Norma R.

Weekend Waterer

More About Norma

Norma's many hats:

Norma has been with Rush Creek Growers for over twenty years and is now shifted from full time work to being our essential weekend waterer, transplanter, cat cuddler and our consulting ornithologist.

The 2025 Staff story prompt was how do you use, (work with) plants? Here is Norma's response:

I always tell people that I garden so that I can grow my own vegetables. My goal is to have fresh vegetables all summer and frozen or stored vegetables for the winter. Since the weather varies, so does my success rate.

But if you look at my garden, you would hardly notice the vegetables. The native perennials and the phlox have had a bumper year. Both of which I grow to attract birds, bees and pollinators. That is not really a craft, but that is what my garden is about. I had hummingbirds all summer, always at least one monarch and a long list of other birds and butterflies.

I plant annuals every spring, some which I know the butterflies like and some for cut flowers. I always try to bring flowers when I visit someone or we host a birthday party, or to just have in the house.