Wesleyan’s campus is home to hundreds of flowers, shrubs, and trees that bloom throughout the summer. Pictured is a sampling of August’s blooms. (Photos by Olivia Drake)
A bee lands on a wild sunflower’s head in the West College Courtyard. The courtyard features more than 40 shrubs, dozens of fruit trees, two rain gardens, a rainwater catchment system, multiple woodchip pathways, three seating areas, a compost area, and hundreds of perennials that draw birds, insects, and other wildlife.
Swamp milkweed grows in abundance near West College.A hummingbird moth takes nectar from phlox near the Hewitt residence halls.Limelight hydrangeas bloom in abundance near Judd Hall.A bounty of black-eyed Susans grows near Olin Library.A mint plant overlooks Clark Hall.Red roses grow near the Office of Continuing Studies/Graduate Liberal Studies.North of the Van Vleck Observatory, patches of black-eyed Susans line a pathway and sitting area.A bumblebee collects pollen from a bee balm flower in the West College Courtyard.A pink spirea shrub blooms near North College.A bumblebee collects pollen from a purple coneflower near the Center for the Americas.Lush lavender covers the landscape near Usdan University Center.A black spider wasp samples swamp milkweed near West College.
Olivia Drake
Mike Mavredakis
Ziba Kashef
Andrew Chatfield