givers rose garden, plus many gardens developed by Mayflower residents around their traditional apartments, Watertower Square apartments,…