Winged Guests Dedicate New Butterfly Garden

No local site has been christened in such a unique way.

Saturday a new butterfly garden at the Fayette Heritage Library grounds was officially dedicated by attendees all opening up envelopes with live butterflies inside.

Some of them took a little more coaxing than others, but eventually all of the butterflies took flight, many landing on plants that had just been put in place days before.

The new garden is part of a transformative effort at the library thanks to the combined forces of La Grange Lions Clubs and La Grange city workers. A massive shade structure over the library’s playground was completed a few weeks prior.

Diana Wilson, of the La Grange Noon Lions, described the various components of the butterfly garden to the attendees.

The garden is in the shape of half a butterfly wing, and includes various native plants that are all conducive to butterfly health.

The garden is watered by a drip system from a 300-gallon cistern that collects rainwater from the library’s roof. Local members of the LEO Club (the Lions Club youth component) painted butterflies and other nature scenes on the cistern Saturday morning.

Volunteers and donations paid for the garden and 90-percent of the labor for the garden was donated and/or provided by the city.