Mayflower beans growing at Watertower Square

The Mayflower Beans Are Growing Right Along

The special Mayflower beans, descendants from the Mayflower ship beans, which were planted earlier in the Spring, are doing quite well just south of The Mayflower Community’s Watertower Square building. As you can see from these photos, the beans perched prominently in the middle of the Mayflower residents’ garden are beginning to climb their trellises.…

Mayflower distance walking community map

Mayflower is Active and Available

Life goes on in The Mayflower Community (Grinnell IA). Yes, our Health Center and Beebe Assisted Living are closed to visitors. And, all independent living group activities have been suspended. However, our over 200 independent living residents are still finding ways to live safe lives. We are practicing social distancing and asking that group gatherings…

Don and Darwin dressed alike for Halloween

Mayflower Will Do Halloween

The Mayflower Community will be celebrating Halloween in Grinnell on Thursday, October 31st, from 5:30 to 8:00pm. The big prize will be the candy giveaway to the community in the Watertower Square circle drive at 625 Broad Street. Dick Vogel, bubble machine collector, will be showering the area with colorfully lighted bubbles. There will be…