Access to the Bird Garden is from the pedestrian gravel trail entry point near the start of the parking lot on the Chimney Swift Tower side of the Library. Another easy way to access this featured garden is through the glass door on the back/east side of the library.  Seating along the inside wall of glass windows provides the ideal view for watching birds during both winter and summer. There is outside seating at a number of picnic tables near the patio behind the overlooking library windows or outside off the meeting room patio near the Chimney Swift Tower and HVAC. There are also benches scattered along the connecting trailway. There you can sit, watch the birds, and maybe enjoy a snack—as we often do with our volunteers and visiting youth classes. This garden area includes a variety of bird-friendly shrubs and perennials which provide shelter and food for many of our native birds, as well as feeders and birdbath as a water source. This area is a hot spot for the ecoEXPLORE program and is championed by the Rotary Club of Madison County. 

Click here to see a list of native bird garden plants.