Bees, butterflies and bats should be busy in a new Temecula garden.
That’s the hope of garden enthusiasts who’ve opened the Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden.
Tucked inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden, the new area aims to attract insects and others that will benefit gardens, farms and vineyards across the Temecula area, a news release states.
A bee lands on a sunflower Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A native plant, showy penstemon, is seen Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, in the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden at the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Matt and Carrie Robinson walk Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, through the Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
The Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula has opened the Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden, seen Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Scott Rieger, left, talks to Leni Lee about the bee house at the Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Matt and Carrie Robinson look at a plaque Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Skye and Doug De Brauwere examine the bee house Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the newly opened Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Scott Rieger, left, sits and talks to Leni Lee on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
The bee house is seen Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the newly opened Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden in Temecula. It features native plants, a bee house and a bat house. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A native plant, cedros island verbena, is seen Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A native plant, autumn sage, grows Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
A native plant, autumn sage, grows Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
The Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula has opened the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden, seen Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. It features native plants, a bee house and a bat house. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
Matt and Carrie Robinson walk Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, through the newly opened Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage in Temecula. The new area features native plants, a bee house and a bat house. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
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A bee lands on a sunflower Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at the new Rebecca Weersing Pollinator Garden inside the Rose Haven Heritage Garden in Temecula. (Photo by Andrew Foulk, Contributing Photographer)
The nonprofit Temecula Valley Rose Society, which runs the heritage garden, dedicated the new space Friday, Nov. 1.
Free and open to the public, the garden uses native plants to attract so-called pollinators. It also includes native bird, butterfly, bee and bat habitats.
The layout has rock-lined basins, four walking bridges and signs that explain the landscaping design. An education area includes benches for presentations or seminars.
The garden is named for Weersing, the society’s current president, a longtime member and a benefactor of the pollinator garden, the release states.
The Rose Haven Heritage Garden, which opened in 1991, boasts about 2,000 roses. It also has succulents and xeriscape plant sections, a Peace and Friendship Garden, French and English gardens, a reflection pond and a gazebo.
Rose Haven is open daily, from dawn to dusk. It is at 30592 Jedediah Smith Road, Temecula.
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