Bird Food Garden:
This garden contains many Central Florida native plants that furnish a variety of foods for birds. These plants include those that produce seeds, nectar and fruit. Some will also produce nest sites and cover for birds. Handicapped accessible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Scrub Restoration: Pavilion
This pavilion is located in the middle of the 50-acre Scrub Jay/Scrub Oak Restoration Project. It is a great place for one to sit and gaze at nature or to host 25-30 persons for picnic events. The Pavilion is surrounded by specialized gardens of native plants found in Central Florida scrub and sandhill habitats. The surrounding gardens include a Butterfly Garden, a Bird Food Garden and Scrub Plant Demonstration Gardens. Paved and mulched paths pass through these gardens and most of the plants are labeled. Come to this pavilion and enjoy nature. Handicapped accessible

 

 

 

 

 

Scrub Plant Demonstration Gardens - Peg Urban
These three sections contain samples of Central Florida native plants that are found in the scrub oak and sandhill habitats. Most of these plants have been used among the thousands of plants that have been planted in the surrounding 50-acre scrub oak restoration project. These sections contain trees, palmetto, shrubs, herbs and grasses. Several of the species are rare and endangered.

 

 

 

 

 

Native Plant Demonstration Gardens & Pavillion

The Pavilion and surrounding area was a joint venture between Lake County and PEAR Association, with Lake County providing the entire infrastructure. PEAR volunteers did all the plantings in the four areas. Demonstration gardens, which comprise one half of the plantings, have dry land plants found in Scrub habitats and also plants found in Sandhill areas. The other half of the area is dedicated to a section for Butterflies and the types of plant they thrive on, and a Bird food plot. The last portion is directly surrounding the pavilion, referred to Pavilion garden. It comprises 900 plants that were provided by Lake County and planted by the PEAR volunteers. The central idea of this project is to demonstrate to visitors which types of plants and flowers wildlife depend on. Ron Plakke and Peg Urban are the chairpersons for these projects.

 

 

Here are photos of the metal sculpture of the Passion Vine and the butterflies that use it as their host plant.They are the gulf Fritillary and Zebra Longwing butterflies. This sculpture depicts their life cycle, starting with the eggs, then caterpillars (larva), chrysalis (pupa), and finally, adult butterflies. This amazing sculpture was created by Chuck of "Metal Magic Creations" and was purchased by The Pear Association as a gift to Lake County Parks and Trails. It is located in the Butterfly Pavilion to serve as an educational display as well as a beautiful work of art.