Exploring the Beauty of Native Shrubs: A Veasey Park Gardens Update

Discover the native shrub: Fragrant Sumac

Find native Fragrant Sumac, rhus aromatica, planted in the fragrant shrub area at Veasey Memorial Park. About Fragrant Sumac, Master Gardener, Dianne Plantamura says, "It’s a wonderful shrub!" Learn more about this shrub featured in "The Dirt", the Massachusetts Master Gardeners September newsletter.

Veasey Park director, Vanessa, planting another native shrub: blueberry bushes.

On September 9, 2024, the weeds were removed and wood chips distributed around shrubs and plantings.