Club member Ruth McConnell takes notes. Members of the Alliance Garden Club met recently at Country Kitchen to attend a program presented by Stephen Maddox of Rice's Nursery, North Canton. Program coordinator Lu Ann Daum, introduced Maddox to the group, who offered information on how to attract butterflies and hummingbirds to a garden. Locate the garden in a sunny area. They actually absorb the moisture from it.
Butterflies often spread their wings and bask in the sun.
Because hummingbirds are strongly territorial, two or more feeding stations are better than one. It has been caught by dragonflies and praying mantises and trapped in spiders' webs. During courtship, the ruby-throated hummingbird's wings beat up to 200 times per second, as opposed to its usual wing beat of 90 times per second. The plant sale is scheduled for May 12 at Beechwood Playground and the Garden Club of Ohio Convention is April 2-4 at the Hilton Hotel, Canton. The next meeting is March 14 at 7 p.m. at the home of Letti Adams.