outdoors IN
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HOMING DEVICE Yellow
Rudbeckia
, white
and purple coneflower, spiky Russian sage,
and other perennials lure visitors, on the
wing and on foot, to the Truman home.
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atu ra lly , A pril a n d J e ff
T ru m a n w a n te d to ra ise
th e ir c h ild re n in th e b e st
p o ssib le e n v iro n m e n t. F o r
th e T ru m a n s, th a t m e a n t a
ru ra l e n v iro n m e n t. “W e
w a n te d to ra ise o u r b o y s
w h e re th e y w o u ld b e s u rro u n d e d by th e w o n d e rs
o f n a tu re ,” say s A pril. So th e fam ily so ld th e ir
M ilw a u k e e h o m e a n d m o v ed to a sm a ll a c rea g e
e d g e d by ru s tic N o rth e rn w o o d s.
I t w a s a g o o d s ta rt, a n d w ith a new , e x p a n siv e
sp a c e to w o rk in, A p ril d e c id e d to give n a tu re a
b o o st. S he b e g a n d e s ig n in g a g a rd e n , o n e filled
w ith b lo o m s th a t w o u ld a ttra c t c lo u d s o f
b u tte rflie s. A pril k n e w th e in se c ts w o u ld o ffer
e n d le ss fu n a n d la s tin g m e m o rie s fo r h e r b u g -
h a p p y c h ild re n , Ja c k so n a n d L u cas. M o re
im p o rta n tly fo r A p ril, it w o u ld h e lp th e m d e v e lo p
a d e e p e r a p p re c ia tio n o f n a tu re .
AT HOME Purple coneflower,
above,
is typical of the
plants April Truman prefers: carefree, drought-tolerant,
and beautiful. A viceroy butterfly sips nectar.
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