Four Seasons Garden Club Lillington

06/17/2026

Happy ! 🐝🌼🦋

National Pollinator Month happens every June in the United States to celebrate bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, bats and other key pollinators. Let's protect these declining populations and work together to help our ecosystems stay healthy and balanced.

🌟 Here's a free, research-based guide from NC State Extension that supports our efforts: "Attracting Pollinators and Other Beneficial Insects" ➡️ go.ncsu.edu/attract-pollinators

(OR gardening.ces.ncsu.edu/attracting-birds-beneficial-insects-other-wildlife/pollinators-and-other-beneficial-insects)

📸 credit: Charlotte Glen, statewide NC State Extension Master Gardener℠ program manager

06/16/2026

06/16/2026

We expect adult spotted lanternfly (SLF) to begin emerging soon.
With recent confirmations of SLF in 7 NC counties (Caldwell, Caswell, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Rockingham, Rowan), we urge you to keep your eye out for these invasive pests.
If you see one in a county not confirmed, report it and squash it!
See our Spotted Lanternfly page for management guides, look-alikes, DIY egg traps, and more!
https://forestry.ces.ncsu.edu/forestry-health/spotted-lanternfly

06/13/2026

The wait is over! Join us for a nationwide one-night-only virtual screening of The Gardener on June 24th at 7PM ET / 4PM PT. Watch from home or host a watch party — plus an exclusive Q&A with the Director and cast. Can't make it live? Your ticket includes on-demand access through June 26th at 4PM ...

06/09/2026

Want to make your yard a little more wildlife-friendly? Start with native plants

Looking for ideas? Here are a few to get you started.

Which native plants are growing in your yard right now? 🌼🐝🦋

06/06/2026

06/03/2026

We will miss Barb so much.

View Barbara Ruth Keck Wilson's complete obituary, share memories, and explore 3 tribute posts from the community.

06/01/2026

We have sponsored houses in the parks in Lillington.

The Eastern Bluebird's comeback story is one I never get tired of telling. 💙

By the 1960s and 70s, bluebird populations had crashed across huge parts of their range. Starlings and House Sparrows — both introduced from Europe — were outcompeting them for every available tree cavity.

And then ordinary people started putting up nest boxes.

Not scientists. Not government programs (though those helped too). Neighbors. Farmers. Backyard birders.

A network of nest box trails spread across the continent. The North American Bluebird Society formed. Millions of boxes went up.

The bluebird came back.

If you have a bluebird box up right now, you are part of that story. Don't ever underestimate what a single nest box can do. 🏡