The Craighead Home is positioned in South Middleton Township.
The pollinator backyard on the Craighead Home Academic Heart was not too long ago acknowledged as a Backyard of Distinction within the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society’s 2021 gardening contest.
The 250-square-foot backyard close to Boiling Springs in South Middleton Township competed with over 50 gardens within the class of Public Area Backyard, in response to a press launch.
General, 150 gardens all through the state competed in three classes that additionally embrace Indoor Dwelling Backyard and Outside Dwelling Backyard.
Designed by Heather Andrews, a local plant educator and Grasp Gardener, the pollinator backyard was planted final June and instantly started to draw butterflies, bees and different bugs. This 12 months, the backyard was designated an illustration backyard by the Penn State Grasp Gardeners of Cumberland County, bringing extra experience and academic alternatives to the area people.
Schooling has all the time been a theme of the Craighead Home. Inbuilt 1886, this Victorian model constructing alongside the Yellow Breeches Creek has been the house to generations of naturalists, scientists and educators.
Probably the most outstanding amongst previous occupants have been twins Frank Jr. and John Craighead who as youngsters popularized the game of falconry within the U.S. Later in life, the brothers studied grizzly bears in Yellowstone Nationwide Park and co-authored the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act in 1968.
