Featured Park:
Krider World’s Fair Garden
From giant toadstools to sparkling fish ponds and waterfalls to windmills, give yourself a break, take a breath, grab a book, pack a lunch, bring your camera…and enjoy a world away right here in Middlebury. Few towns our size boast a botanical garden filled with interesting plants, historical structures, and such an extensive collection of tree species. Add a sparkling coldwater trout stream under a historic, newly refurbished trestle bridge, walking paths, bird watching, and the dazzling 2020 Quilt Garden as well as other colorful annual plantings and you have a destination. Don’t forget to bring your bicycle – Krider sits in the center of the 17-mile-long Pumpkinvine Nature Trail that connects Goshen to Shipshewana. The historic Dutch Windmill, an original structure from the 1934 World’s Fair exhibit, received a top to bottom restoration, giving it a fresh look and years of photo ops ahead. Our sincere thanks to our talented park staff and to Steve Nisley, owner of Nisley Home Improvement, for his expertise and craftsmanship with this preservation project. We appreciate home-grown talent caring for hometown parks!
Also part of Krider is the Middlebury Parks Department’s “Garden with a Cause” which this year is sponsored by the National Kidney Foundation of Indiana to bring awareness to kidney disease. Five hundred and forty Super Olympia begonias were used to create the orange ribbon. The National Kidney Foundation of Indiana honors those who fight this battle daily and offers free services throughout the state for those at risk. One in three American adults are at risk for kidney disease. Major risk factors include diabetes, high blood pressure, family history of kidney disease, and being age 60 or older. Kidney disease often has no symptoms, and it can go undetected until very advanced. But a simple urine test can find the disease. It’s important to get tested because early detection and treatment can slow or prevent the progression of kidney disease.
Suggestions for future “Garden with a Cause” plantings can be taken at the Middlebury Town Hall, 418 N. Main St. or call the Middlebury Parks Department at 825-3283.
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