Searching for coneflowers

Searching for coneflowers

Take a walk through Loch Lomond in July and early August and see if you can spot this plant, the gray-headed coneflower. This native plant (Ratibida pinnata) has yellow drooping petals arranged around a grayish-brown center. It’s attractive to native bees, and its...

Introducing Bass, Birds, and Blooms

  As Loch Lomond residents, we are blessed with a multitude of nature—from the fish harvested from the lake, to the loons that migrate through in early spring, to the eastern wood-pewees who sing their names in the heat of summer from their oak tree nesting...