Around the Farmstead, there are a considerable number of trees that provide a park like setting.  Also, there is a Butterfly Garden that has a number of native plants.  This provides an opportunity to see the natural surrounding environment.  This page is devoted to photos that capture that.

A Red Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis Arthemis) on a Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca). (From Lisa Schnell)

Cope’s Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis) sitting on leaf of a Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca). (From Lisa Schnell)

Wild Bergamont (Monarda fistulosa) and Royal Catch Fly (Silene regia)

Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis) on Ironweed​ (From Lisa Schnell)

New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) (From Lisa Schnell)

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars on Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca). (From Lisa Schnell)

Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) In front of the Elmwood Mansion (From Charlotte Wohler)

Seed pods for a Common Milkweed (Asclepias Syriaca). (From Lisa Schnell)

Black Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio polyxenes)  (From Lisa Schnell)

Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Common Milkweed (​Asclepias Syriaca) (From Lisa Schnell)

A Eyed Brown Butterfly (Satyrodes eurydice) ​(From Lisa Schnell)

A Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) chrysalis that will eventually hatch into a butterfly. (From Lisa Schnell)

Swallowtail Butterfly (Protographium Marcellus) on Red Clover (Trifolium pratense). ​(From Lisa Schnell)

A unidentified bird's nest (From Lisa Schnell)

Little Yellow Butterfly (Pyristia lisa) on a Red Zinnia (Zinnia Elegans). ​(From Lisa Schnell)

Common Clouded Yellow Butterfly (Colias croceus) on a Lavender Zinna (Zinnia Elegans). (From Lisa Schnell)