Old Alabama Town Children's Butterfly Garden - Montgomery, AL
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xptwo
N 32° 22.885 W 086° 18.201
16S E 565529 N 3582927
According to the sign, the purpose of this garden is "to attract butterflies, bees, hummingbirds and children." Apparently if the butterflies come, the rest will follow.
Waymark Code: WMFYD0
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 12/17/2012
Views: 3
The theme of Old Alabama Town is life in the 1800s. In looking at buildings, we sometimes forget that people in those days also enjoyed seeing butterflies in their gardens or that children would be attracted to the butterflies. This particular garden helps us visualize that aspect of life. On the day I visited, I did see a couple of butterflies, but was not able to get a photo. While the sign calls it the Children's Garden, it is clear that they selected plants with attracting butterflies in mind.
The address below is for the Reception Center at Old Alabama Town. There one can get tickets and maps and other information. The garden itself is located in the Living Block. One enters the block through the Lucas Tavern entrance on North Hull Street. While there is some parking on Hull Street, I will list the parking coordinates for the Visitor Center at the corner of Columbus Street and North McDonough Street since there is plenty of parking in that area. After leaving Lucas Tavern, the path takes one to the fence with the garden on the left.
The following description of Old Alabama Town comes from the back cover of Old Alabama Town: An Illustrated Guide by Mary Ann Neeley (ISBN 0-8173-1179-3):
"Old Alabama Town is a visual and historical chronicle of one of the South's important architectural landmarks - four blocks of 19th-century buildings restored to their original condition, collectively forming an educational village that preserves and displays life as it was lived in Alabama from the 1830s through the 1890s. A creation of the Landmarks Foundation of Montgomery, Old Alabama Town displays the lifestyles and environment of the period through architecture, decorative arts, and living history. The "town" has been made available for students, secondary school educators for field trips, and to tourists for entertainment and family excursions.
More than 50 historic structures, all formerly in danger of demolition, have been transported from around central Alabama and restored on-site. The Living Block of the village allows visitors to explore a log cabin, dogtrot house, carriage house, "shotgun" house, pole barn, schoolhouse, tavern, grange hall, and grocery. The Working Block allows patrons to visit a blacksmith's shop, drugstore, grist mill, cotton gin, woodcrafter's shop, print shop, and cookhouse. Additional regions of the village present some of the most significant historic homes to be preserved in the state: the Cram-Lakin House, Thompson Mansion, and the Ordeman-Mitchell-Shaw House, among others."
Hours of Operation
Monday - Saturday: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The last tickets are sold at 3:00 p.m.
Closed on Sundays, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day.
Prices:
Adults, $10
Children ages 6-18, $5.
Free to ages 5 and younger.
A 10 percent discount is offered to AAA, military and seniors.
Address: 301 Columbus Street, Montgomery, AL 36104
Parking?: N 32° 22.935 W 086° 18.303
Types of Flora: lantana
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