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, mulching, and planting is complete. The two ponds connected by a continuously running stream through the Courtyard, have received their spring cleaning. That difficult work was completed by Mayflower’s gardens and grounds supervisor and ISU-certified Master Gardner, Ben Pearce, and staff, Les Hall and Nick Mommer. As a result, the 20+ large Koi fish are now swimming in clean water that is lightly shaded blue to retard algae growth.
Annually, local and regional groups make the trek to Mayflower to observe the Courtyard when it is in bloom. If you’d like to come take a look, help yourself. The close parking is on Park Street in front of the Buckley building or in the Beebe Circle, off Mayflower Lane between Park and Broad at 1st Avenue.
Until this pandemic is under control, we ask that you mask and socially distance. Even though 99.5% of Mayflower residents are fully vaccinated, we continue to work at abating all risks.
Enjoy Spring!
— Bob Mann, Sales & Marketing Director
