The Courtyard in The Mayflower Community on the west patio of the Buckley building is beautiful. Annually (who knows this year), the Grinnell Area Garden Club tours the outside arboretum to marvel at its variety of vegetation and pristine grooming. The Courtyard has been the site for numerous senior pictures—Grinnell High School as well as…
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,…